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Dear LSA Community:

Greetings! Please find updates on our activities below:



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*Announcing!!! The Lagos Studies Association Book Drive in support of the
University of Lagos Library *

Libraries at African universities face enormous challenges acquiring books
and other scholarly materials published beyond the boundaries of their
nations. This problem, in turn, affects teaching and research across the
continent. Each year, the Lagos Studies Association attracts a host of
international scholars from diverse fields to the University of Lagos.
Since 2017, the University and its Library have contributed substantially
and generously to the arrangements for the annual meeting. Please join us
in bringing books and other scholarly materials to the 2020 annual meeting
that will contribute to the development of University of Lagos Library=E2=
=80=99s
teaching and research holdings in your field or other fields represented on
campus. The texts will be presented to the University of Lagos Library at
the annual meeting as a token of the LSA=E2=80=99s gratitude to the Univers=
ity of
Lagos and its important library. Please direct any questions to Kristin
Mann. Please send a list of authors and titles you will bring to Kristin
before the meeting so that she can prepare a master list of works to be
presented.



*The LSA Book Drive Committee:*

Kristin Mann, History, Emory University (emerita) (histkm@emory.edu), Chair

Carli Coetzee, African Languages, Cultures, and Literatures (Journal of
African Cultural Studies)

Halimat Egberongbe, Head, Reader=E2=80=99s Services (University of Lagos Li=
brary)

Abosede George, History and Africana Studies (Barnard College-Columbia
University)

Jonathan Haynes, English and Film Studies (Long Island University)

Ebenezer Obadare, Sociology (University of Kansas)

Moses Ochonu, History (Vanderbilt University)

Moyo Okediji, Art and Art History (University of Texas at Austin)

Mojubaolu Okome, Political Science (Brooklyn College, The City University
of New York)

Oyeronke Oyewumi, Sociology, Gender, Knowledge, and Culture (Stony Brook
University)

Lynn Schler, History, Politics and Government (Ben-Gurion University of the
Negev)

Ola Uduku, Architecture (University of Manchester)



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*African Studies Association of the United Kingdom Conference (Cardiff,
Sept. 8-10, 2020)*



The LSA is grateful to the African Studies Association of the United
Kingdom (ASAUK) for granting our Vice President Akeem Akinwale (University
of Lagos) full bursary to attend the next meeting of the association in
Cardiff (September 8-10). Congratulations!

The travel grant covers return flight ticket, hotel accommodation, visa
cost, and registration fee. At the conference, Akinwale will work with
Oliver Coates and Saheed Aderinto to oversee LSA panels and present his own
paper on international automobile industry in Lagos.

If you would like to present in LSA-panels at the conference, send your
abstract and short bio to Oliver Coates (orc20@cam.ac.uk) by *March 10,
2020. *See this link for additional information about ASAUK 2020:
http://www.asauk.net/asauk-2020/
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*LSA Awards 2020*

The Lagos Studies Association is accepting nominations for its 2020 Awards.
Deadline is February 28, 2020. Find guidelines here:
https://lagosstudies.wcu.edu/?page_id=3D429

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*Monthly Membership Update *

Fifty members paid their annual membership due in January. Thank you!

Full list of dues-paying members and payment instruction available here:
https://lagosstudies.wcu.edu/?page_id=3D215

   1. Amenaghawon Abusomwan               (University of Lagos)
   2. Odunayo Adeojo                                 (West Virginia
   University)
   3. Ada Agbasimalo                                 (Forest Dame Peace
   Initiative)
   4. Fehintola Tunbosun Akinwande        (University of Ibadan)
   5. Joseph Omobolanle Akinniyi             (University of Lagos)
   6. Jane Sharon Akinyemi                        (University of Lagos)
   7. Kabiru Amusa                                     (University of
   Ibadan)
   8. Ese Eunice Anene                               (University of Ibadan)
   9. Gbemisola Animasawun                     (University of Ilorin)
   10. Morenikeji Asaaju                              (Obafemi Awolowo
   University)
   11. Adebowale Ayobade                          (University of Lagos)
   12. Adeyemi Balogun                               (University of
   Bayreuth)
   13. Opeyemi Balogun                               (Independent Scholar)
   14. Daniel Chukwuemeka                        (University of Bristol)
   15. Euan Crispin                                       (University of
   Sheffield)
   16. Olusola Daniels                                   (Adekunle Ajasin
   University)
   17. Basil Osayin Dauda                            (University of Ibadan)
   18. Osaisonor Godfrey Ekhator                (Institute for Benin
   Studies)
   19. Mfon Ekpootu                                    (University of Port
   Harcourt)
   20. Abisoye Eleshin                                  (University of
   Lagos)
   21. Olorunwa Emmanuel Eromora           (University of Lagos)
   22. Augustine Farinola                              (University of
   Birmingham)
   23. Omolara Fayemi                                 (Collin County
   Community College)
   24. Ruth Ginio                                          (Ben-Gurion
   University of the Negev)
   25. Simon Gusah                                      (Future Cities
   Nigeria)
   26. Peter Mewhenu Hosu                         (University of Ibadan)
   27. Feyisitan Ijimakinde                           (University of Ibadan=
)
   28. Mathias Chukwudi Isiani                    (University of Nigeria)
   29. Chima Korieh                                     (Marquette
   University)
   30. Dele Layiwola                                    (University of
   Ibadan)
   31. Linda Jummai Mustafa                       (Ibrahim Badamasi
   Babangida University)
   32. Regina Mosunmola Ogunmolaji         (University of Lagos)
   33. Simeon Oluwole Ojo                          (University of Abuja)
   34. Kehinde Okanlawon                           (University of Ibadan)
   35. Mutiat Oladejo                                    (University of
   Ibadan)
   36. Philip Olayoku                                    (Aid Network)
   37. Onyendidi Olibamoyo                        (Redeemer=E2=80=99s Unive=
rsity)
   38. Akinwale Onipede                              (University of Lagos)
   39. Onwuegbuchi Nneoma Onyinyechi    (University of Nigeria)
   40. Ononiwu Oparah                                (University of Nigeria=
)
   41. Ifeanyi Boniface Orji                          (Crown Hill
   University)
   42. Samuel Orimolade                              (Makerere Institute of
   Social Research)
   43. Uyi Osadolor                                      (Independent
   Scholar)
   44. Adetoun Adebisi Oyelude                  (University of Ibadan)
   45. Babatunde Salami                               (University of Lagos)
   46. Aderayo Sanusi                                   (Princeton
   University)
   47. Lindsay Sawyer                                  (University of
   Sheffield)
   48. Bunmi Shorunke                                 (University of Ibadan=
)
   49. Esther Chioma Uwandu-Mordi          (University of Lagos)
   50. Samuel Wycliff                                   (Ahmadu Bello
   University)



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*Highlights of the 5th Annual LSA Conference. Lagos. June 25-27, 2020*



*Niyi Osundare and the African Postcolonial Discourse *

It was no coincidence that Osundare=E2=80=99s first poem (=E2=80=9CPoetry I=
s=E2=80=9D) in his first
collection (*Songs of the Marketplace*) inscribes a decolonial politics
that radically unsettles the autotelic conception of art in modern African
literature. Indeed, more than a Bloomian index of anxiety, it was a
politics that would exert the most profound influence on his literary
imagination and to which he would return in volume after volume. Published
three years after *Songs of the Marketplace*, *A Nib in the Pond, *for
instance, addresses the same question about the value and valuation of art.
In an angry and clearly assertive tone, the poet here transforms the
Western legislative creed of *art for art=E2=80=99s sake *into a pun-driven
lampoon: =E2=80=9CArt shorn of the human touch/is art for ass sake.=E2=80=
=9D But Osundare
has not only grappled with the crucial question of colonialism and its
continuous imperial expressions within poetic reflections; he has also
called attention to the paradoxical inflections of this monstrous question
within African postcolonial-theoretic thought. In two seminal essays,
=E2=80=9CAfrican Literature and the Crisis of Post-Structuralist Theorising=
=E2=80=9D and
=E2=80=9CSingers of a New Dawn: Nigerian Literature from the Second Generat=
ion on,=E2=80=9D
he probes how the =E2=80=9C=E2=80=98post=E2=80=99-theology=E2=80=9D applies=
 to Africa and its =E2=80=9Cperennial
catastrophes.=E2=80=9D He memorably asks: =E2=80=9CHow =E2=80=98post-coloni=
al=E2=80=99 is post-colonial
discourse?=E2=80=9D



In this roundtable discussion, six scholars directly engage the
poet-scholar on various aspects of his poetic and critical practice,
especially in relation to African postcolonial discourse. Placing his works
within the larger context of his life and field-defining career as a poet,
linguist, and literary critic, they create a dialogue that both
retrospectively and prospectively interrogates African postcolonial theory
and praxis.



*Panel Chair and Organizer*: Tosin Gbogi (Marquette University)



*Panelists*

Gabriel Bamgbose (Rutgers University)

Mathew Brown (University of Wisconsin-Madison)

Oyeniyi Okunoye (Obafemi Awolowo University)

Omotayo Oloruntoba-Oju (Adekunle Ajasin University)

Nathan Suhr-Sytsma (Emory University)



*Respondent*

Niyi Osundare (University of New Orleans)



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*Highlights of the 5th Annual LSA Conference. Lagos. June 25-27, 2020*
*Journey of an African Colony: The Making of Nigeria *by Olasupo Shasore
(2019)  ----- The LSA is pleased to organize a panel on *Journey of an
African Colony*, a documentary by Olasupo Shasore. From the heart of former
imperial power in London to the epicenter of modern Nigerian politics in
Abuja, and from the creeks of the Niger Delta to the Sahel of Kano, Shasore
takes his audience through centuries of history shaped by internal dynamics
and external contact. If the story of the transatlantic slave trade is one
of the worst atrocities of humankind, that of the creation of empires and
civilizations gives significant credit to the creativity of women and men
who laid the foundation of contemporary Nigerian cultures. Shasore combines
the gift of storytelling with impeccable interpretation of diverse genre of
sources (archival, oral, visual, and material) to explore centuries of
Nigerian history for 21st century knowledge seekers. He pilots his audience
through the history of wars and protests, such as the Women=E2=80=99s War o=
f 1929,
which challenged colonial prejudice against women, and the making of
constitutions that serve as the bedrock of modern Nigeria. While his
insightful presentation of history unsettles assumptions about what
actually constitutes the Nigerian past, the contributions of academic
historians from Nigeria and across the world diversified authorial voice,
rendering additional text to Shasore=E2=80=99s useful narration. Authoritat=
ively
narrated, thought-provoking, and eye-opening, *Journey of an African Colony=
* is
a major achievement in the unending epistemic struggle for an
African-centered perspective on history. Beautifully illustrated with
interactive maps and embellished with high quality pictures, the
documentary should be a required teaching aid for all public schools in
Nigeria.



*Panel Chair*: Rufus Akinyele (University of Lagos)



*Panelists*

Ademide Adelusi-Adeluyi (University of California-Riverside)

Saheed Aderinto (Western Carolina University)

Aduke Gomez (Independent Scholar)

Kristin Mann (Emory University)

Katharina Oke (King=E2=80=99s College London)

 *Respondent*

Olasupo Shasore (Independent Scholar)



See this link for a snapshot of *Journey of an African Colony*:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Db7nv_VkdPdQ&feature=3Dyoutu.be&fbclid=3DI=
wAR2C7Qa81TA3QvJPCw_x6XR7ippARQ9oiUfrPOfbqsPBBV68uLTflTwuXPg









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*Highlights of the 5th Annual LSA Conference. Lagos. June 25-27, 2020*

*A Private Escape? A Critical Examination of the Relationship Between Lagos
and Eko Atlantic *



Co-chair and Organizer: Elizabeth Cobbett (University of East Anglia) and
Lynn Schler (Ben-Gurion University of the Negev)

*----*

*This is not Nigeria: Space, Territoriality, and Sovereignty in Eko
Atlantic Financial Zone* by Elizabeth Cobbett (University of East Anglia)



*The Dubai of Africa? Exploring the Role of Aesthetic Representation in the
Construction of Eko Atlantic City *by Euan Crispin (The University of
Sheffield)



*Managing the Eko Atlantic Urban Space: The Imperative of a Paradigm Shift*
by Femi Olokesusi (Afe Babalola University)



 *Eko Atlantic Project: A Forerunner to Homegrown Development for
Urbanising Rural Nigeria* by Oloruntola Sunday (University of Lagos) and
Emmanuel Idakwo (Federal University of Lafia)



*Enclave Urbanism in Lagos: Infrastructure and Integration in the Emerging
Eko Atlantic City* by Jammie Titilayo (Technical University of Darmstadt)



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*Highlights of the 5th Annual LSA Conference. Lagos, June 25-27, 2020. *

Author Meets Readers: Engaging Chima Korieh=E2=80=99s *Nigeria and World Wa=
r II:
Colonialism, Empire, and Global Conflict *(Cambridge University Press, 2020=
)



---

The LSA is pleased to organize a panel on Korieh=E2=80=99s *Nigeria and Wor=
ld War
II*. In this discipline-redefining text, Korieh does not focus on the
well-known stories of military operations and the relationship between the
WWII and nationalism. Rather, the author=E2=80=99s primary agenda includes =
writing
neglected themes into the history of the global catastrophe in ways that
give agency to neglected narratives and political communities such as
colonial children and farmers, whose contribution to the WWII has not
received adequate attention. Excavating the voice of children from
previously unutilized sources such as letters and memoirs (including that
of renowned novelist Chinua Achebe), placing women at the center of the
food crisis, and pontificating intellectual production and network of
social relations, among other issues covered in the study, illuminate a
dark angle to Nigeria=E2=80=99s involvement in the global violence.

