Lagos

University of Lagos

The Lagos Africa Multiple Research Center (Lagos-AMRC) is an autonomous centre within the Institute of African and Diaspora Studies, University of Lagos. 

The centre is poised to contribute to the Knowledge Lab of the Africa Multiple (Centre of Excellence in African Studies) especially in achieving the goal of reconfiguring African Studies. Equipped with its full complement of competent staff, the centre is prepared with the right atmosphere to galvanize collaborative and interdisciplinary research among African scholars as well as develop and implement formats for the training of early career scholars, especially at the PhD level.

Structure of Lagos-AMRC

• Director: Ayodele Yusuff (Associate Professor of Linguistics and Language Engineering)
• Academic Coordinator: Anthony Okeregbe (Senior Lecturer in Philosophy)
• Gender & Diversity Representative: Oluwatoyin Olokodana-James (Lecturer in Creative Arts)
• Early Career Representative: Feyi Ademola-Adeoye (Senior Lecturer in Linguistics)

Members in the research sections:

• Accumulation: Taibat Lawanson (Associate Professor, African Urbanization), Ayodele Yusuff
• Digitalities: Bilqis Alayaki (IT specialist), Tunde Ope-Davies (Professor of English & Digital Linguistics, Digital Humanities)
• Ecologies: Feyi Ademole-Adeyoye, Ademola Kazeem Fayemi (Senior Lecturer in Philosophy)
• In/securities: Kayode Eesuola (Research Professor) Peter Oni (Senior Lecturer in Philosophy), Moses Yakubu (History, Research Associate Professor and the Deputy Director)
• Re:membering: Abisoye Eleshin (Linguistics, Research Fellow), Muyiwa Falaiye (Professor of African Philosophy Studies), Peju Layiwola (Professor of Visual Arts and Art History), Anthony Okeregbe, Patrick Oloko (Associate Professor of Literature and Cultural Studies)
• Translating: Akinmayowa Paul Akin-Otiko (Senior Research Fellow), Abisoye Eleshin, Oluwatoyin Olokodana-James

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Find LAGOS African Cluster Centre Organisational Chart here.
Meet the research team here.