Faculty Profile

Dr. Hakeem Ibikunle Tijani
Associate Professor of African History & African Diaspora
Honors & Graduate Faculty

Education:
PhD. African History, University of South Africa
MPhil; African History, (SOAS): University of London
MA (Economic History): University of Lagos
BA (Hons) History: Lagos State University
Diploma, Automated Logistics, US Army Quartermaster School, Ft. Lee, Virginia
Diploma, Paralegal Studies, US Judge Advocate School, Ft. Jackson, South Carolina
Public Teacher Certification (6-12 Grades Composite Social Studies), Tarleton State University & Fort Worth ISD
Graduate Credit Hours in Education, Texas Christian University & Tarleton State University, Texas

Teaching & Research Interests:
African History, African Diaspora, Nationalism and Decolonization, Urban History.

Publications:

Academic Publications

Books (Peer Reviewed)

• Britain, Leftist Nationalists and the Transfer of Power in Nigeria, 1945-1965 (London/New York: Routledge, 2005) THIRD REPRINT 2007
• Nigeria Urban History: Past and Present (Oxford: University Press of America, 2006)
• Culture and Customs of Ethiopia: Culture and Customs of Africa Series (Westport: Greenwood Press, 2009). With Solomon Getahun
• Africa and the Wider World (New York: McGraw-Hill Higher Education, Forthcoming 2009)

Chapters in Peer Reviewed Books/Monographs

• “Colonial Policies and Systems,” in Africa and the Wider World (McGraw Hill Education, Forthcoming 2009), Chapter 18
•  “The United States’ Economic and Political Activities in Colonial West Africa”, in Alusine Jalloh (ed.) United States and West Africa: Interactions and Relations (Rochester: Rochester University Press, 2008), 112-122
• “A Survey of Early African History,” in Glenn Phillips, (ed.) Introduction to African Diaspora (Tapestry Press, Massachusetts, 2007), 69-74
•  “The Career of Akinpelu Ipossu in Lagos and Epe C. 1790-1875,” in Kolapo, F. & Akurang-Parry, K. (eds.) African Agency and European Colonialism: Latitude of Negotiations and Containment (Lanham-Maryland: University Press of America, 2007), 17-24
• “Reflection on Nigeria’s Urban History,” in Tijani, H. I. (ed.) Nigeria’s Urban History Past and Present (University Press of America, 2006), 1-14
• “Urban Neglect and Underdevelopment of a Border Town,” in Nigeria’s Urban History, 119-132. With Abolade Adeniji
• “Legal Aspect of Urban Development,” in Nigeria’s Urban History, 167-182. With Mosope Fagbongbe
• “Industries as Catalyst of Urban Development: A Microanalysis,” in Nigeria’s Urban History, 183-190
• “Urbanism and Ethnic Crises since the 1980s, “in Nigeria’s Urban History, 201-210. With Olayemi Akinwumi
• “Rockefeller Brothers Fund and Modernization of the Pharmaceutical Industry in Nigeria,” in Toyin Falola & Matthew Heaton (eds.) Traditional and Modern Health Systems in Nigeria (Africa World Press, 2006), 147-160
•  “Urban Politics in a Yoruba Frontier - Mushin,” in Toyin Falola & Genova, A. (eds.) The Yoruba in Transition: History, Values and Modernity (Carolina Academic Press, 2006), 75-84
• “Abubakar Tafawa Balewa and Nigeria’s Foundation of a Non-Neutralist Foreign Policy,” in Olayiwola Abegunrin (ed.) Nigeria and Global Foreign Policy in the Twentieth Century (New York: Nova Publishers, 2006), 129-140
•  “The ‘New’ Lagos Town Council 1950-1953,” in Toyin Falola & Steven Salm (eds.) Nigerian Cities (Asmara, 2003), 255-270
• “McCarthyism in Colonial Nigeria: The Ban on the Employment of Communists,” in Oyebade, A. (ed.) The Foundations of Nigeria (Trenton, 2003), 647-668
• “Communists and the Nationalist Movement,” in Toyin Falola (ed.) Nigeria in the Twentieth Century (Durham, 2002), 293-313
• “History of Lagos State,” in Tayo Odumosu (ed.) Lagos State in Maps (Ibadan, 1996), 7-10
• “The Central Awori Group,” in Odumosu Ibid. 36-41
• “Rural Settlement and Development in Modern Lagos,” in Odumosu Ibid. 51-55
• “Stages in the Economic History of Lagos,” in Noah, A.O. (ed.) Fundamentals of General Studies (Lagos, 1995), 147-151. With S. Ologunro
• “The Career of Seriki Abass (Faremi Williams) in Badagry, 1870-1919,” in Ogunremi, G.O. et al; (eds.) Badagry: The History, Culture and Tradition of an Ancient City (Ibadan, 1994), 354-364
• “Census: A Factor in Nigeria’s Instability - Lessons for the 1991 Head Counts,” in Johnson, S. (ed.) Readings in Selected Nigerian Problems (Lagos, 1990), 30-38
• “The relevance of political economy as a tool of historical analysis with reference to Nigeria,” in Johnson, S. Dimensions in Nigeria’s Foreign Policy (Lagos, 1990), 111-120

