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Prof Claude Ake Street in Abuja and Its Evocation of ‘Back to the Future’

Posted By: adminon: October 10, 2023In: FlashbackTags: Achebe, Bala Usman, Decoloniality, IPPSS, Kenneth Waltz, Literature, Postcolonial theory, Richard Ashley, Stanley Hoffmann, ‘Dissident scholars’No CommentsViews:
Prof Claude Ake Street in Abuja and Its Evocation of ‘Back to the Future’

When Intervention opened this series upon discovering that the late Bala Usman has a street named after him in Abuja, the reason given for the significance for that is that Abuja stands as a... Read more

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ABU, Zaria Set to Tell the History of History

Posted By: adminon: April 30, 2023In: Words and WorldTags: Bala Usman, Decoloniality, History, Ibadan School of History, IMF, Prof Eskor Toyo, Standpoint epistemology, World BankNo CommentsViews:
ABU, Zaria Set to Tell the History of History

For a Department which offered a radically contingent statement privileging knowledge and (global) power in the study of History, the story of the Department of History at the Ahmadu Bello U... Read more

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Far From An Innocent Picture Oh!

Posted By: adminon: March 28, 2023In: SpectacleTags: Colonial warfare, Decoloniality, Primitivity, Prof Femi TaiwoNo CommentsViews:
Far From An Innocent Picture Oh!

In the decolonial era, a graphic such as this cover picture sends a powerful message. It critiques the question of what sorts of materials are most appropriate or why the preference for ceme... Read more

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Strongest 105 Universities in the Social Science Subjects in the 2023 World University Subject Ranking

Posted By: adminon: March 22, 2023In: BookspaceTags: Africa, CHINA, Decoloniality, Global knowledge production, Latin America, Middle East, QS Subject ranking, UK, USNo CommentsViews:
Strongest 105 Universities in the Social Science Subjects in the 2023 World University Subject Ranking

It is time to get more insights into how well or not too well particular universities are teaching particular courses as QS World University Ranking releases its 2023 Subject Ranking. It is... Read more

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NIIA Flashes the Searchlight on ‘Self-Determination and Secessionism’

Posted By: adminon: March 20, 2023In: De-EscalationTags: Decoloniality, Peace and Conflict Studies, Self-determination and secessionismNo CommentsViews:
NIIA Flashes the Searchlight on ‘Self-Determination and Secessionism’

A Peace and Conflict Studies perspective of the use and misuse of the theory and practice of self-determination is what would be at stake Wednesday, March 22nd, 2023 at the Conference Chambe... Read more

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