*Nigeria and WWII*, exaltedly-occupies the confluence of multiple topics in
African studies=E2=80=94race, gender, intellectualism, childhood, and Empir=
e=E2=80=94in
casting a new light on one of the most important events in modern world
history. Perceptively-written and meticulously-researched, the book
complements existing scholarship in remakable ways, while occupying its own
unique place in African and global history.



*Panel Chair*: Habeeb Sanni (Lagos State University)



*Panelists*

1)      Shina Alimi (Obafemi Awolowo University)

2)      Oliver Coates (University of Cambridge)

3)      Abosede George (Barnard College--Columbia University)

4)      Ruth Ginio (Ben-Gurion University of the Negev)

5)      Tim Livsey (Northumbria University)



*Respondent/Author*

Chima Korieh (Marquette University)

For more information on the book, see this link:
https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/nigeria-and-world-war-ii/5FA303574C4CE=
21F3EAABCDBDA29F280



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*Highlights of the 5th Annual LSA Conference. Lagos, June 25-27, 2020. *

Author Meets Readers: Engaging =C5=81ukasz Stanek=E2=80=99s, *Architecture =
in Global
Socialism: Eastern Europe, West Africa, and the Middle East in the Cold War=
*
(Princeton University Press, 2020)



---

The LSA is pleased to organize a panel on Stanek=E2=80=99s, *Architecture i=
n Global
Socialism*. The main focus of this book is how planners, construction
companies, and architects from socialist Eastern Europe collaborated with
local professionals to pilot a new modernist turn in five cities in the
Global South: Lagos, Accra, Baghdad, Abu Dhabi, and Kuwait City. Drawing
from previously untapped archival materials, unpublished images, and
unmined oral narratives, Stanek gives another dimension to the politics of
the Cold War beyond armed struggle, focusing on how built environment
shaped and was shaped by conflict over global supremacy.

Africanist scholars would be impressed by how Stanek inserts
infrastructural modernization at the heart of postcolonial discourse of
nation-building in Nigeria and Ghana. Indeed, the connection between
nationalism and architecture in the 1960s and 1970s allows him beam a
bright light on how postcolonial conception of progress deployed
architectural magnificence, both as immediate evidence of an idealized
future, characterized by parallel global modernities, and as immediate
benefit of political self-determination. Thus, the stories of the National
Theatre in Lagos and Accra=E2=80=99s International Trade Fair go beyond the=
 impact
of massive edifice on physical landscape to include how they framed
political discourse, across local and global arenas.

            Colorfully-illustrated with maps and photos, and enhanced with
newspaper reports of public perception of architectural encounter, this
book benefits from a thoughtful scholarship that does not
over-compartmentalize knowledge. From architecture and urban studies to
nationalism and decolonization, Stanek=E2=80=99s book reemphasizes the valu=
e of
placing built environment at the center of major social and political
processes central to how people (regardless of their class), defined and
encountered Cold War modernism. The author successfully writes numerous
peoples, places, events, and architectural landmarks into the history of
five global cities in a coherent theoretical framework, thus upholding the
value of multi-sited research.



*Panel Chair*: Babatunde Agbola (University of Ibadan)



*Panelists*

1. Tim Livsey (Northumbria University)

2. Ikem Okoye (University of Delaware)

3. Bisi Olumide (University of Lagos)

4. Bhakti Shringarpure (University of Connecticut)

5. Ola Uduku (University of Manchester)



*Respondent/Author*

=C5=81ukasz Stanek (University of Manchester)



For more information on the book, see this link:
https://press.princeton.edu/books/hardcover/9780691168708/architecture-in-g=
lobal-socialism
<https://press.princeton.edu/books/hardcover/9780691168708/architecture-in-=
global-socialism?fbclid=3DIwAR2eHtOJx61depxdPsJJ7M0wj6IPWdUD8V5pgf4B_OoIvUk=
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*Highlights of the 5th Annual LSA Conference. Lagos. June 25-27, 2020*



*Campus Forms*

*Chair and Organizer*: Carli Coetzee (Journal of African Cultural Studies)

*---*

*Nicknaming Practices and Campus Celebrity Identities in Southwestern
Nigeria *by Jendele Hungbo (Bowen University)



*Elitist and Popular Ideological Forms in Three Nigerian Campus
Novels* by Kayode
G. Kofoworola (University of Lagos)



*Nollywood, Campus Forms, and Postcolonial Pedagogy *by Omotola Okunlola
(University of Wisconsin-Madison)



*Spaces of Protest: Seydina Issa Sow=E2=80=99s Campus Graphic Novel* by Mah=
riana
Rofheart (Georgia Gwinnett College)



*Whatever it takes!=E2=80=99 Financial Survival Strategies among Students o=
f
Obafemi Awolowo University* by Helen Ugah (Elizade University)





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*Highlights of the 5th Annual LSA Conference. Lagos, June 25-27, 2020. *

Author Meets Readers: Engaging Katherine Baxter=E2=80=99s *Imagined States:=
 Law and
Literature in Nigeria, 1900-1966* (Edinburgh University Press, 2019)

The LSA is pleased to organize a panel on Baxter=E2=80=99s *Imagined States=
*. Using
Adigun Agbaje=E2=80=99s profound observation that =E2=80=9Cno other area vi=
vidly
illustrates the enduring character and pervasiveness of the colonial
inheritance in the Nigerian post-colony more than its system of laws,=E2=80=
=9D as a
touchstone, *Imagined States* engages a gamut of fiction written by
Nigerian and British authors from 1900 to the 1960s. These literary and
popular creative works, including Chinua Achebe=E2=80=99s *No Longer at Eas=
e* and *Man
of the People* and Cyprian Ekwensi=E2=80=99s *People of the City* and *Jagu=
a Nana*,
among others, go beyond fictional representations of actuality in the way
they positioned the encounter of colonial subjects and citizens with the
instrumentalities of the state. From autobiographical writings of
nationalists like Obafemi Awolowo to newspaper editorials, the language of
law, equity, and conscience converged and diverged (in varying proportion)
around the vexed questions of political expediency.

In deploying the representation of law in literature to underscore the
working of colonial and postcolonial Nigeria, *Imagined States* expands
African literary scholarship in significant ways.



*Panel Chair*: Adigun Agbaje (University of Ibadan)



*Panelists*

Lola Akande (University of Lagos)

Wendy Griswold (Northwestern University)

Stephanie Newell (Yale University)

Senayon Olaoluwa (University of Ibadan)

Nathan Suhr-Sytsma (Emory University)



*Respondent/Author*

Katherine Isobel Baxter (Northumbria University)



For additional information on the book, see this link:
https://edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-imagined-states.html



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Call for Panelists

*Names, Naming, and Discourses of Ogu Identity (Special Panel Call)*

The 5th Lagos Studies Conference

University of Lagos

June 25-27, 2020



As a follow-up to the successful hosting of two special panels at two
previous editions of the Lagos Studies Association Conference, we are once
again proposing a special panel at the 2020 edition of the conference
holding from 25th June to 27th June, 2020. This time, we are interested in
names, naming and discourses of Ogu identity. Specifically, we intend to
critically examine the different ways in which names and naming, as social
practice, are implicated in various experiences of the Ogu (popularly, but
erroneously, called Egun) ethnic nationality in Lagos and beyond. The panel
will examine the issues from multidisciplinary perspectives by examining
the various dimensions of names and naming and how practices of naming
define the identity of the Ogu in historical and contemporary contexts.



We therefore welcome submissions seeking to answer key questions bordering
on but not limited to:

=C2=B7         Names and naming

=C2=B7         Typologies of (Ogu) names

=C2=B7         Names and identity

=C2=B7         Names and ethnicity

=C2=B7         Names and assimilation/integration

=C2=B7         The history of names

=C2=B7         Names, naming and culture

=C2=B7         The economy of names

=C2=B7         Names and popular culture

=C2=B7         Names and celebrity cultures

=C2=B7         Names and spirituality

=C2=B7         Names as remnant identity

=C2=B7         Names, naming and the politics of space

Submit a 250-300 word abstract via email simultaneously to both convenors
of the panel by March 10, 2020



*Conveners*:



Dr Jendele Hungbo

Department of Mass Communication

Bowen University, Iwo

Email: Jendele.hungbo@bowen.edu.ng



*and*

Dr. Senayon Olaoluwa

Institute of African Studies

University of Ibadan

Email: samsenayon@gmail.com



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Call for Panelists



*Lagos in New Nollywood*



The 5th Annual Lagos Studies Association Conference

Theme: Postcolonial African Cities at 60: Continuities and Discontinuities

June 25-27, 2020
Lagos, Nigeria



*Panel Organizer and Chair: Senayon Olaoluwa (University of Ibadan)*



The city of Lagos holds an unparalleled attraction for Nigerians as well as
the rest of the world precisely because ever since its founding in the late
medieval period, it has benefited from a peculiar privilege of location
which has remained fundamental to its evolutionary emergence as a global
city. Sitting comfortably within the historical geography of the Slave
Coast, it served the age of the obnoxious Atlantic slavery, gaining a
reputation as exit point for millions of Africans into the Americas and
other parts of the world against their wish. Not surprisingly, it became a
popular point of return for many freed slaves and served as the space for
the development of default urbanscape dynamics in the wake of Atlantic
slavery. The indices of modernity and modernization that attended
colonialism in Nigeria found their finest expression in the city of Lagos,
so much so that even when several other locations had previously enjoyed
the privilege of being designated the capital of colonial Nigeria, it was
Lagos that ultimately earned the designation of the colonial capital up to
the end of colonialism in 1960. As a post-colonial capital, Lagos enjoyed
the unique privilege until 1991 when a new seat of power was inaugurated in
Abuja. Even more intriguing is the fact that the city of Lagos has never
ceased to have the strongest pull for people from all over Nigeria and
across the world since the relocation of the capital of governance to
Abuja. Incontrovertibly Nigeria=E2=80=99s and Africa=E2=80=99s most populou=
s city, Lagos
has remained the nation=E2=80=99s economic capital despite its loss of fede=
ral
political agency as capital. A combination of historical and contemporary
values has earned Lagos a preeminent place in the colonial and postcolonial
narration that is embodied in various forms of textual practice. Yet, Lagos
also arguably remains a domain of contradictions that speak to African
postcolonial conditions. While Nigerian and African literature has
accentuated this fact, the history of film in the country has sustained the
textual consciousness as interpreted on the screen=E2=80=94from pre-Nollywo=
od to
Nollywood and to New Nollywood. This panel specifically seeks papers for a
special panel on recent big screen productions otherwise known as New
Nollywood and the various ways in which they underscore the riveting
attention that the city of Lagos enjoys in the interpretation of what
Adesokan has termed the =E2=80=9Cpostcolonial incredible=E2=80=9D.



At the 5th Lagos Studies Association (LSA) conference, papers for
presentation are invited from scholars working on New Nollywood as a new
conceptual phenomenon yet to be fully unpacked. Issues to address may
include, but by no means limited to:

Lagos and history in New Nollywood

Lagos and transnationalism in New Nollywood

Lagos and spatiotemporal transformation in New Nollywood

Lagos and new media in New Nollywood

Lagos and the question of power in New Nollywood

Lagos and religion in New Nollywood

Lagos and cosmopolitanism in New Nollywood

Lagos and human rights activism in New Nollywood

Lagos and (homo)sexuality in New Nollywood

Lagos and environmentalism in New Nollywood

Lagos and politics in New Nollywood

Lagos and conflict New Nollywood

Lagos and romance in New Nollywood

Lagos and memory in New Nollywood

Lagos and music in New Nollywood

Lagos and 21st century contradictions in New Nollywood



Abstracts of not more than 300 words should be sent to Senayon Olaoluwa
through samsenayon@gmail.com on or before March 15, 2020.