Articles in Refereed Journal

• “Britain and the foundation of anti-Communist policies in Nigeria, 1945-1960,” Journal of African and Asian Studies, Volume 9, No. 2. 2009 (Forthcoming)
• “The Darfur Crisis: Arab Imperialism and African Resistance?,” in Nasara Journal of Humanities, Volume 2, No. 1, 2007 (with Farouk Raheemson)
• “The Lagos Awori Frontier: 19th Century History of Migrations and Transformation of an African Community,” Ife Journal of History, Vol.4 No. 2 March 2007, 1 - 22. Also in Journal of the Historical Society of Nigeria, Volume 16, No. 1, 2006, 141-155
•  “A Reassessment of British Administrative Plans and Socio-Political Policies in Nigeria,” Journal of History and Diplomatic Studies, Volume 3, 2006, 33-56
• “Reflections on African Historians and the Teaching of African History across the Atlantic,” Academic Forum 22 (2004-05), 79-84
• "The End of an Era? The Military and the Political Process in Liberia," in Essays in History - Journal of the Historical Society of Nigeria, no.7, December 1990, Lagos, Nigeria, 116-134

Encyclopedia Entries

• “ECOWAS – Economic Community of West African States,” in Robert W. McColl (ed.) Encyclopedia of World Geography, 3 Volumes (Golson Books: Facts-on-File, New York, 2005)
• “Ghana,” in Robert W. McColl (ed.) Encyclopedia of World Geography, 3 Volumes (Golson Books: Facts-on-File, New York, 2005)
• “Nigeria,” in Robert W. McColl (ed.) Encyclopedia of World Geography, 3 Volumes (Golson Books: Facts-on-File, New York, 2005)

Awards:

• 2008: LACAS Summer Research Grant.
• 2008: Outstanding Membership Recognition, Eko Club, Washington, DC.
• 2007: Morgan Faculty Travel Grant.
• 2006: USF Faculty Travel Research Grant.
• 2005: American Historical Association Bernadottee Schmitt Research Grant.
• 2004 & 2005: Henderson Faculty Research Award.
• 2004: MacMath Endowment Grant.
• 2004 & 2005: Henderson Faculty Development Grant.
• 2004: Ellis College (Henderson State University) Travel Grant.
• 2003: U.S. Army National Defense Award.
• 2000: Distinguished Graduate U.S. Army Quartermaster Center & School.
• 1994-1997: UK Commonwealth Universities Scholarship.
• 1996: Harry S. Truman Institute Research Award.
• 1990: Dean's List, University of Lagos.
• 1989: World Assembly of Muslim Youth (Nigeria) Research Grant.
• 1987/88: Vice Chancellor's & Dean's Lists, Lagos State University.

Academic Association Membership:

• African Studies Association
• Historical Society of Nigeria
• Phi Alpha Theta – History Honors Society
• World History Association