Alaafin, Aregbesola, Ajimobi,Akeredolu to Attend Falola@65 Conference

His Imperial Majesty, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi III, the Alaafin of Oyo, Osun State Governor, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, Governor of Oyo State, Governor Abiola Ajimobi, Governor of Ondo State, GovernorRotimi Akeredolu to mention a few are some of the eminent personalities that would attend the Toyin Falola@65 conference.

The international conference would take place at the University of Ibadan from Monday, January 29 to Tuesday, January 31, 2018 with the theme, “African Knowledges and Alternative Futures”.

Professor Oloruntoyin Omoyeni Falola, who turned 65 on the 1stof January 2018, is the Jacob and Frances Sanger Mossiker Chair in the Humanities and Distinguished Teaching Professor at the University of Texas at Austin, USA.

Chairman of the conference is, Pro-chancellor, Lead City University, Prof. JideOwoeye.

In a statement signed by Dean of the Faculty of Arts, U.I, Professor Ademola O. Dasylva, he said Falola had made unparalleled contributions to knowledge production in Africa.

“Two keynote addresses will be delivered by Professor Gloria Emeagwali, Professor of History and African Studies, Central Connecticut State University, USA, and Professor Chris BN Ogbogbo, President of the Historical Society of Nigeria. The conference will be declared open on the first day by the Alaafin of Oyo” he said.