Tunde Oduntan
Oluwatoyin Oduntan holds a PhD in History of Dalhousie University, Canada and is currently an associate professor of African history at Towson University, USA. His research focus is on elite formation in Africa, and the intellectual ideas behind the making of modern Africa. He is the author of Power, Culture and Modernity in Nigeria Beyond the Colony (2018) and has published articles on the print media, colonial medicine, and Christian missions.
Subjects: Anthropology - Soc Sci, History
Biography
Oluwatoyin Oduntan holds a PhD in History of Dalhousie University, Canada and is currently an associate professor of African history at Towson University, USA. He has previously taught at Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, and Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ago-Iwoye, Nigeria. His research focus is on elite formation and the intellectual ideas in the making of modern Africa. He is the author of Power, Culture and Modernity in Nigeria Beyond the Colony (2018) and has published articles on the print media, colonial medicine, and Christian missions.Education
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PhD., Dalhousie University Canada
MPhil. History, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria
Areas of Research / Professional Expertise
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Intellectual History
Medicine and healing systems
Political and cultural history of Africa
Personal Interests
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Travel
Sports
Websites
Books
Articles
Culture and Colonial Medicine: Smallpox in Abeokuta, Western Nigeria
Published: Jun 30, 2016 by Social History of Medicine
Authors: Oluwatoyin Oduntan
Subjects:
History, Health and Social Care, Anthropology - Soc Sci
This article revisits the eradication of smallpox and demonstrates the importance of local medical knowledge in the eradication of disease.
Decolonization and Public Order in Western Nigeria, 1957-1960
Published: Aug 29, 2015 by Journal of Decolonization, Indigeneity, Education and Society
Authors: Kemi Rotimi and Oluwatoyin Oduntan
Subjects:
History
This journal is an essential reading for decolonization from an African perspective. My article explores the confusions and uncertainties of decolonization to argue that decolonization was not a neat process with a well-articulated end of independence.