IAS hosts THInK Fellows from Wits
On the 1st and 2nd of July, IAS hosted an international workshop featuring a team of researchers from the University of the Witwatersrand on the project ‘Transforming the Humanities through Interdisciplinary Knowledge’ (THInK).
Prof Layiwola to deliver fifth lecture in IAS Staff Seminar Series
How Can Africa Reinvent Sustainable Development Goals and Dreams?
The fifth lecture in the IAS-CODESRIA Staff Seminar Series will be delivered on the 26th of June. A link to the livestreaming channel will be provided on our website on the day of the lecture
WORDOC screens Isong’s ‘House Husband’ for International Women’s Day
Women’s Research and Documentation Centre (WORDOC) is holding a screening of Uduak Isong’s romantic comedy ‘House Husband’ on Thursday 7, 2019, at 10:00 a.m., Lady Bank-Anthony Hall, Institute of African Studies, University of Ibadan.
Towards the 3rd International Symposium on Ogori Culture and People
Plans towards the 3rd International Symposium on Ogori Culture and People are already under way. This year’s symposium, which comes up on 3 May, 2019, is on the theme of Mother Tongue Literacy.
Cynthia Olufade Wins Leiden Thesis Award
Cynthia Aghunotse Olufade of our programme in Diaspora and Transnational Studies (DTS) is the 2018 winner of the prestigious Africa Thesis Award of the African Studies Centre Leiden, the Netherlands...
Staff Seminar Series
Live Stream: 26th of June 2019, 11.00 a.m
Prof Layiwola to deliver fifth lecture in IAS Staff Seminar Series
‘How Can Africa Reinvent Sustainable Development Goals and Dreams?’ This lecture dissects the developmental predicaments of African countries, as it argues that developmental programmes and processes should germinate from the cultural soils of African societies.
The link to the livestream channel will be shared on our website on the day.
African 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,...)