We Welcome Our Distinguished Fellows
As part of our tradition of recognizing and celebrating excellence, we received today our three Distinguished Fellows, whose appointment to that position has been ratified by the Senate of the University of Ibadan.
ASSA collaborates to bring you Black History Film Festival
In conjunction with the Association of Faculty of Arts Students (AFAS), APKASS, and the University Media Centre, the African Studies Students’ Association (ASSA) brings you the Black History Film Festival,...
IAS-UI resuscitates Staff Seminar Series
Prof Aderibigbe to deliver first lecture
With funding secured from the Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa (CODESRIA), we have revived our famous Staff Seminar Series, bringing back an exercise that has been one of the highlights of intellectual activities in the University of Ibadan community.
IAS-UI Signs Agreement on Partnership with the African Studies Institute, University of Georgia
March 5, 2018
This agreement is preliminary to the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding between the University of Georgia and the University of Ibadan.
AHP Fellowship Residencies at IAS-UI: Dr Sharlene Khan and Dr Amidou Jean-Baptiste Sourou
IAS-UI is host to two beneficiaries of the African Humanities Program (AHP) Fellowship of the American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS).
Staff Seminar Series
Live Stream: 9th of May 2018, 11.00 a.m.
Traditional Songs as “Language” of Information and Morality in Yoruba Religious Beliefs and Culture: Context and Significance, by Prof Aderibigbe
Live StreamAfrican Studies at Ibadan
IAS-UI offers postgraduate programmes leading to the award of the MA, MPhil and PhD degrees in core African Studies. Our programmes are designed for those working towards gaining better insights into theoretical and practical methods in African Studies.
About IAS
The raison d’ȇtre for any Institute of African Studies in Africa today is the sense of purpose that comes with self-knowledge. It is our mandate at the Institute of African Studies, University of Ibadan, to build a body of knowledge and to construct an attitude of intellection that will not take for granted the heritage of African peoples, their experiences in the present, and their aspirations for the future.
Students
At IAS-UI, our students pursue postgraduate courses in various disciplines. The students of our Institute run the African Studies Students’ Association (ASSA). ASSA is a vibrant body whose activities bring students together to promote their interests as budding scholars, cultural ambassadors, and responsible members of society.
Staff
Headed by a Director of professorial rank, we have a complement of full-time research fellows in the disciplines of African History, African Law, African Music, African Visual Arts, Anthropology, Cultural and Media Studies, Diaspora and Transnational Studies, Gender Studies, Traditional African Medicine and Belief Systems, and Transformation Studies in Africa.
Research
IAS staff constantly undertake field and archival research in their areas of specialization and in collaboration with scholars in cognate disciplines. Fieldwork is a key principle of research in IAS, and our students take compulsory courses in field methods. Some of the titles of concluded and ongoing research works carried out by IAS staff can be viewed here:
A selection of works published by our Institute over the years can be viewed here.
IAS staff publish often within, but also beyond, the provinces of their disciplinary specialisms, given that some of our research problems and themes require interdisciplinary approaches.
Studio
Archive of Sound and Visio: an extremely valuable organ of media resource and cultural pedagogy at our Institute.
Museum
A collection of more than a thousand ethnographic materials and traditional arts objects from Nigeria and other African countries.
Art Shop
Artworks, souvenirs and gifts items, contemporary and traditional Yoruba and Benin artworks (woodcarvings, brass casts,...)