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*Facebook Updates*

We have updated our Facebook page with professional development
opportunities, articles, and LSA and members=E2=80=99 activities and news:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/205111409881162/






Sincerely,

Saheed Aderinto





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*US Address*

The Lagos Studies Association

C\O Saheed Aderinto
286 Central Drive

History Department

McKee Building

Western Carolina University

Cullowhee NC 28723

Website: https://lagosstudies.wcu.edu/

Email Address: lagosstudiesassociation@gmail.com



*Nigeria Address *

The Lagos Studies Association

C\O Dr. Yetunde Zaid

University of Lagos Library

P.M.B 1012

Akoka, Lagos

Nigeria

Email Address: lagosstudiesassociation@gmail.com

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ne-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style=
=3D"font-size:12pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif">Dear
LSA Community:</span></p>

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font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style=3D"font-size:12p=
t;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif">Greetings!
Please find updates on our activities below:</span></p>

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font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style=3D"font-size:12p=
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+++</span></p>

<p style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:&quot;Times =
New Roman&quot;,serif"><u>Announcing!!! The Lagos Studies
Association Book Drive in support of the University of Lagos Library </u></=
p>

<p style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:&quot;Times =
New Roman&quot;,serif">Libraries at African universities
face enormous challenges acquiring books and other scholarly materials
published beyond the boundaries of their nations. This problem, in turn,
affects teaching and research across the continent. Each year, the Lagos
Studies Association attracts a host of international scholars from diverse
fields to the University of Lagos. Since 2017, the University and its Libra=
ry
have contributed substantially and generously to the arrangements for the
annual meeting. Please join us in bringing books and other scholarly materi=
als
to the 2020 annual meeting that will contribute to the development of
University of Lagos Library=E2=80=99s teaching and research holdings in you=
r field or
other fields represented on campus. The texts will be presented to the
University of Lagos Library at the annual meeting as a token of the LSA=E2=
=80=99s
gratitude to the University of Lagos and its important library. Please dire=
ct
any questions to Kristin Mann. Please send a list of authors and titles you
will bring to Kristin before the meeting so that she can prepare a master l=
ist
of works to be presented.</p>

<p style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:&quot;Times =
New Roman&quot;,serif"><b>=C2=A0</b></p>

<p style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:&quot;Times =
New Roman&quot;,serif"><b>The LSA Book Drive Committee:</b></p>

<p style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:&quot;Times =
New Roman&quot;,serif">Kristin Mann, History, Emory
University (emerita) (<a href=3D"mailto:histkm@emory.edu" style=3D"color:bl=
ue">histkm@emory.edu</a>),
Chair</p>

<p style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:&quot;Times =
New Roman&quot;,serif">Carli Coetzee, African Languages,
Cultures, and Literatures (Journal of African Cultural Studies)</p>

<p style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:&quot;Times =
New Roman&quot;,serif">Halimat Egberongbe, Head, Reader=E2=80=99s
Services (University of Lagos Library)</p>

<p style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:&quot;Times =
New Roman&quot;,serif">Abosede George, History and
Africana Studies (Barnard College-Columbia University)</p>

<p style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:&quot;Times =
New Roman&quot;,serif">Jonathan Haynes, English and Film
Studies (Long Island University)</p>

<p style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:&quot;Times =
New Roman&quot;,serif">Ebenezer Obadare, Sociology
(University of Kansas)</p>

<p style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:&quot;Times =
New Roman&quot;,serif">Moses Ochonu, History (Vanderbilt
University)</p>

<p style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:&quot;Times =
New Roman&quot;,serif">Moyo Okediji, Art and Art History
(University of Texas at Austin)</p>

<p style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:&quot;Times =
New Roman&quot;,serif">Mojubaolu Okome, Political Science
(Brooklyn College, The City University of New York)</p>

<p style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:&quot;Times =
New Roman&quot;,serif">Oyeronke Oyewumi, Sociology,
Gender, Knowledge, and Culture (Stony Brook University)</p>

<p style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:&quot;Times =
New Roman&quot;,serif">Lynn Schler, History, Politics and
Government (Ben-Gurion University of the Negev)</p>

<p style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:&quot;Times =
New Roman&quot;,serif">Ola Uduku, Architecture (University
of Manchester)</p>

<p style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:&quot;Times =
New Roman&quot;,serif">=C2=A0</p>

<p style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:&quot;Times =
New Roman&quot;,serif">++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++</p>

<p style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:&quot;Times =
New Roman&quot;,serif"><u>African Studies Association of
the United Kingdom Conference (Cardiff, Sept. 8-10, 2020)</u></p>

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font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style=3D"font-size:12p=
t;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif">=C2=A0</span></p>

<p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"background-image:initial;background-positio=
n:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-orig=
in:initial;background-clip:initial;margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:107%;font=
-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style=3D"font-size:10.5pt;=
line-height:107%;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(29,33,41)">The =
LSA is
grateful to the African Studies Association of the United Kingdom (ASAUK) f=
or
granting our Vice President Akeem Akinwale (University of Lagos) full bursa=
ry
to attend the next meeting of the association in Cardiff (September 8-10).
Congratulations!</span></p>

<p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"background-image:initial;background-positio=
n:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-orig=
in:initial;background-clip:initial;margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:107%;font=
-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style=3D"font-size:10.5pt;=
line-height:107%;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(29,33,41)">The =
travel
grant covers return flight ticket, hotel accommodation, visa cost, and
registration fee. At the conference, Akinwale will work with Oliver Coates =
and
Saheed Aderinto to oversee LSA panels and present his own paper on
international automobile industry in Lagos.</span></p>

<p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"background-image:initial;background-positio=
n:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-orig=
in:initial;background-clip:initial;margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:107%;font=
-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style=3D"font-size:10.5pt;=
line-height:107%;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(29,33,41)">If y=
ou would
like to present in LSA-panels at the conference, send your abstract and sho=
rt
bio to Oliver Coates (</span><a href=3D"mailto:orc20@cam.ac.uk" style=3D"co=
lor:blue"><span style=3D"font-size:10.5pt;line-height:107%;color:rgb(56,88,=
152);text-decoration-line:none">orc20@cam.ac.uk</span></a><span style=3D"fo=
nt-size:10.5pt;line-height:107%;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(=
29,33,41)">) by </span><span class=3D"gmail-4yxr"><u><span style=3D"font-si=
ze:10.5pt;line-height:107%;color:rgb(29,33,41)">March 10, 2020. </span></u>=
</span><span style=3D"font-size:10.5pt;line-height:107%;font-family:Helveti=
ca,sans-serif;color:rgb(29,33,41)">See this link for additional information=
 about ASAUK 2020: </span><a href=3D"https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=3Dhttp%=
3A%2F%2Fwww.asauk.net%2Fasauk-2020%2F%3Ffbclid%3DIwAR29DvzNCIx_h_AnSe7hP_G8=
0r20GthEz_ubkr6PmqBfJTm2_E-dA-573NU&amp;h=3DAT2KMNjGlnmW2eSi3PghGr1IXCamoAn=
iEI-_FXH6KCFz7d43rbpeWVzh9xFNZnfwRad_a1C6efgrlnSQumYUrkWAH4wZz0bOGDsU20oxjO=
9xb995o53K2aCFkGjloToyX3GfXCEE7bFThHiYfmeOKD0BtrY" target=3D"_blank" style=
=3D"color:blue"><span style=3D"font-size:10.5pt;line-height:107%;color:rgb(=
56,88,152);text-decoration-line:none">http://www.asauk.net/asauk-2020/</spa=
n></a><span style=3D"font-size:10.5pt;line-height:107%;font-family:Helvetic=
a,sans-serif;color:rgb(29,33,41)"></span></p>

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font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style=3D"font-size:12p=
t;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif">=C2=A0</span></p>

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font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style=3D"font-size:12p=
t;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif">++++++++++++++++++++++++++=
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<p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;=
font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><u>LSA Awards 2020</u></p>

<p class=3D"gmail-msolistparagraph" style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-s=
ize:12pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif">The
Lagos Studies Association is accepting nominations for its 2020 Awards.
Deadline is February 28, 2020. Find guidelines here: <a href=3D"https://lag=
osstudies.wcu.edu/?page_id=3D429" style=3D"color:blue">https://lagosstudies=
.wcu.edu/?page_id=3D429</a></p>

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font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style=3D"font-size:12p=
t;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif">++++++++++++++++++++++++++=
++++</span></p>

<p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;=
background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initia=
l;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initi=
al;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><u><span style=3D"font-si=
ze:12pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif;color:rgb(29,33,41)">=
Monthly Membership
Update </span></u></p>

<p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;=
background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initia=
l;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initi=
al;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style=3D"font-size:=
12pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif;color:rgb(29,33,41)">Fif=
ty members paid
their annual membership due in January. Thank you!</span></p>

<p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;=
background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initia=
l;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initi=
al;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style=3D"font-size:=
12pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif;color:rgb(29,33,41)">Ful=
l list of
dues-paying members and payment instruction available here: </span><a href=
=3D"https://lagosstudies.wcu.edu/?page_id=3D215" style=3D"color:blue"><span=
 style=3D"font-size:12pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif">htt=
ps://lagosstudies.wcu.edu/?page_id=3D215</span></a><span style=3D"font-size=
:12pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif;color:rgb(29,33,41)"></=
span></p>

