Historian of veterinary public health, livestock economy & food systems in West Africa | Asst. Prof. @UCDdublin | PhD from @iheid_history @GVAGrad | #Badagry
Dublin City, Ireland
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Many of us pass Ọba Akran Avenue without knowing who Akran was — an Ogu king, a minister, a first-class traditional ruler who helped build the very western region we call ‘Yorubaland’ today.
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We need to ask ourselves, 'if southeastern Benin Republic... are not exclusively labelled Fonland or Oguland despite Benin's predominant Fon/Ogu populations, how then can southwest Nigeria be Yorubaland?'
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'Southwestern Nigeria' and 'Yorubaland' are not the same thing — and conflating them isn't just historically wrong, it has real consequences for who gets resources, recognition and political power today.
This essay is uncomfortable, necessary and overdue. Read here:
rpublc.com/story/2026/03/22/…
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A “Meat-Hungry” People: Nutrition Science and the Colonial Discovery of Animal-Protein Malnutrition in Nigeria, by one of the most hardworking @LagosStudies members at the annual conference, Oluwaṣeun Otọsedẹ Williams @WheelHelms:
tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.…
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The Pierre du Bois annual Workshop will start tomorrow! Learn more about the fantastic participants below!
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The Annual Pierre du Bois Doctoral Workshop will take place at Maison de la Paix on 29-30 September 2022!
The workshop “Histories of Capitalism in Europe and the World” is organized by Fernanda Conforto de Oliveira, Michele Zampa, Oluwaseun Williams, and Amal Shahid!
Ṣeun Williams retweeted
With the generous support of @DuFound the 2nd Pierre du Bois Doctoral Workshop will take place on 29-30 September 2022 on the theme “Histories of Capitalism in Europe & the World". CfA & more info: fondation-pierredubois.ch/an…
@Fer_COliveira @amalshahid222 @MicheleZampa1 @WheelHelms
Happy to share with you the call for proposals for the workshop that other PhD students and I are organizing at the @iheid_history in partnership with the @DuFound on 29-30 September 2022. fondation-pierredubois.ch/an…
Ṣeun Williams retweeted
Applications are invited for the 2021 Ife Summer Institute.
Theme: Research, Teaching & Service in an Uncertain Age
Date: July 26, 2021 - August 6, 2021
Venue: Zoom
Cost: Free
Deadline: July 5, 2021
Application link: forms.gle/egococQZgng1K92p9
Ṣeun Williams retweeted
Did you know that it’s actually possible for you to say, “I don’t know enough about this to have an opinion”
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Unfortunately the business of making and selling music has become quite a joke these days. I write this for those of you who love music but can’t understand what’s going on. Most artists’ income from music sales nosedived once downloading became the norm, but streaming is even...
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So far, 68 mutations of the Great Britain variant, 5 of the South Africa mutations and 36 mutations that can't be assigned to either of the two variants have been found in Switzerland. The spread takes place in Switzerland, this was expected. It is important to keep the pace low.
Ṣeun Williams retweeted
10'000 Swiss Francs fine if one from the UK or RSA leaves quarantine. As if their holidays in CH weren't expensive enough. 💔
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Lycéens enlevés au Nigéria: «Boko Haram réaffirme sa haine contre l’éducation occidentale» dlvr.it/Rns7yG
