Nigerian Cultural History and Challenges of Postcolonial Development

About

Samuel Oluwole Ogundele is Professor of Anthropological Archaeology at the University of Ibadan Nigeria where he obtained his Ph.D in 1990. His publications include Understanding Contemporary Archaeology (2014) and over 80 articles in such journals as Antiquity African Archaeological Review Nyame Akuma Research Review Legon Journal of Sociology Cota Zero and West African Journal of Archaeology. Ogundele was a Visiting Scholar at the University of the Witwatersrand Johannesburg South Africa between 2002 and 2003.Aderemi Suleiman Ajala is a Professor at the Department of Archaeology and Anthropology University of Ibadan Nigeria where he teaches and researches African anthropology focusing on culture and health Yoruba ethno-medicine nationalism and politics in Nigeria and cultural heritage management. Ajala is a recipient of CODESRIA grants (2002 2005 and 2007); the British Academy Fellowship (2006); Alexander von Humboldt fellowships and grants (2009 2011 2013 2019 2021-2022); and the Rockefeller Foundation Fellowship (2013). His recent book publications include Rural Healthcare Provisioning (2010); Nationalism and Politics in Postcolonial Nigeria (edited 2011); Yoruba Nationalism - Culture Politics and Violence in Southwestern Nigeria (2013); Indigenous Epistemology Strengthening Research and Decolonization of Education in Nigeria (edited 2019); and Emerging Trends in African Ethnography (edited 2022). With the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation grant (2021-2023) he is currently working on Invention of Human Healthcare Strategies among Pastoral Nomads of Oyo North in Southwestern Nigeria.