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l;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style=3D"font-size:1=
2pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif">Amenaghawon Abusomwan =
=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=
=A0 (University
     of Lagos)</span></li>
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l;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style=3D"font-size:1=
2pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif">Odunayo Adeojo =C2=A0=C2=
=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=
=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=
=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 (West
     Virginia University)</span></li>
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l;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style=3D"font-size:1=
2pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif">Ada Agbasimalo=C2=A0=C2=
=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=
=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=
=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=20
     (Forest Dame Peace Initiative)</span></li>
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l;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style=3D"font-size:1=
2pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif">Fehintola Tunbosun Akinw=
ande =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 (University of Ibadan)</span></li=
>
 <li class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:norma=
l;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style=3D"font-size:1=
2pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif">Joseph Omobolanle Akinni=
yi =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 (Univ=
ersity of Lagos)</span></li>
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l;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style=3D"font-size:1=
2pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif">Jane Sharon Akinyemi=C2=
=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=
=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=20
     (University of Lagos)</span></li>
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l;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style=3D"font-size:1=
2pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif">Kabiru Amusa =C2=A0=C2=
=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=
=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=
=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 (University
     of Ibadan)</span></li>
 <li class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:norma=
l;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style=3D"font-size:1=
2pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif">Ese Eunice Anene =C2=A0=
=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=
=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=
=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 (University
     of Ibadan)</span></li>
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l;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style=3D"font-size:1=
2pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif">Gbemisola Animasawun =C2=
=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=
=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 (University
     of Ilorin)</span></li>
 <li class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:norma=
l;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style=3D"font-size:1=
2pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif">Morenikeji Asaaju=C2=A0=
=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=
=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=
=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 (Obafemi
     Awolowo University)</span></li>
 <li class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:norma=
l;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style=3D"font-size:1=
2pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif">Adebowale Ayobade =C2=A0=
=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=
=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 (University
     of Lagos)</span></li>
 <li class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:norma=
l;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style=3D"font-size:1=
2pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif">Adeyemi Balogun =C2=A0=
=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=
=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=
=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 (University
     of Bayreuth)</span></li>
 <li class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:norma=
l;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style=3D"font-size:1=
2pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif">Opeyemi Balogun =C2=A0=
=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=
=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=
=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 (Independent
     Scholar)</span></li>
 <li class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:norma=
l;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style=3D"font-size:1=
2pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif">Daniel Chukwuemeka =C2=
=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=
=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 (University
     of Bristol)</span></li>
 <li class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:norma=
l;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style=3D"font-size:1=
2pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif">Euan Crispin =C2=A0=C2=
=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=
=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=
=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 (University
     of Sheffield)</span></li>
 <li class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:norma=
l;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style=3D"font-size:1=
2pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif">Olusola Daniels=C2=A0=C2=
=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=
=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=
=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 (Adekunle
     Ajasin University)</span></li>
 <li class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:norma=
l;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style=3D"font-size:1=
2pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif">Basil Osayin Dauda =C2=
=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=
=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=
=A0 (University
     of Ibadan)</span></li>
 <li class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:norma=
l;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style=3D"font-size:1=
2pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif">Osaisonor Godfrey Ekhato=
r =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=
=C2=A0=C2=A0 (Institute for Benin Studies)</span></li>
 <li class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:norma=
l;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style=3D"font-size:1=
2pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif">Mfon Ekpootu=C2=A0=C2=A0=
=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=
=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=
=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 (University
     of Port Harcourt)</span></li>
 <li class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:norma=
l;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style=3D"font-size:1=
2pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif">Abisoye Eleshin =C2=A0=
=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=
=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=
=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 (University
     of Lagos)</span></li>
 <li class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:norma=
l;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style=3D"font-size:1=
2pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif">Olorunwa Emmanuel Eromor=
a =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 (University of Lag=
os)</span></li>
 <li class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:norma=
l;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style=3D"font-size:1=
2pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif">Augustine Farinola=C2=A0=
=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=
=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=
=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 (University
     of Birmingham)</span></li>
 <li class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:norma=
l;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style=3D"font-size:1=
2pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif">Omolara Fayemi =C2=A0=C2=
=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=
=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=
=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 (Collin
     County Community College)</span></li>
 <li class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:norma=
l;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style=3D"font-size:1=
2pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif">Ruth Ginio=C2=A0=C2=A0=
=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=
=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=
=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=
=A0=C2=A0 (Ben-Gurion
     University of the Negev)</span></li>
 <li class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:norma=
l;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style=3D"font-size:1=
2pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif">Simon Gusah =C2=A0=C2=A0=
=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=
=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=
=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 (Future
     Cities Nigeria)</span></li>
 <li class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:norma=
l;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style=3D"font-size:1=
2pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif">Peter Mewhenu Hosu =C2=
=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=
=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 (University
     of Ibadan)</span></li>
 <li class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:norma=
l;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style=3D"font-size:1=
2pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif">Feyisitan Ijimakinde =C2=
=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=
=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 (U=
niversity
     of Ibadan)</span></li>
 <li class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:norma=
l;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style=3D"font-size:1=
2pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif">Mathias Chukwudi Isiani =
=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=
=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 (University of Nigeria)</span></li>
 <li class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:norma=
l;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style=3D"font-size:1=
2pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif">Chima Korieh=C2=A0=C2=A0=
=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=
=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=
=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 (Marquette
     University)</span></li>
 <li class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:norma=
l;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style=3D"font-size:1=
2pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif">Dele Layiwola =C2=A0=C2=
=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=
=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=
=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 (University
     of Ibadan)</span></li>
 <li class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:norma=
l;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style=3D"font-size:1=
2pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif">Linda Jummai Mustafa =C2=
=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=
=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 (Ibrahim
     Badamasi Babangida University)</span></li>
 <li class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:norma=
l;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style=3D"font-size:1=
2pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif">Regina Mosunmola Ogunmol=
aji=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0  (University of Lagos)<=
/span></li>
 <li class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:norma=
l;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style=3D"font-size:1=
2pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif">Simeon Oluwole Ojo =C2=
=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=
=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 (Univers=
ity
     of Abuja)</span></li>
 <li class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:norma=
l;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style=3D"font-size:1=
2pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif">Kehinde Okanlawon =C2=A0=
=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=
=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 (Univ=
ersity
     of Ibadan)</span></li>
 <li class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:norma=
l;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style=3D"font-size:1=
2pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif">Mutiat Oladejo =C2=A0=C2=
=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=
=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=
=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 (University
     of Ibadan)</span></li>
 <li class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:norma=
l;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style=3D"font-size:1=
2pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif">Philip Olayoku=C2=A0=C2=
=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=
=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=
=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=20
     (Aid Network)</span></li>
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l;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style=3D"font-size:1=
2pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif">Onyendidi Olibamoyo=C2=
=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=
=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=20
     (Redeemer=E2=80=99s University)</span></li>
 <li class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:norma=
l;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style=3D"font-size:1=
2pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif">Akinwale Onipede =C2=A0=
=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=
=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=
=C2=A0=C2=A0 (University
     of Lagos)</span></li>
 <li class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:norma=
l;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style=3D"font-size:1=
2pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif">Onwuegbuchi Nneoma Onyin=
yechi=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0  (University of Nigeria)</span></li>
 <li class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:norma=
l;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style=3D"font-size:1=
2pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif">Ononiwu Oparah =C2=A0=C2=
=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=
=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=
=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 (University
     of Nigeria)</span></li>
 <li class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:norma=
l;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style=3D"font-size:1=
2pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif">Ifeanyi Boniface Orji=C2=
=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=
=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=20
     (Crown Hill University)</span></li>
 <li class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:norma=
l;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style=3D"font-size:1=
2pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif">Samuel Orimolade=C2=A0=
=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=
=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=
=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=20
     (Makerere Institute of Social Research)</span></li>
 <li class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:norma=
l;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style=3D"font-size:1=
2pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif">Uyi Osadolor =C2=A0=C2=
=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=
=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=
=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 (Independent
     Scholar)</span></li>
 <li class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:norma=
l;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style=3D"font-size:1=
2pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif">Adetoun Adebisi Oyelude=
=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=
=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=20
     (University of Ibadan)</span></li>
 <li class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:norma=
l;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style=3D"font-size:1=
2pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif">Babatunde Salami =C2=A0=
=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=
=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=
=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 (University
     of Lagos)</span></li>
 <li class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:norma=
l;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style=3D"font-size:1=
2pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif">Aderayo Sanusi=C2=A0=C2=
=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=
=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=
=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=20
     (Princeton University)</span></li>
 <li class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:norma=
l;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style=3D"font-size:1=
2pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif">Lindsay Sawyer =C2=A0=C2=
=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=
=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=
=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 (University
     of Sheffield)</span></li>
 <li class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:norma=
l;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style=3D"font-size:1=
2pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif">Bunmi Shorunke =C2=A0=C2=
=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=
=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=
=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 (University
     of Ibadan)</span></li>
 <li class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:norma=
l;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style=3D"font-size:1=
2pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif">Esther Chioma Uwandu-Mor=
di=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0  (University of La=
gos)</span></li>
 <li class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:norma=
l;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style=3D"font-size:1=
2pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif">Samuel Wycliff=C2=A0=C2=
=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=
=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=
=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=20
     (Ahmadu Bello University)</span></li>
</ol>

<p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;=
font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style=3D"font-size:12p=
t;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif">=C2=A0</span></p>

<p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;=
font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style=3D"font-size:12p=
t;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif">++++++++++++++++++++++++++=
+++++</span></p>

<p style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;background-image:initial;background-pos=
ition:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-=
origin:initial;background-clip:initial;vertical-align:baseline;font-size:12=
pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif"><u><span style=3D"color:r=
gb(29,33,41);border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in">Highlights of the 5th =
Annual
LSA Conference. Lagos. June 25-27, 2020</span></u><span style=3D"color:blac=
k"></span></p>

<p style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-align:justify;background-image:ini=
tial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:=
initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:12pt;fo=
nt-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif"><b><span style=3D"color:black"=
>=C2=A0</span></b></p>

<p style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-align:justify;background-image:ini=
tial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:=
initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:12pt;fo=
nt-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif"><b><span style=3D"color:black"=
>Niyi Osundare and the African Postcolonial Discourse<span style=3D"border:=
1pt none windowtext;padding:0in">=C2=A0</span></span></b><span style=3D"col=
or:black"></span></p>

<p style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-align:justify;background-image:ini=
tial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:=
initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:12pt;fo=
nt-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif"><span style=3D"color:black">It=
 was no coincidence that Osundare=E2=80=99s first poem (=E2=80=9CPoetry
Is=E2=80=9D) in his first collection (<i>Songs of the Marketplace</i>) insc=
ribes a
decolonial politics that radically unsettles the autotelic conception of ar=
t in
modern African literature. Indeed, more than a Bloomian index of anxiety, i=
t
was a politics that would exert the most profound influence on his literary
imagination and to which he would return in volume after volume. Published
three years after<span style=3D"border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in">=C2=
=A0</span><i>Songs of the Marketplace</i>,<span style=3D"border:1pt none wi=
ndowtext;padding:0in">=C2=A0</span><i>A Nib in the Pond,=C2=A0</i>for insta=
nce, addresses
the same question about the value and valuation of art. In an angry and cle=
arly
assertive tone, the poet here transforms the Western legislative creed of<s=
pan style=3D"border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in">=C2=A0</span><i>art fo=
r art=E2=80=99s sake=C2=A0</i>into a pun-driven
lampoon: =E2=80=9CArt shorn of the human touch/is art for ass sake.=E2=80=
=9D But Osundare has
not only grappled with the crucial question of colonialism and its continuo=
us
imperial expressions within poetic reflections; he has also called attentio=
n to
the paradoxical inflections of this monstrous question within African postc=
olonial-theoretic
thought. In two seminal essays, =E2=80=9CAfrican Literature and the Crisis =
of
Post-Structuralist Theorising=E2=80=9D and =E2=80=9CSingers of a New Dawn: =
Nigerian Literature
from the Second Generation on,=E2=80=9D he probes how the =E2=80=9C=E2=80=
=98post=E2=80=99-theology=E2=80=9D applies to
Africa and its =E2=80=9Cperennial catastrophes.=E2=80=9D He memorably asks:=
 =E2=80=9CHow
=E2=80=98post-colonial=E2=80=99 is post-colonial discourse?=E2=80=9D<span s=
tyle=3D"border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in">=C2=A0</span></span></p>

<p style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-align:justify;background-image:ini=
tial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:=
initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:12pt;fo=
nt-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif"><span style=3D"color:black">=
=C2=A0</span></p>

<p style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-align:justify;background-image:ini=
tial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:=
initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:12pt;fo=
nt-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif"><span style=3D"color:black">In=
 this roundtable discussion, six scholars directly engage
the poet-scholar on various aspects of his poetic and critical practice,
especially in relation to African postcolonial discourse. Placing his works
within the larger context of his life and field-defining career as a poet,
linguist, and literary critic, they create a dialogue that both retrospecti=
vely
and prospectively interrogates African postcolonial theory and praxis.<span=
 style=3D"border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in">=C2=A0</span></span></p>

<p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;=
font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style=3D"font-size:12p=
t;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif">=C2=A0</span></p>

<p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;=
font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><u><span style=3D"font-size:=
12pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif">Panel
Chair and Organizer</span></u><span style=3D"font-size:12pt;font-family:&qu=
ot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif">:
Tosin Gbogi (<span style=3D"color:black;background-image:initial;background=
-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;backgro=
und-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">Marquette University)</span></s=
pan></p>

<p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;=
font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style=3D"font-size:12p=
t;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif">=C2=A0</span></p>

<p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;=
font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><u><span style=3D"font-size:=
12pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif">Panelists</span></u></p=
>

<p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;=
font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style=3D"font-size:12p=
t;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif;color:black;background-imag=
e:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-re=
peat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">Gabriel Bam=
gbose (Rutgers University)</span></p>

<p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;=
font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style=3D"font-size:12p=
t;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif;color:black;background-imag=
e:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-re=
peat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">Mathew Brow=
n (University of Wisconsin-Madison)</span></p>

<p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;=
font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style=3D"font-size:12p=
t;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif;color:black;background-imag=
e:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-re=
peat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">Oyeniyi Oku=
noye (Obafemi Awolowo University)</span></p>

<p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;=
font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style=3D"font-size:12p=
t;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif;color:black;background-imag=
e:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-re=
peat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">Omotayo Olo=
runtoba-Oju (Adekunle Ajasin
University)</span></p>

<p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;=
font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span class=3D"gmail-il"><sp=
an style=3D"font-size:12pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif;ba=
ckground-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;=
background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial=
">Nathan</span></span><span style=3D"font-size:12pt;font-family:&quot;Times=
 New Roman&quot;,serif;background-image:initial;background-position:initial=
;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initia=
l;background-clip:initial">=C2=A0Suhr-Sytsma
(Emory University)</span></p>

<p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;=
font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style=3D"font-size:12p=
t;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif;background-image:initial;ba=
ckground-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial=
;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">=C2=A0</span></p>

<p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;=
font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><u><span style=3D"font-size:=
12pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif;background-image:initial=
;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:init=
ial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">Respondent</span></u=
></p>

<p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;=
font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style=3D"font-size:12p=
t;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif;color:black;background-imag=
e:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-re=
peat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">Niyi Osunda=
re (University of New Orleans)</span></p>

<p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;=
font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style=3D"font-size:12p=
t;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif">=C2=A0</span></p>

<p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;=
font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style=3D"font-size:12p=
t;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif">++++++++++++++++++++++++++=
++++++++++++</span></p>

<p style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;background-image:initial;background-pos=
ition:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-=
origin:initial;background-clip:initial;vertical-align:baseline;font-size:12=
pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif"><u><span style=3D"color:r=
gb(29,33,41);border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in">Highlights of the 5th =
Annual
LSA Conference. Lagos. June 25-27, 2020</span></u><span style=3D"color:blac=
k"></span></p>

<h1 style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;background-image:initial;background-po=
sition:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background=
-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;vertical-align:baseline;font-size:2=
4pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif"><i><span style=3D"font-s=
ize:12pt;color:black;border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in;font-weight:nor=
mal">Journey of an African Colony: The Making of Nigeria </span></i><span s=
tyle=3D"font-size:12pt;color:black;border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in;f=
ont-weight:normal">by </span><span style=3D"font-size:12pt;color:black;bord=
er:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in;font-weight:normal">Olasupo Shasore</spa=
n><i><span style=3D"font-size:12pt;color:black;border:1pt none windowtext;p=
adding:0in;font-weight:normal">=C2=A0</span></i><span style=3D"font-size:12=
pt;color:black;border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in;font-weight:normal">(=
2019)</span><span style=3D"font-size:12pt;color:black;font-weight:normal"><=
/span></h1>

