We have a new Director!
Dr Senayon Olaoluwa is now Acting-Director of the Institute of African Studies, University of Ibadan, with the completion of the tenure of Dr I.A. Jimoh on 31st July.
A graduate (BA Hons, 1997) in English from the then Ogun State University (now Olabisi Onabanjo University), Ago-Iwoye, Nigeria, Dr Olaoluwa obtained his MA in English from...
Prof David Okpako (1936-2020): Life of an Icon
It is with profound regret that we announce the passing, on September 7, 2020, of Prof David Tinakpoevwan Okpako, who was a Distinguished Fellow of our Institute.
Prof Okpako’s contributions to the establishment of the discipline of Pharmacy in Nigerian academia make for a lofty story of inspiration and doggedness...
IAS joins IFRA in bidding Dr Elodie Apard farewell
IAS wishes Dr Elodie Apard a fruitful sojourn ahead as she completes her tenure as Director of the Institut Français de Recherche en Afrique (IFRA).
Our relationship with IFRA has come of age, this year being the thirtieth anniversary of the establishment of a collaboration from which we have benefited immensely...
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).
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: 25th of September 2019, 11.00 a.m
Dr Olorunyomi to deliver Sixth Lecture in IAS Staff Seminar Series
‘Talking Futures with Literature as Wombiture’ Dr Olorunyomi argues for the place of Futures Studies among the disciplines that harness emerging narrative structures and modalities for engaging both lived and imagined experience.
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,...)