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Making Money on the Move: West African Immigrants and Okada (Commercial Motorcycle) Riding in Ibadan since the 1990s
Date: November 20, 2012 Place: Draper’s Hall, Institute of African Studies, University of Ibadan Time: 4.30-6.00 pm Abstract Since the 1990s, commercial motorcycle (Okada) illuminates everyday coping mechanisms of the struggling immigrants and the urban poor to earn a living against the vagaries of harsh economic realities. This paper examines the experiences and marginality of young West African immigrants who competed with socially excluded and unemployed (or underemployed) (...)
IFRA-Nigeria and partners organize a one-day conference on the "Arab Spring"
Date: 12 mars 2012 Place: Drapper’s Hall, Institut d’Etudes Africaines, Université d’Ibadan Time: 10am-2pm IFRA-Nigeria, in partnership with the Institute of African Studies and the Department of Arabic and Islamic Studies of the University of Ibadan, organises a one-day conference on "The North Africa Arab Uprising : Implications and significance for the future?" The conference will include two panels. The first panel (10am-12noon) will be chaired by Dr. Gérard Chouin, director of (...)
Tributes to Professor Chukwuemeka Nwokedi: A memorial public Lecture by Prof. Daniel Bach
The French Institute for Research in Africa (IFRA-Nigeria) joins the family of Late Chukwuemeka Nwokedi and the Department of International Relations, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife to organize a day of Tributes and a Memorial Public Lecture to celebrate the scholarship and lifetime achievements of Professor Chukwuemeka Obunikem Nwokedi (1952-2001) The Memorial Public Lecture will be presented by Prof. Daniel Bach*, CNRS, Emile Durkheim Centre for Comparative Political Science and (...)
Nigeria as an Emerging Power? A Round-table discussion with Prof. Daniel Bach
French Institute for Research in Africa (IFRA-Nigeria) in collaboration with the Department of International Relations, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife and the Institute of African Studies (IAS), University of Ibadan present a roundtable on the theme “Nigeria as an Emerging Power?” The lead paper will be presented by Prof. Daniel Bach*, CNRS, Emile Durkheim Centre for Comparative Political Science and Sociology, University of Bordeaux. Date: September 20, 2011 Venue: Drapper’s Hall, (...)
IFRA-Nigeria conference on the 2011 General Elections
IFRA-Nigeria, in collaboration with the Department of Political Science and the Institute of African Studies (IAS) of the University of Ibadan, present a 1-day conference/roundtable on “The 2011 General Elections: An Evaluation” Last update:10/10/2011 Download the report of the conference here : The 2011 General Elections: An Evaluation Report of the One-Day Conference on the theme Held at the Large Lecture Theater of the Faculty of the Social Sciences, University of Ibadan, on 9th (...)
Africa Week 2011 – Celebrating Diversity
IFRA-Nigeria, the Institute of African Studies of the University of Ibadan as well as CBAAC joined to organize the Africa Week from August 22-25, 2011 at the University of Ibadan, Nigeria. IFRA-Nigeria proposes a week-long exhibition of 18 portraits of African traditional rulers selected from photographer Daniel Lainé’s book “African Kings” published in 1991 (French version) and 2000 (English version). We thank Daniel Lainé and Alliance française Port-Harcourt for making this exhibition (...)
www.ifre.fr : un portail pour suivre les activités scientifiques des Instituts français de recherche à l’étranger
Le pôle de valorisation des Instituts français de recherche à l’étranger, développe depuis 2010 un portail Internet de valorisation de l’ensemble de la production et de l’activité scientifiques des Instituts (www.ifre.fr) On y trouvera notamment : un agenda partagé complet des manifestations, conférences, séminaires, colloques, journées d’études, etc. organisés par les Ifre ; une présentation à jour des programmes de recherche et des services développés dans chaque institut ; un signalement (...)
British Foreign Policy in sub-Saharan Africa since 1957
IFRA-Nigeria is a partner to the Conference on British Foreign Policy in sub-Saharan Africa since 1957 organized by the Laboratoire de Recherche sur les Cultures Anglophones (LARCA) a research facility of the University of Paris Diderot. IFRA-Nigeria will proudly be represented by Professor Olakunle A. Lawal, from the Department of History, University of Ibadan, who will make a presentation on Britain, Decolonization and the Construction of Nigerian Foreign Policy on the Eve of the (...)
1960: Nigeria at Independance
A Photography Exhibition
As part of the Conference 1960, Nigeria at Independence Date: Monday 5th July, 1.30 pm Wednesday 7th July 2010 Venue: Lady Bank Anthony Hall , IAS, University of Ibadan