<h1 style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;background-image:initial;background-po=
sition:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background=
-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;vertical-align:baseline;font-size:2=
4pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif"><span style=3D"font-size=
:12pt;color:black;border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in;font-weight:normal=
">=C2=A0</span><span style=3D"font-size:12pt;color:black">-----</span></h1>

<h1 style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;background-image:initial;background-po=
sition:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background=
-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;vertical-align:baseline;font-size:2=
4pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif"><span style=3D"font-size=
:12pt;color:black;border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in;font-weight:normal=
">The LSA is
pleased to organize a panel on=C2=A0<i>Journey of an African Colony</i>, a
documentary by Olasupo Shasore. From the heart of former imperial power in
London to the epicenter of modern Nigerian politics in Abuja, and from the
creeks of the Niger Delta to the Sahel of Kano, Shasore takes his audience
through centuries of history shaped by internal dynamics and external conta=
ct.
If the story of the transatlantic slave trade is one of the worst atrocitie=
s of
humankind, that of the creation of empires and civilizations gives signific=
ant
credit to the creativity of women and men who laid the foundation of contem=
porary
Nigerian cultures. Shasore combines the gift of storytelling with impeccabl=
e
interpretation of diverse genre of sources (archival, oral, visual, and
material) to explore centuries of Nigerian history for 21<sup>st</sup>=C2=
=A0century
knowledge seekers. He pilots his audience through the history of wars and
protests, such as the Women=E2=80=99s War of 1929, which challenged colonia=
l prejudice
against women, and the making of constitutions that serve as the bedrock of
modern Nigeria. While his insightful presentation of history unsettles
assumptions about what actually constitutes the Nigerian past, the
contributions of academic historians from Nigeria and across the world
diversified authorial voice, rendering additional text to Shasore=E2=80=99s=
 useful
narration.</span><span style=3D"font-size:12pt;color:black"></span></h1>

<h1 style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-indent:0.5in;background-image:ini=
tial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:=
initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;vertical-align:ba=
seline;font-size:24pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif"><span =
style=3D"font-size:12pt;color:black;border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in;=
font-weight:normal">Authoritatively
narrated, thought-provoking, and eye-opening,=C2=A0<i>Journey of an African
Colony</i>=C2=A0is a major achievement in the unending epistemic struggle f=
or
an African-centered perspective on history. Beautifully illustrated with
interactive maps and embellished with high quality pictures, the documentar=
y
should be a required teaching aid for all public schools in Nigeria.</span>=
<span style=3D"font-size:12pt;color:black"></span></h1>

<p style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;vertical-align:baseline;font-size:12pt;=
font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif"><span style=3D"color:black;b=
order:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in">=C2=A0</span><span style=3D"color:bl=
ack"></span></p>

<p style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;vertical-align:baseline;font-size:12pt;=
font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif"><u><span style=3D"color:blac=
k;border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in">Panel Chair</span></u><span style=
=3D"color:black;border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in">: Rufus Akinyele (U=
niversity of
Lagos)</span><span style=3D"color:black"></span></p>

<p style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;vertical-align:baseline;font-size:12pt;=
font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif"><span style=3D"color:black;b=
order:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in">=C2=A0</span><span style=3D"color:bl=
ack"></span></p>

<p style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;vertical-align:baseline;font-size:12pt;=
font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif"><u><span style=3D"color:blac=
k;border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in">Panelists</span></u><span style=
=3D"color:black"></span></p>

<p style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;vertical-align:baseline;font-size:12pt;=
font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif"><span style=3D"color:black;b=
order:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in">Ademide Adelusi-Adeluyi (University =
of California-Riverside)</span><span style=3D"color:black"></span></p>

<p style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;vertical-align:baseline;font-size:12pt;=
font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif"><span style=3D"color:black;b=
order:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in">Saheed Aderinto (Western Carolina Un=
iversity)</span><span style=3D"color:black"></span></p>

<p style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;vertical-align:baseline;font-size:12pt;=
font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif"><span style=3D"color:black;b=
order:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in">Aduke Gomez (Independent Scholar)</s=
pan><span style=3D"color:black"></span></p>

<p style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;vertical-align:baseline;font-size:12pt;=
font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif"><span style=3D"color:black;b=
order:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in">Kristin Mann (Emory University)</spa=
n><span style=3D"color:black"></span></p>

<p style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;vertical-align:baseline;font-size:12pt;=
font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif"><span style=3D"color:black;b=
order:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in;background-image:initial;background-p=
osition:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;backgroun=
d-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">Katharina Oke (King=E2=80=99s Col=
lege London)</span><span style=3D"color:black;border:1pt none windowtext;pa=
dding:0in"><br>
<br>
</span><span style=3D"color:black"></span></p>

<p style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;vertical-align:baseline;font-size:12pt;=
font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif"><span style=3D"color:black;b=
order:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in">=C2=A0<u>Respondent</u></span><span =
style=3D"color:black"></span></p>

<p style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;vertical-align:baseline;font-size:12pt;=
font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif"><span style=3D"color:black;b=
order:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in">Olasupo Shasore (Independent Scholar=
)</span><span style=3D"color:black"></span></p>

<p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;=
vertical-align:baseline;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><spa=
n style=3D"font-size:12pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif;col=
or:black">=C2=A0</span></p>

<p style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;vertical-align:baseline;font-size:12pt;=
font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif"><span style=3D"color:black;b=
order:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in">See this link for a snapshot of=C2=
=A0<i>Journey of an African<b> Colony</b></i>:=C2=A0</span><a href=3D"https=
://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Db7nv_VkdPdQ&amp;feature=3Dyoutu.be&amp;fbclid=
=3DIwAR2C7Qa81TA3QvJPCw_x6XR7ippARQ9oiUfrPOfbqsPBBV68uLTflTwuXPg" style=3D"=
color:blue"><span style=3D"border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in">https://=
www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Db7nv_VkdPdQ&amp;feature=3Dyoutu.be&amp;fbclid=3DI=
wAR2C7Qa81TA3QvJPCw_x6XR7ippARQ9oiUfrPOfbqsPBBV68uLTflTwuXPg</span></a><spa=
n style=3D"color:black"></span></p>

<p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;=
font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style=3D"font-size:12p=
t;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif">=C2=A0</span></p>

<p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;=
font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style=3D"font-size:12p=
t;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif">=C2=A0</span></p>

<p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;=
font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style=3D"font-size:12p=
t;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif">=C2=A0</span></p>

<p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;=
font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style=3D"font-size:12p=
t;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif">=C2=A0</span></p>

<p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;=
font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style=3D"font-size:12p=
t;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif">++++++++++++++++++++++++++=
++++++++</span></p>

<p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;=
font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><u><span style=3D"font-size:=
12pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif;color:rgb(29,33,41);back=
ground-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;ba=
ckground-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">=
Highlights of the 5th Annual LSA Conference.
Lagos. June 25-27, 2020</span></u><b><span style=3D"font-size:12pt;font-fam=
ily:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif"></span></b></p>

<p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;=
font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style=3D"font-size:=
12pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif">A Private Escape? A
Critical Examination of the Relationship Between Lagos and Eko Atlantic </s=
pan></b></p>

<p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;=
font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style=3D"font-size:12p=
t;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif">=C2=A0</span></p>

<p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;=
font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style=3D"font-size:12p=
t;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif">Co-chair
and Organizer: <span style=3D"background-image:initial;background-position:=
initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin=
:initial;background-clip:initial">Elizabeth Cobbett (University of
East Anglia) and Lynn Schler (Ben-Gurion University of the Negev)</span></s=
pan></p>

<p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;=
font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style=3D"font-size:=
12pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif;background-image:initial=
;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:init=
ial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">----</span></b></p>

<p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;=
background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initia=
l;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initi=
al;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><i><span style=3D"font-si=
ze:12pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif">This is not Nigeria:=
 Space, Territoriality, and Sovereignty in
Eko Atlantic Financial Zone</span></i><span style=3D"font-size:12pt;font-fa=
mily:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif">=C2=A0by Elizabeth Cobbett (Univers=
ity
of East Anglia)</span></p>

<p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;=
font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><i><span style=3D"font-size:=
12pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif">=C2=A0</span></i></p>

<p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;=
font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><i><span style=3D"font-size:=
12pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif">The Dubai of Africa? Ex=
ploring the Role of
Aesthetic Representation in the Construction of Eko Atlantic City </span></=
i><span style=3D"font-size:12pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,ser=
if">by Euan Crispin
(The University of Sheffield)</span></p>

<p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;=
font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style=3D"font-size:12p=
t;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif">=C2=A0</span></p>

<p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;=
font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><i><span style=3D"font-size:=
12pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif">Managing the Eko Atlant=
ic Urban Space: The
Imperative of a Paradigm Shift</span></i><span style=3D"font-size:12pt;font=
-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif"> by Femi Olokesusi (Afe Babalola
University)</span></p>

<p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;=
background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initia=
l;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initi=
al;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style=3D"font-size:=
12pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif">=C2=A0</span></p>

<p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;=
background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initia=
l;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initi=
al;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style=3D"font-size:=
12pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif">=C2=A0<i>Eko Atlantic P=
roject: A Forerunner to Homegrown
Development for Urbanising Rural Nigeria</i>=C2=A0by=C2=A0</span><span styl=
e=3D"font-size:12pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif;color:bla=
ck">Oloruntola
Sunday (</span><span style=3D"font-size:12pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Ro=
man&quot;,serif">University of Lagos)=C2=A0</span><span style=3D"font-size:=
12pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif;color:black">and Emmanue=
l Idakwo (</span><span style=3D"font-size:12pt;font-family:&quot;Times New =
Roman&quot;,serif">Federal
University of Lafia)</span></p>

<p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;=
background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initia=
l;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initi=
al;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style=3D"font-size:=
12pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif;color:black">=C2=A0</spa=
n></p>

<p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;=
font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><i><span style=3D"font-size:=
12pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif">Enclave Urbanism in Lag=
os: Infrastructure
and Integration in the Emerging Eko Atlantic City</span></i><span style=3D"=
font-size:12pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif"> by Jammie
Titilayo (Technical University of Darmstadt)</span></p>

<p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;=
background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initia=
l;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initi=
al;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style=3D"font-size:=
12pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif">=C2=A0</span></p>

<p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;=
font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style=3D"font-size:12p=
t;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif">++++++++++++++++++++++++++=
++++</span></p>

<p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;=
font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><u><span style=3D"font-size:=
12pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif;background-image:initial=
;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:init=
ial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">Highlights of the 5<=
sup>th</sup> Annual LSA
Conference. Lagos, June 25-27, 2020. </span></u></p>

<p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;=
font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style=3D"font-size:12p=
t;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif;background-image:initial;ba=
ckground-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial=
;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">Author Meets Readers: E=
ngaging Chima </span><span style=3D"font-size:12pt;font-family:&quot;Times =
New Roman&quot;,serif;color:rgb(29,33,41);background-image:initial;backgrou=
nd-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;backg=
round-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">Korieh=E2=80=99s <i>Nigeria a=
nd
World War II: Colonialism, Empire, and Global Conflict </i>(Cambridge
University Press, 2020)</span></p>

<p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;=
font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style=3D"font-size:12p=
t;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif;color:rgb(29,33,41);backgro=
und-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;backg=
round-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">=C2=
=A0</span></p>

<p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;=
font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style=3D"font-size:12p=
t;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif;color:rgb(29,33,41);backgro=
und-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;backg=
round-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">---=
</span></p>

<p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;=
font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style=3D"font-size:12p=
t;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif">The
LSA is pleased to organize a<span style=3D"color:rgb(29,33,41);background-i=
mage:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background=
-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"> panel
on Korieh=E2=80=99s <i>Nigeria and World War II</i></span>.
In this discipline-redefining text, Korieh does not focus on the well-known
stories of military operations and the relationship between the WWII and
nationalism. Rather, the author=E2=80=99s primary agenda includes writing n=
eglected
themes into the history of the global catastrophe in ways that give agency =
to
neglected narratives and political communities such as colonial children an=
d
farmers, whose contribution to the WWII has not received adequate attention=
.
Excavating the voice of children from previously unutilized sources such as
letters and memoirs (including that of renowned novelist Chinua Achebe),
placing women at the center of the food crisis, and pontificating intellect=
ual
production and network of social relations, among other issues covered in t=
he study,
illuminate a dark angle to Nigeria=E2=80=99s involvement in the global viol=
ence.</span></p>

<p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;=
font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><i><span style=3D"font-size:=
12pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif">Nigeria and WWII</span>=
</i><span style=3D"font-size:12pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,s=
erif">,
exaltedly-occupies the confluence of multiple topics in African studies=E2=
=80=94race,
gender, intellectualism, childhood, and Empire=E2=80=94in casting a new lig=
ht on one of
the most important events in modern world history. Perceptively-written and
meticulously-researched, the book complements existing scholarship in remak=
able
ways, while occupying its own unique place in African and global history.</=
span></p>

<p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;=
font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style=3D"font-size:12p=
t;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif">=C2=A0</span></p>

