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Tekena Tamuno

Nigerian academic (–)

Tekena Nitonye Tamuno (28 January – 11 April ) was a Nigerian historian and Vice-chancellor of the University of Ibadan. He was the President of the Board of Trustees of Bells University of Technology.[1]

Education and career

Tamuno attended St Peter's School in his hometown of Okrika for primary education. Upon completion he attended Okrika Grammar School. From to he studied history at the University of Ibadan before leaving the country in to continue his studies at Birkbeck, University of London and Columbia University. In he joined the Department of History at the University of Ibadan where he remains as professor emeritus.[2]

In addition to his administrative and teaching career, he is an author and has chaired public service commissions.

Tamuno died on 11 April in Ibadan, aged [3]

University of Ibadan timeline

  • Lecturer,
  • Senior Lecturer,
  • Professor,
  • Head, department of History, –
  • Dean, Faculty of Arts, –
  • Vice Chancellor, –

Selected books

  • Nigeria and Elective Representation, –Heinemann ()[4]
  • The evolution of the Nigerian state: The Southern phase, – Humanities Press, ISBN&#;[5]
  • Abebe: Portrait of a Nigerian leader. ALF Publications, ISBN&#;[6]
  • Herbert Macaulay, Nigerian patriot. Heinemann Educational, ISBN&#;X[7]
  • Nigeria: Its people and its problems. ISBN&#;[8]
  • Nigerian universities, their students and their society: Factors of leadership, time, and circumstance. ISBN&#;[9]
  • The police in modern Nigeria, – Origins, development, and role.
  • Nigeria Since Independence. Heinemann Educational Books. ISBN&#;[10]
  • Nigerian federalism in historical perspective. Federalism and Political Restructuring in Nigeria. Ibadan: Spectrum.

See also

References

  1. ^"I Won't Go to Court Over Sacked Varsity Councils". 12 June Retrieved 15 October
  2. ^"The Igbo, their Nigeria". Daily Sun. 30 November Retrieved 15 October [permanent dead link&#;]
  3. ^Fabowale, Yinka (13 April ). "Tamuno, ex-UI VC, dies". The Sun. Archived from the original on 15 April Retrieved 13 April
  4. ^Jones, D. H. (). "Representative Government in Nigeria - Nigeria and Elective Representation, – By Takena N. Tamuno. London and Ibadan: Heinemann, Pp. ix+ 35s". The Journal of African History. 8 (2): – doi/s ISSN&#; S2CID&#;
  5. ^Tamuno, Tekena N. (). The evolution of the Nigerian state; the Southern phase, . New York: [Humanities Press]. ISBN&#;. OCLC&#;
  6. ^Tamuno, Tekena N. (). Abebe&#;: portrait of a Nigerian leader. Aderinwale, Ayodele., Africa Leadership Forum. Abeokuta, Nigeria: ALF Publications. ISBN&#;. OCLC&#;
  7. ^Tamuno, Tekena N. (). Herbert Macaulay, Nigerian patriot. London: Heinemann Educational. ISBN&#;. OCLC&#;
  8. ^Tamuno, Tekena N. (). Nigeria: its people and its problems. Nigeria Since Independence History Panel. Lagos: Panel on Nigeria Since Independence History Project. ISBN&#;. OCLC&#;
  9. ^Tamuno, Tekena N. (). Nigerian universities, their students and their society&#;: factors of leadership, time, and circumstance. [Nigeria]: Panel on Nigeria Since Independence History Project. ISBN&#;. OCLC&#;
  10. ^Tamuno, T. N. (). Nigeria since independence&#;: the first twenty-five years. Nigeria Since Independence History Panel. Ibadan [Nigeria]: Heinemann Educational Books. ISBN&#;. OCLC&#;