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Ranka dade! Kole Shettima for Turbanning as ‘Zanna Yuroma’ of Machina Emirate

Posted By: adminon: January 18, 2026In: World From AfricaTags: America, Europe, Kano, MacArthur, Machina, Middle East, Mohammed Abubakar Rimi, South East AsiaNo CommentsViews:
Ranka dade! Kole Shettima for Turbanning as 'Zanna Yuroma' of Machina Emirate

Come January 31st, 2026, Dr Kole Ahmed Shettima, Africa Director of MacArthur Foundation will add another feather to his cap. In addition to philanthropy administration, he will be turbaned... Read more

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African Academic Excellence: Implications for Politics and Development in Africa

Posted By: adminon: August 23, 2025In: FlashbackTags: ABU Zaria, Bala/Bangura Debate, Dar es Salam, Decolonial Historiography, Historiography, Ibadan, Identity politics, IMF/World Bank, MacArthur, Mock OAU/AU Summit, Nation building, Nigerian economic crisis, Northern Nigerian History Research Scheme, NUC, State building, Zaria School of History, ‘FASS model’No CommentsViews:
African Academic Excellence: Implications for Politics and Development in Africa

Published below is the full text of the Lecture at the maiden edition of a symposium to honour the former Deans of the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (FASS), Ahmadu Bello University, Za... Read more

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ABU, Zaria Honours Past Deans of FASS, Hits Nostalgic Button

Posted By: adminon: August 21, 2025In: GovernanceTags: ABU Zaria, FASS, Historiography, Identity politics, MacArthur, Nation building, NUC, State buildingNo CommentsViews:
ABU, Zaria Honours Past Deans of FASS, Hits Nostalgic Button

The Nigerian university system came under a reflexive scrutiny today at the Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria where deans of the old Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (FASS) were called to be... Read more

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How Kole Shettima’s 65th Birthday Symposium Turned Into a Rhizomatic Moment

Posted By: adminon: February 13, 2025In: GovernanceTags: 'Historic Block', ABU Zaria, CDD, Imperialism, MacArthur, Marxism, Military rule, Philanthropy, UI, ‘Collective will’, ‘Omoluabi’No CommentsViews:
How Kole Shettima’s 65th Birthday Symposium Turned Into a Rhizomatic Moment

Rhizomatic moment is the inescapable grammar for capturing the discontinuously interconnected issues, situations, people, outcomes, models, symbols, memories and even facts that tie together... Read more

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From ‘Who Elected Oxfam’ to ‘Who Elected Kole Shettima?”

Posted By: adminon: February 11, 2025In: People in ActionTags: Africa, Dr Kole Shettima, Global justice, INGOs, MacArthur, Oxfam, Philanthropy, The EconomistNo CommentsViews:
From ‘Who Elected Oxfam’ to ‘Who Elected Kole Shettima?”

Come February 12th, 2025, a symposium will take place in Abuja, Nigeria. The symposium whose topic is “Role of Philanthropy in Strengthening Democracy in Africa” is to mark the 6... Read more

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Grief in the Nigerian Civil Society as Leading Members Suffer Loss of Relations

Posted By: adminon: January 27, 2022In: People in ActionTags: CAPP, MacArthur, OAUTHC, WRAPANo CommentsViews:
Grief in the Nigerian Civil Society as Leading Members Suffer Loss of Relations

Leading members of the civil society in Nigeria are mourning the loss of loved ones, all of them nearly at the same time. Even as sketchy as the details of the deceased are in each case at t... Read more

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