<p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;=
font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><u><span style=3D"font-size:=
12pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif">Panel
Chair</span></u><span style=3D"font-size:12pt;font-family:&quot;Times New R=
oman&quot;,serif">:
Habeeb Sanni (Lagos State University)</span></p>

<p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;=
font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style=3D"font-size:12p=
t;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif">=C2=A0</span></p>

<p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;=
font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><u><span style=3D"font-size:=
12pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif">Panelists</span></u></p=
>

<p class=3D"gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.0001=
pt 0.5in;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">=
<span style=3D"font-size:12pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif=
">1)<span style=3D"font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:norm=
al;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:&quot;T=
imes New Roman&quot;">=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0
</span></span><span style=3D"font-size:12pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Rom=
an&quot;,serif">Shina
Alimi (Obafemi Awolowo University)</span></p>

<p class=3D"gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.000=
1pt 0.5in;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"=
><span style=3D"font-size:12pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,seri=
f">2)<span style=3D"font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:nor=
mal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:&quot;=
Times New Roman&quot;">=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0
</span></span><span style=3D"font-size:12pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Rom=
an&quot;,serif">Oliver
Coates (University of Cambridge)</span></p>

<p class=3D"gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.000=
1pt 0.5in;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"=
><span style=3D"font-size:12pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,seri=
f">3)<span style=3D"font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:nor=
mal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:&quot;=
Times New Roman&quot;">=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0
</span></span><span style=3D"font-size:12pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Rom=
an&quot;,serif">Abosede
George (Barnard College--Columbia University)</span></p>

<p class=3D"gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.000=
1pt 0.5in;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"=
><span style=3D"font-size:12pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,seri=
f">4)<span style=3D"font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:nor=
mal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:&quot;=
Times New Roman&quot;">=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0
</span></span><span style=3D"font-size:12pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Rom=
an&quot;,serif">Ruth
Ginio (Ben-Gurion University of the Negev)</span></p>

<p class=3D"gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.0001p=
t 0.5in;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><=
span style=3D"font-size:12pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif"=
>5)<span style=3D"font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:norma=
l;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:&quot;Ti=
mes New Roman&quot;">=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0
</span></span><span style=3D"font-size:12pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Rom=
an&quot;,serif">Tim
Livsey (<span style=3D"color:rgb(29,33,41);background-image:initial;backgro=
und-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;back=
ground-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">Northumbria University)</spa=
n></span></p>

<p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;=
font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style=3D"font-size:12p=
t;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif">=C2=A0</span></p>

<p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;=
font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><u><span style=3D"font-size:=
12pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif">Respondent/Author</span=
></u></p>

<p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;=
font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style=3D"font-size:12p=
t;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif">Chima
Korieh (Marquette University)</span></p>

<p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;=
font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style=3D"font-size:12p=
t;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif">For
more information on the book, see this link:</span><a href=3D"https://www.c=
ambridge.org/core/books/nigeria-and-world-war-ii/5FA303574C4CE21F3EAABCDBDA=
29F280" style=3D"color:blue"><span style=3D"font-size:12pt;font-family:&quo=
t;Times New Roman&quot;,serif">https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/nigeria=
-and-world-war-ii/5FA303574C4CE21F3EAABCDBDA29F280</span></a><span style=3D=
"font-size:12pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif"></span></p>

<p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;=
font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style=3D"font-size:12p=
t;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif">=C2=A0</span></p>

<p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;=
font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style=3D"font-size:12p=
t;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif">++++++++++++++++++++++++++=
+++++++</span></p>

<p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;=
font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><u><span style=3D"font-size:=
12pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif;background-image:initial=
;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:init=
ial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">Highlights of the 5<=
sup>th</sup> Annual LSA
Conference. Lagos, June 25-27, 2020. </span></u></p>

<p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;=
background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initia=
l;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initi=
al;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style=3D"font-size:=
12pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif;background-image:initial=
;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:init=
ial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">Author Meets Readers=
: Engaging</span><span style=3D"font-size:12pt;font-family:&quot;Times New =
Roman&quot;,serif;color:rgb(29,33,41)"> =C5=81ukasz Stanek=E2=80=99s, <i>Ar=
chitecture in Global
Socialism: Eastern Europe, West Africa, and the Middle East in the Cold War=
</i>
(Princeton University Press, 2020) </span></p>

<p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;=
font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style=3D"font-size:12p=
t;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif">=C2=A0</span></p>

<p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;=
font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style=3D"font-size:12p=
t;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif">---</span></p>

<p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;=
font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style=3D"font-size:12p=
t;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif">The
LSA is pleased to organize a panel on </span><span style=3D"font-size:12pt;=
font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif;color:rgb(29,33,41)">Stanek=
=E2=80=99s, <i>Architecture in Global Socialism</i></span><span style=3D"fo=
nt-size:12pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif">. The main focu=
s
of this book is how planners, construction companies, and architects from
socialist Eastern Europe collaborated with local professionals to pilot a n=
ew
modernist turn in five cities in the Global South: Lagos, Accra, Baghdad, A=
bu
Dhabi, and Kuwait City. Drawing from previously untapped archival materials=
,
unpublished images, and unmined oral narratives, Stanek gives another dimen=
sion
to the politics of the Cold War beyond armed struggle, focusing on how <spa=
n style=3D"color:black">built</span><span style=3D"color:red"> </span><span=
 style=3D"color:black">environment</span> shaped and was
shaped by conflict over global supremacy.=C2=A0
</span></p>

<p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-indent:0.5in;l=
ine-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span styl=
e=3D"font-size:12pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif">Africani=
st
scholars would be impressed by how Stanek inserts infrastructural moderniza=
tion
at the heart of postcolonial discourse of nation-building in Nigeria and Gh=
ana.
Indeed, the connection between nationalism and architecture in the 1960s an=
d
1970s allows him beam a bright light on how postcolonial conception of prog=
ress
deployed architectural magnificence, both as immediate evidence of an ideal=
ized
future, characterized by parallel global modernities, and as immediate bene=
fit
of political self-determination. Thus, the stories of the National Theatre =
in
Lagos and Accra=E2=80=99s International Trade Fair go beyond the impact of =
massive
edifice on physical landscape to include how they framed political discours=
e,
across local and global arenas.</span></p>

<p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;=
font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style=3D"font-size:12p=
t;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif">=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=
=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 Colorfully-illustrated with maps=
 and
photos, and enhanced with newspaper reports of public perception of
architectural encounter, this book benefits from a thoughtful scholarship t=
hat
does not over-compartmentalize knowledge. From architecture and urban studi=
es
to nationalism and decolonization, Stanek=E2=80=99s book reemphasizes the v=
alue of
placing <span style=3D"color:black">built environment</span>
at the center of major social and political processes central to how people
(regardless of their class), defined and encountered Cold War modernism. Th=
e
author successfully writes numerous peoples, places, events, and architectu=
ral
landmarks into the history of five global cities in a coherent theoretical
framework, thus upholding the value of multi-sited research.</span></p>

<p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;=
font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style=3D"font-size:12p=
t;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif">=C2=A0</span></p>

<p style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;background-image:initial;background-pos=
ition:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-=
origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:12pt;font-family:&quot;Tim=
es New Roman&quot;,serif"><u><span style=3D"color:rgb(29,33,41);border:1pt =
none windowtext;padding:0in">Panel Chair</span></u><span style=3D"color:rgb=
(29,33,41);border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in">: Babatunde=C2=A0<span c=
lass=3D"gmail-markgza8kvxdy">Agbola</span>=C2=A0(University of Ibadan)</spa=
n><span style=3D"color:black"></span></p>

<p style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;background-image:initial;background-pos=
ition:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-=
origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:12pt;font-family:&quot;Tim=
es New Roman&quot;,serif"><span style=3D"color:rgb(29,33,41);border:1pt non=
e windowtext;padding:0in">=C2=A0</span><span style=3D"color:black"></span><=
/p>

<p style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;background-image:initial;background-pos=
ition:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-=
origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:12pt;font-family:&quot;Tim=
es New Roman&quot;,serif"><u><span style=3D"color:rgb(29,33,41);border:1pt =
none windowtext;padding:0in">Panelists</span></u><span style=3D"color:black=
"></span></p>

<p style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;background-image:initial;background-pos=
ition:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-=
origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:12pt;font-family:&quot;Tim=
es New Roman&quot;,serif"><span style=3D"color:rgb(29,33,41);border:1pt non=
e windowtext;padding:0in">1. Tim Livsey (Northumbria University)</span><spa=
n style=3D"color:black"></span></p>

<p style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;background-image:initial;background-pos=
ition:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-=
origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:12pt;font-family:&quot;Tim=
es New Roman&quot;,serif"><span style=3D"color:rgb(29,33,41);border:1pt non=
e windowtext;padding:0in">2. Ikem Okoye (University of Delaware)</span><spa=
n style=3D"color:black"></span></p>

<p style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;background-image:initial;background-pos=
ition:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-=
origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:12pt;font-family:&quot;Tim=
es New Roman&quot;,serif"><span style=3D"color:rgb(29,33,41);border:1pt non=
e windowtext;padding:0in">3. Bisi Olumide (University of Lagos)</span><span=
 style=3D"color:black"></span></p>

<p style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;background-image:initial;background-pos=
ition:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-=
origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:12pt;font-family:&quot;Tim=
es New Roman&quot;,serif"><span style=3D"color:rgb(29,33,41);border:1pt non=
e windowtext;padding:0in">4. Bhakti Shringarpure (University of Connecticut=
)</span><span style=3D"color:black"></span></p>

<p style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;background-image:initial;background-pos=
ition:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-=
origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:12pt;font-family:&quot;Tim=
es New Roman&quot;,serif"><span style=3D"color:rgb(29,33,41);border:1pt non=
e windowtext;padding:0in">5. Ola Uduku (University of Manchester)</span><sp=
an style=3D"color:black"></span></p>

<p style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;background-image:initial;background-pos=
ition:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-=
origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:12pt;font-family:&quot;Tim=
es New Roman&quot;,serif"><span style=3D"color:rgb(29,33,41);border:1pt non=
e windowtext;padding:0in">=C2=A0</span><span style=3D"color:black"></span><=
/p>

<p style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;background-image:initial;background-pos=
ition:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-=
origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:12pt;font-family:&quot;Tim=
es New Roman&quot;,serif"><u><span style=3D"color:rgb(29,33,41);border:1pt =
none windowtext;padding:0in">Respondent/Author</span></u><span style=3D"col=
or:black"></span></p>

<p style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;background-image:initial;background-pos=
ition:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-=
origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:12pt;font-family:&quot;Tim=
es New Roman&quot;,serif"><span style=3D"color:rgb(29,33,41);border:1pt non=
e windowtext;padding:0in">=C5=81ukasz Stanek (University of Manchester)</sp=
an><span style=3D"color:black"></span></p>

<p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;=
font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style=3D"font-size:12p=
t;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif">=C2=A0</span></p>

<p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;=
font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style=3D"font-size:12p=
t;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif">For
more information on the book, see this link: </span><a href=3D"https://pres=
s.princeton.edu/books/hardcover/9780691168708/architecture-in-global-social=
ism?fbclid=3DIwAR2eHtOJx61depxdPsJJ7M0wj6IPWdUD8V5pgf4B_OoIvUkT4oN-p-XeXks"=
 target=3D"_blank" style=3D"color:blue"><span style=3D"font-size:12pt;font-=
family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif;color:rgb(56,88,152)">https://pres=
s.princeton.edu/books/hardcover/9780691168708/architecture-in-global-social=
ism</span></a><span style=3D"font-size:12pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Rom=
an&quot;,serif"></span></p>

<p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;=
font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style=3D"font-size:12p=
t;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif">=C2=A0</span></p>

<p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;=
font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style=3D"font-size:12p=
t;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif">++++++++++++++++++++++++++=
+++</span></p>

<p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;=
font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><u><span style=3D"font-size:=
12pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif;color:rgb(29,33,41);back=
ground-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;ba=
ckground-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">=
Highlights of the 5th Annual LSA Conference.
Lagos. June 25-27, 2020</span></u></p>

<p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;=
font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style=3D"font-size:=
12pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif">=C2=A0</span></b></p>

<p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;=
font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style=3D"font-size:=
12pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif">Campus
Forms</span></b></p>

<p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;=
font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><u><span style=3D"font-size:=
12pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif">Chair and Organizer</sp=
an></u><span style=3D"font-size:12pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot=
;,serif">: Carli Coetzee (Journal of African Cultural Studies)</span></p>

<p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;=
font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style=3D"font-size:=
12pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif">---</span></b></p>

<p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;=
font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><i><span style=3D"font-size:=
12pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif">Nicknaming
Practices and Campus Celebrity Identities in Southwestern Nigeria </span></=
i><span style=3D"font-size:12pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,ser=
if">by Jendele Hungbo (Bowen University)</span></p>

<p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;=
font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style=3D"font-size:12p=
t;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif">=C2=A0</span></p>

<p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;=
font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><i><span style=3D"font-size:=
12pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif">Elitist and Popular Ide=
ological Forms in
Three Nigerian Campus Novels</span></i><b><span style=3D"font-size:12pt;fon=
t-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif"> </span></b><span style=3D"font=
-size:12pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif">by<b> </b>Kayode =
G. Kofoworola (University of
Lagos)</span></p>

<p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;=
font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><i><span style=3D"font-size:=
12pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif">=C2=A0</span></i></p>

<p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;=
font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><i><span style=3D"font-size:=
12pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif">Nollywood,
Campus Forms, and Postcolonial Pedagogy </span></i><span style=3D"font-size=
:12pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif">by Omotola
Okunlola (University of Wisconsin-Madison)<b></b></span></p>

<p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;=
font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><i><span style=3D"font-size:=
12pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif">=C2=A0</span></i></p>

<p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;=
font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><i><span style=3D"font-size:=
12pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif">Spaces of
Protest: Seydina Issa Sow=E2=80=99s Campus Graphic Novel</span></i><span st=
yle=3D"font-size:12pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif"> by Ma=
hriana Rofheart (Georgia Gwinnett College)</span></p>

<p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;=
font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style=3D"font-size:12p=
t;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif">=C2=A0</span></p>

<p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;=
font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><i><span style=3D"font-size:=
12pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif;background-image:initial=
;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:init=
ial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">Whatever it takes!=
=E2=80=99 Financial Survival Strategies among Students of
Obafemi Awolowo University</span></i><span style=3D"font-size:12pt;font-fam=
ily:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif;background-image:initial;background-p=
osition:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;backgroun=
d-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"> by
Helen Ugah (Elizade University)</span></p>

<p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;=
font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style=3D"font-size:12p=
t;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif">=C2=A0</span></p>

<p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;=
font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style=3D"font-size:12p=
t;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif">=C2=A0</span></p>

<p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;=
font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style=3D"font-size:12p=
t;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif">++++++++++++++++++++++++++=
++++</span></p>

<p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;=
font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><u><span style=3D"font-size:=
12pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif;background-image:initial=
;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:init=
ial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">Highlights of the 5<=
sup>th</sup> Annual LSA Conference.
Lagos, June 25-27, 2020. </span></u></p>

<p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;=
font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style=3D"font-size:12p=
t;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif;background-image:initial;ba=
ckground-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial=
;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">Author Meets Readers: E=
ngaging Katherine Baxter=E2=80=99s </span><i><span style=3D"font-size:12pt;=
font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif">Imagined States:
Law and Literature in Nigeria, 1900-1966</span></i><span style=3D"font-size=
:12pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif">
(</span><span style=3D"font-size:12pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quo=
t;,serif;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-si=
ze:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-c=
lip:initial">Edinburgh University Press, 2019)<u></u></span></p>

<p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;=
font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style=3D"font-size:12p=
t;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif">The
LSA is pleased to organize a panel on <span style=3D"background-image:initi=
al;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:in=
itial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">Baxter=E2=80=99s <=
/span></span><i><span style=3D"font-size:12pt;font-family:&quot;Times New R=
oman&quot;,serif">Imagined
States</span></i><span style=3D"font-size:12pt;font-family:&quot;Times New =
Roman&quot;,serif">.
Using Adigun Agbaje=E2=80=99s profound observation that =E2=80=9Cno other a=
rea vividly
illustrates the enduring character and pervasiveness of the colonial
inheritance in the Nigerian post-colony more than its system of laws,=E2=80=
=9D as a
touchstone, <i>Imagined States</i> engages a
gamut of fiction written by Nigerian and British authors from 1900 to the
1960s. These literary and popular creative works, including Chinua Achebe=
=E2=80=99s <i>No Longer at Ease</i> and <i>Man of the People</i> and<i> </i=
>Cyprian Ekwensi=E2=80=99s <i>People of the City</i> and <i>Jagua
Nana</i>, among others, go beyond fictional representations of actuality in=
 the
way they positioned the encounter of colonial subjects and citizens with th=
e
instrumentalities of the state. From autobiographical writings of nationali=
sts
like Obafemi Awolowo to newspaper editorials, the language of law, equity, =
and
conscience converged and diverged (in varying proportion) around the vexed
questions of political expediency.</span></p>

<p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-indent:0.5in;l=
ine-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span styl=
e=3D"font-size:12pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif">In
deploying the representation of law in literature to underscore the working=
 of
colonial and postcolonial Nigeria, <i>Imagined
States</i> expands African literary scholarship in significant ways.</span>=
</p>

<p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;=
font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style=3D"font-size:12p=
t;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif;background-image:initial;ba=
ckground-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial=
;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">=C2=A0</span></p>

<p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;=
font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><u><span style=3D"font-size:=
12pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif;background-image:initial=
;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:init=
ial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">Panel Chair</span></=
u><span style=3D"font-size:12pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,ser=
if;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:ini=
tial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:in=
itial">: Adigun Agbaje
(University of Ibadan)</span></p>

<p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;=
font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style=3D"font-size:12p=
t;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif;background-image:initial;ba=
ckground-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial=
;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">=C2=A0</span></p>

<p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;=
font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><u><span style=3D"font-size:=
12pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif;background-image:initial=
;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:init=
ial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">Panelists</span></u>=
</p>

<p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;=
font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style=3D"font-size:12p=
t;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif;background-image:initial;ba=
ckground-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial=
;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">Lola Akande (University=
 of Lagos)</span></p>

<p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;=
font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style=3D"font-size:12p=
t;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif;background-image:initial;ba=
ckground-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial=
;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">Wendy Griswold (Northwe=
stern University)</span></p>

<p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;=
font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style=3D"font-size:12p=
t;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif;background-image:initial;ba=
ckground-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial=
;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">Stephanie Newell (Yale =
University)</span></p>

<p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;=
font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style=3D"font-size:12p=
t;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif;background-image:initial;ba=
ckground-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial=
;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">Senayon Olaoluwa (Unive=
rsity of Ibadan)</span></p>

<p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;=
font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style=3D"font-size:12p=
t;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif;background-image:initial;ba=
ckground-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial=
;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">Nathan Suhr-Sytsma (Emo=
ry University)</span></p>

<p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;=
font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style=3D"font-size:12p=
t;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif;background-image:initial;ba=
ckground-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial=
;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">=C2=A0</span></p>

<p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;=
font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><u><span style=3D"font-size:=
12pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif;background-image:initial=
;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:init=
ial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">Respondent/Author</s=
pan></u></p>

<p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;=
font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style=3D"font-size:12p=
t;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif;background-image:initial;ba=
ckground-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial=
;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">Katherine Isobel Baxter=
 (Northumbria University)</span></p>

<p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;=
font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style=3D"font-size:12p=
t;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif">=C2=A0</span></p>

<p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;=
font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style=3D"font-size:12p=
t;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif">For
additional information on the book, see this link: </span><a href=3D"https:=
//edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-imagined-states.html" style=3D"color:bl=
ue"><span style=3D"font-size:12pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,s=
erif">https://edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-imagined-states.html</span>=
</a><span style=3D"font-size:12pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,s=
erif"></span></p>

<p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;=
font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style=3D"font-size:12p=
t;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif">=C2=A0</span></p>

<p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;=
font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style=3D"font-size:12p=
t;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif">++++++++++++++++++++++++++=
++++</span></p>

<p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;=
font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style=3D"font-size:12p=
t;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif">Call for Panelists</span><=
span style=3D"font-size:12pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif"=
></span></p>

<p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;=
font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span lang=3D"EN-GB" styl=
e=3D"font-size:12pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif">Names, N=
aming, and Discourses of Ogu Identity (Special Panel Call)</span></b></p>

<p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;=
font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style=3D"font-size:12p=
t;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif">The
5th Lagos Studies Conference</span><span lang=3D"EN-GB" style=3D"font-size:=
12pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif"></span></p>

<p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;=
font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang=3D"EN-GB" style=
=3D"font-size:12pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif">Universit=
y of Lagos</span></p>

<p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;=
font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style=3D"font-size:12p=
t;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif">June
25-27, 2020</span></p>

<p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;=
font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style=3D"font-size:12p=
t;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif">=C2=A0</span></p>

<p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;=
font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style=3D"font-size:12p=
t;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif">As a
follow-up to the successful hosting of two special panels at two previous
editions of the Lagos Studies Association Conference, we are once again
proposing a special panel at the 2020 edition of the conference holding fro=
m 25<sup>th</sup>
June to 27<sup>th</sup> June, 2020. This time, we are interested in names,
naming and discourses of Ogu identity. Specifically, we intend to criticall=
y
examine the different ways in which names and naming, as social practice, a=
re
implicated in various experiences of the Ogu (popularly, but erroneously,
called Egun) ethnic nationality in Lagos and beyond. The panel will examine=
 the
issues from multidisciplinary perspectives by examining the various dimensi=
ons
of names and naming and how practices of naming define the identity of the =
Ogu
in historical and contemporary contexts. </span></p>

<p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;=
font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style=3D"font-size:12p=
t;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif">=C2=A0</span></p>

<p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;=
font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style=3D"font-size:12p=
t;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif">We
therefore welcome submissions seeking to answer key questions bordering on =
but not
limited to:</span></p>

<p class=3D"gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.0001=
pt 0.5in;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">=
<span style=3D"font-size:12pt;font-family:Symbol">=C2=B7<span style=3D"font=
-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;=
font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;">=
=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0
</span></span><span style=3D"font-size:12pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Rom=
an&quot;,serif">Names
and naming </span></p>

<p class=3D"gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.000=
1pt 0.5in;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"=
><span style=3D"font-size:12pt;font-family:Symbol">=C2=B7<span style=3D"fon=
t-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal=
;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;">=
=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0
</span></span><span style=3D"font-size:12pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Rom=
an&quot;,serif">Typologies
of (Ogu) names</span></p>

<p class=3D"gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.000=
1pt 0.5in;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"=
><span style=3D"font-size:12pt;font-family:Symbol">=C2=B7<span style=3D"fon=
t-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal=
;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;">=
=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0
</span></span><span style=3D"font-size:12pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Rom=
an&quot;,serif">Names
and identity</span></p>

<p class=3D"gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.000=
1pt 0.5in;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"=
><span style=3D"font-size:12pt;font-family:Symbol">=C2=B7<span style=3D"fon=
t-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal=
;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;">=
=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0
</span></span><span style=3D"font-size:12pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Rom=
an&quot;,serif">Names
and ethnicity</span></p>

<p class=3D"gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.000=
1pt 0.5in;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"=
><span style=3D"font-size:12pt;font-family:Symbol">=C2=B7<span style=3D"fon=
t-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal=
;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;">=
=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0
</span></span><span style=3D"font-size:12pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Rom=
an&quot;,serif">Names
and assimilation/integration</span></p>

<p class=3D"gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.000=
1pt 0.5in;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"=
><span style=3D"font-size:12pt;font-family:Symbol">=C2=B7<span style=3D"fon=
t-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal=
;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;">=
=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0
</span></span><span style=3D"font-size:12pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Rom=
an&quot;,serif">The history
of names</span></p>

<p class=3D"gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.000=
1pt 0.5in;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"=
><span style=3D"font-size:12pt;font-family:Symbol">=C2=B7<span style=3D"fon=
t-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal=
;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;">=
=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0
</span></span><span style=3D"font-size:12pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Rom=
an&quot;,serif">Names, naming
and culture</span></p>

<p class=3D"gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.000=
1pt 0.5in;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"=
><span style=3D"font-size:12pt;font-family:Symbol">=C2=B7<span style=3D"fon=
t-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal=
;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;">=
=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0
</span></span><span style=3D"font-size:12pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Rom=
an&quot;,serif">The economy
of names</span></p>

<p class=3D"gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.000=
1pt 0.5in;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"=
><span style=3D"font-size:12pt;font-family:Symbol">=C2=B7<span style=3D"fon=
t-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal=
;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;">=
=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0
</span></span><span style=3D"font-size:12pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Rom=
an&quot;,serif">Names
and popular culture</span></p>

<p class=3D"gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.000=
1pt 0.5in;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"=
><span style=3D"font-size:12pt;font-family:Symbol">=C2=B7<span style=3D"fon=
t-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal=
;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;">=
=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0
</span></span><span style=3D"font-size:12pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Rom=
an&quot;,serif">Names
and celebrity cultures</span></p>

<p class=3D"gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.000=
1pt 0.5in;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"=
><span style=3D"font-size:12pt;font-family:Symbol">=C2=B7<span style=3D"fon=
t-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal=
;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;">=
=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0
</span></span><span style=3D"font-size:12pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Rom=
an&quot;,serif">Names
and spirituality</span></p>

<p class=3D"gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.000=
1pt 0.5in;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"=
><span style=3D"font-size:12pt;font-family:Symbol">=C2=B7<span style=3D"fon=
t-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal=
;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;">=
=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0
</span></span><span style=3D"font-size:12pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Rom=
an&quot;,serif">Names as
remnant identity</span></p>

<p class=3D"gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.0001p=
t 0.5in;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><=
span style=3D"font-size:12pt;font-family:Symbol">=C2=B7<span style=3D"font-=
variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;f=
ont-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;">=
=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0
</span></span><span style=3D"font-size:12pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Rom=
an&quot;,serif">Names,
naming and the politics of space</span></p>

<p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;=
font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style=3D"font-size:12p=
t;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif">Submit
a 250-300 word abstract via email simultaneously to both convenors of the p=
anel
by March 10, 2020</span></p>

<p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;=
font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style=3D"font-size:12p=
t;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif">=C2=A0</span></p>

<p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;=
font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style=3D"font-size:=
12pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif">Conveners</span></b><sp=
an style=3D"font-size:12pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif">:=
</span></p>

<p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;=
font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style=3D"font-size:12p=
t;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif">=C2=A0</span></p>

<p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;=
font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style=3D"font-size:12p=
t;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif">Dr Jendele
Hungbo</span></p>

<p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;=
font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style=3D"font-size:12p=
t;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif">Department
of Mass Communication</span></p>

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font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style=3D"font-size:12p=
t;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif">Bowen
University, Iwo</span></p>

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font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style=3D"font-size:12p=
t;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif">Email:
</span><a href=3D"mailto:Jendele.hungbo@bowen.edu.ng" style=3D"color:blue">=
<span style=3D"font-size:12pt">Jendele.hungbo@bowen.edu.ng</span></a><span =
style=3D"font-size:12pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif"></sp=
an></p>

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font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style=3D"font-size:=
12pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif">=C2=A0</span></b></p>

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font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style=3D"font-size:=
12pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif">and</span></b><span sty=
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</p>

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font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style=3D"font-size:12p=
t;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif">Dr.
Senayon Olaoluwa</span></p>

<p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;=
font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style=3D"font-size:12p=
t;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif">Institute
of African Studies</span></p>

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font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style=3D"font-size:12p=
t;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif">University
of Ibadan</span></p>

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font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style=3D"font-size:12p=
t;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif">Email:
</span><a href=3D"mailto:samsenayon@gmail.com" style=3D"color:blue"><span s=
tyle=3D"font-size:12pt">samsenayon@gmail.com</span></a><span style=3D"font-=
size:12pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif"></span></p>

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font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style=3D"font-size:12p=
t;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif">=C2=A0</span></p>

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font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span lang=3D"EN-GB" styl=
e=3D"font-size:12pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif">++++++++=
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++</span></b></p>

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n 0.0001pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-=
size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background=
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><span lang=3D"EN-GB" style=3D"color:rgb(29,34,40)">Call for Panelists</spa=
n></p>

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nt-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style=3D"font-size:12=
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span></b></p>

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nt-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style=3D"font-size:12=
pt;line-height:107%;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif">Lagos in=
 New Nollywood</span></b></p>

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nt-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style=3D"font-size:12=
pt;line-height:107%;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif">=C2=A0</=
span></b></p>

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n 0.0001pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-=
size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background=
-clip:initial;vertical-align:baseline;font-size:12pt;font-family:&quot;Time=
s New Roman&quot;,serif"><span lang=3D"EN-CA" style=3D"color:rgb(29,34,40)"=
>The 5th Annual Lagos Studies
Association Conference</span><span style=3D"color:rgb(29,34,40)"></span></p=
>

<p class=3D"gmail-yiv9425837293ydpb5f3353dmsonormal" style=3D"margin:0in 0i=
n 0.0001pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-=
size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background=
-clip:initial;vertical-align:baseline;font-size:12pt;font-family:&quot;Time=
s New Roman&quot;,serif"><span lang=3D"EN-CA" style=3D"color:rgb(29,34,40)"=
>Theme: Postcolonial African
Cities at 60: Continuities and Discontinuities</span><span style=3D"color:r=
gb(29,34,40)"></span></p>

<p class=3D"gmail-yiv9425837293ydpb5f3353dmsonormal" style=3D"margin:0in 0i=
n 0.0001pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-=
size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background=
-clip:initial;vertical-align:baseline;font-size:12pt;font-family:&quot;Time=
s New Roman&quot;,serif"><span lang=3D"EN-CA" style=3D"color:rgb(29,34,40)"=
>June 25-27, 2020<br>
Lagos, Nigeria</span></p>

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n 0.0001pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-=
size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background=
-clip:initial;vertical-align:baseline;font-size:12pt;font-family:&quot;Time=
s New Roman&quot;,serif"><span lang=3D"EN-CA" style=3D"color:rgb(29,34,40)"=
>=C2=A0</span></p>

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nt-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style=3D"font-size:12=
pt;line-height:107%;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif">Panel Or=
ganizer and Chair: Senayon
Olaoluwa (University of Ibadan)</span></b></p>

<p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:107%;fo=
nt-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style=3D"font-size:12pt;=
line-height:107%;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif">=C2=A0</spa=
n></p>

<p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-align:justify;=
line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style=
=3D"font-size:12pt;line-height:107%;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;=
,serif">The
city of Lagos holds an unparalleled attraction for Nigerians as well as the
rest of the world precisely because ever since its founding in the late
medieval period, it has benefited from a peculiar privilege of location whi=
ch
has remained fundamental to its evolutionary emergence as a global city.
Sitting comfortably within the historical geography of the Slave Coast, it
served the age of the obnoxious Atlantic slavery, gaining a reputation as e=
xit
point for millions of Africans into the Americas and other parts of the wor=
ld
against their wish. Not surprisingly, it became a popular point of return f=
or
many freed slaves and served as the space for the development of default
urbanscape dynamics in the wake of Atlantic slavery. The indices of moderni=
ty
and modernization that attended colonialism in Nigeria found their finest
expression in the city of Lagos, so much so that even when several other
locations had previously enjoyed the privilege of being designated the capi=
tal
of colonial Nigeria, it was Lagos that ultimately earned the designation of=
 the
colonial capital up to the end of colonialism in 1960. As a post-colonial
capital, Lagos enjoyed the unique privilege until 1991 when a new seat of p=
ower
was inaugurated in Abuja. Even more intriguing is the fact that the city of
Lagos has never ceased to have the strongest pull for people from all over
Nigeria and across the world since the relocation of the capital of governa=
nce
to Abuja. Incontrovertibly Nigeria=E2=80=99s and Africa=E2=80=99s most popu=
lous city, Lagos has
remained the nation=E2=80=99s economic capital despite its loss of federal =
political
agency as capital. A combination of historical and contemporary values has
earned Lagos a preeminent place in the colonial and postcolonial narration =
that
is embodied in various forms of textual practice. Yet, Lagos also arguably
remains a domain of contradictions that speak to African postcolonial
conditions. While Nigerian and African literature has accentuated this fact=
,
the history of film in the country has sustained the textual consciousness =
as
interpreted on the screen=E2=80=94from pre-Nollywood to Nollywood and to Ne=
w Nollywood.
This panel specifically seeks papers for a special panel on recent big scre=
en
productions otherwise known as New Nollywood and the various ways in which =
they
underscore the riveting attention that the city of Lagos enjoys in the
interpretation of what Adesokan has termed the =E2=80=9Cpostcolonial incred=
ible=E2=80=9D. </span></p>

<p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-align:justify;=
line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style=
=3D"font-size:12pt;line-height:107%;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;=
,serif">=C2=A0</span></p>

<p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-align:justify;=
line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style=
=3D"font-size:12pt;line-height:107%;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;=
,serif">At
the 5<sup>th</sup> Lagos Studies Association (LSA) conference, papers for
presentation are invited from scholars working on New Nollywood as a new
conceptual phenomenon yet to be fully unpacked. Issues to address may inclu=
de,
but by no means limited to: </span></p>

<p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-align:justify;=
line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style=
=3D"font-size:12pt;line-height:107%;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;=
,serif">Lagos
and history in New Nollywood</span></p>

<p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-align:justify;=
line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style=
=3D"font-size:12pt;line-height:107%;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;=
,serif">Lagos
and transnationalism in New Nollywood</span></p>

<p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-align:justify;=
line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style=
=3D"font-size:12pt;line-height:107%;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;=
,serif">Lagos
and spatiotemporal transformation in New Nollywood</span></p>

<p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-align:justify;=
line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style=
=3D"font-size:12pt;line-height:107%;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;=
,serif">Lagos
and new media in New Nollywood</span></p>

<p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-align:justify;=
line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style=
=3D"font-size:12pt;line-height:107%;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;=
,serif">Lagos
and the question of power in New Nollywood</span></p>

<p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-align:justify;=
line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style=
=3D"font-size:12pt;line-height:107%;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;=
,serif">Lagos
and religion in New Nollywood</span></p>

<p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-align:justify;=
line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style=
=3D"font-size:12pt;line-height:107%;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;=
,serif">Lagos
and cosmopolitanism in New Nollywood</span></p>

<p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-align:justify;=
line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style=
=3D"font-size:12pt;line-height:107%;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;=
,serif">Lagos
and human rights activism in New Nollywood=C2=A0
</span></p>

<p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-align:justify;=
line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style=
=3D"font-size:12pt;line-height:107%;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;=
,serif">Lagos
and (homo)sexuality in New Nollywood</span></p>

<p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-align:justify;=
line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style=
=3D"font-size:12pt;line-height:107%;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;=
,serif">Lagos
and environmentalism in New Nollywood</span></p>

<p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-align:justify;=
line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style=
=3D"font-size:12pt;line-height:107%;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;=
,serif">Lagos
and politics in New Nollywood</span></p>

<p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-align:justify;=
line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style=
=3D"font-size:12pt;line-height:107%;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;=
,serif">Lagos
and conflict New Nollywood </span></p>

<p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-align:justify;=
line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style=
=3D"font-size:12pt;line-height:107%;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;=
,serif">Lagos
and romance in New Nollywood</span></p>

<p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-align:justify;=
line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style=
=3D"font-size:12pt;line-height:107%;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;=
,serif">Lagos
and memory in New Nollywood</span></p>

<p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-align:justify;=
line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style=
=3D"font-size:12pt;line-height:107%;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;=
,serif">Lagos
and music in New Nollywood</span></p>

<p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-align:justify;=
line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style=
=3D"font-size:12pt;line-height:107%;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;=
,serif">Lagos
and 21<sup>st</sup> century contradictions in New Nollywood</span></p>

<p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-align:justify;=
line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style=
=3D"font-size:12pt;line-height:107%;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;=
,serif">=C2=A0</span></p>

<p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-align:justify;=
line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style=
=3D"font-size:12pt;line-height:107%;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;=
,serif">Abstracts
of not more than 300 words should be sent to Senayon Olaoluwa through </spa=
n><a href=3D"mailto:samsenayon@gmail.com" style=3D"color:blue"><span style=
=3D"font-size:12pt;line-height:107%;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;=
,serif">samsenayon@gmail.com</span></a><span style=3D"font-size:12pt;line-h=
eight:107%;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif">
on or before March 15, 2020. </span></p>

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line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style=
=3D"font-size:12pt;line-height:107%;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;=
,serif">=C2=A0</span></p>

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Sincerely,</span></p>

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font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style=3D"font-size:12p=
t;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif">Saheed Aderinto</span></p>

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font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span lang=3D"EN-GB" styl=
e=3D"font-size:12pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif">=C2=A0</=
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font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style=3D"font-size:12p=
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mail_signature"><div dir=3D"ltr"><div><div dir=3D"ltr"><div><div dir=3D"ltr=
"><p><br></p><p><span><span style=3D"text-decoration:underline"><b>US Addre=
ss</b></span></span></p><p></p><p>The Lagos Studies Association</p><p>C\O S=
aheed Aderinto<br></p>286 Central Drive<p>History Department</p><p>McKee Bu=
ilding</p><p>Western Carolina University</p><p>Cullowhee NC 28723</p><p>Web=
site: <a href=3D"https://lagosstudies.wcu.edu/" target=3D"_blank">https://l=
agosstudies.wcu.edu/</a> <br></p><p>Email Address: <span><a href=3D"mailto:=
lagosstudiesassociation@gmail.com" target=3D"_blank">lagosstudiesassociatio=
n@gmail.com</a></span></p><p><br></p><p><b><span style=3D"text-decoration:u=
nderline">Nigeria Address<br> </span></b></p><p>The Lagos Studies Associati=
on</p><p>C\O Dr. Yetunde Zaid<br></p><p>University of Lagos Library</p><p>P=
.M.B 1012</p><p>Akoka, Lagos</p><p>Nigeria</p><p>Email Address: <span><a hr=
ef=3D"mailto:lagosstudiesassociation@gmail.com" target=3D"_blank">lagosstud=
iesassociation@gmail.com</a></span></p></div></div></div></div></div></div>=
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