This document provides the schedule and program details for the 2015 Toyin Falola International Conference with the theme "African Renaissance and Pan-Africanism: Epistemologies of the South, New Leadership Paradigms and African Futures". The 2-day conference will be held from July 2-4, 2015 at UNISA in Pretoria, South Africa. It will include keynote addresses, panel discussions, and parallel presentation sessions on topics related to precolonial African history, Pan-Africanism, governance, development, and conflicts in Africa. Over 150 presentations will be made by scholars from various African and non-African universities during the parallel sessions.

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2015 TOYIN FALOLA INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE
African Renaissance and Pan-Africanism: Epistemologies of the South, New Leadership
Paradigms and African Futures
2 – 4 July, Senate Hall & Kgorong Building
UNISA, Pretoria, South Africa
DAY 1: (Senate Hall ) Programme Director
REGISTRATION AND MORNING TEA 08:30H00 – 09H00
Programme Director Prof Vusi Gumede, TMALI Head
1. Opening and welcome UNISA Representative(TBC)
Professor Ademola Dasylva ( Chair:
TOFAC Board)
Conference Organizing Committee
member (TBC)
09H00 – 10H00
2. Plenary Keynote Address
The Africa We Want
Ms Geraldine Fraser-Moleketi, AfDB,
Special Envoy on Gender
Professor Babatunde Babawale
10H00 – 11H00
Tea Break 11H00 – 11H30
Programme Director Dr Siphamandla Zondi, IGD Director
3. Question on the Precolonial African
History and Indigenous Knowledge
System
Prof Toyin Falola
Prof Catherine Odora-Hoppers
11H30 – 12H00
4. Pan-Africanism, Renaissance and
Governance in Africa
Prof Patricia McFadden
Prof Molefi Kete Asante
Prof Muna Ndulo
12H00 - 13H00
Lunch Break 13H00 – 14H00
5. Parallel Sessions Presentations – Kgorong Building 14H00-17H00
Pillar A: Questions on the Precolonial
African History - Chair: Prof Alinah
Segobye
Presentations by Authors 14H00-17H00
Abe Adeolu
Adeyemi College of Education
Ondo, Ondo State
A bridge for reconstructing the modern
Africa: music as a paradigm
Dr. T. O. Ebhomienlen
Ambrose Alli University, Ekpoma
Edo State, Nigeria
Colonialism, African worldview and
development in Edo culture of Nigeria
Ehinmore Omolere
Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba
The place of indigenous dispute
resolution strategies in pre-colonial
Yorubaland: the Ilaje society as a
paradigm
Maiyaki M. Mejida
Nasarawa Stat University, Keffi-Nigeria
The transformation of Bassa of the
Niger-Benue confluence in north central
Nigeria 1800-1960

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Mercy Agha Onu Ebonyi
State University, Abakaliki, Nigeria
The thematic and analysis of folktales of
Edda
Angwe Msurshima
Bureau for Local Government and
Chieftaincy Affairs, Benue State Nigeria.
The Selection Process And Relevance Of
Traditional Institutions In Africa: A
Comparative Analysis Of Past And
Modern Chieftaincy Institution Among
The Tiv Ethnic Group Of Nigeria
Adu, A.M
History College of Education, Ikere – Ekiti
Ekiti State, Nigeria.
Chieftaincy institution in modern
government: redefining its relevance
A case study of Yorubaland in Western
Nigeria
Olaocha Nwabara
Michigan University
New Routes to the African Diaspora:
“Naija Bites” and Other Televised
Cultural Productions by Nigerians in the
United States
ADEPEKO Evelyn Omotunde
Adeyemi College of Education,
Ondo, Nigeria.
Renaissance Of The Use Of The Old Aso
Oke Types Among Youths In Ondo West
Local Government, Nigeria
Pillar B: Pan Africanism and African
Renaissance- Chair: Prof Mammo Muchie
Presentations by Authors 14H00-17H00
Arówóṣẹgbẹ́, Deborah Bámidéle
Adékúnlé Ajásin University, Àkùngbá-
Àkókó Nigeria
Orò Obìnrin Rites among the Yorùbá:
Panacea to Contemporary Social Vices
Chimusoro Kenneth Tafira
Archie Mafeje Research Institute
The Tri-Continental Radical Black
Political Thought: The United States, the
Caribbean and Azania (South Africa)
Ernest Toochi Aniche
Federal University Otuoke (FUO), Bayelsa
State
Post-neo-functionalism, Pan-Africanism
and Regional Integration in Africa:
Prospects and Challenges of the
Proposed Tripartite Free Trade Area
Chambi Chachage
Harvard University
Between the Continental and the
Diasporic: Transcending Du Bois’ Pan-
Africanism
Gloria Sauti
Archie Mafeje Research Institute (AMRI),
Unisa
Identity Crisis in Post-apartheid South
Africa
Michael Olusegun Afolabi
University of Pittsburgh USA
Ubuntu-Driven public heath ethics in
Africa
Norah Hashim Msuya
Faculty of Law, Mzumbe University
Advocating positive tradition culture to
eradicate harmful tradition culture for
pan African women
Olusola Ogunnubi & Christopher Isike
University of Zululand, South Africa
Regional Hegemonic Contention and the
Asymmetry of Soft Power: A
Comparative Analysis of South Africa
and Nigeria
Olusola Ogunnubi
University of Zululand, South Africa
South Africa’s Soft Power: A
Comparative Content Analysis
Pillar C: Epistemology of Change and
Knowledge Production for Africa
Development: Chair: Prof Gloria
Emeagwali
Presentations by Authors 14H00-17H00
Lawani Abisola. O & Asanre Akorede
Tai Solarin University of Education,
Nigeria
Tool for technological development in
Africa: The effectiveness and satisfaction
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learning.
Akilla, Olusewa Moyosolu & Ade-johnson,
Christiana Shade
Tai Solarin University of Education,
Nigeria, Rufus Giwa Polytechnic, Nigeria
The Portrayal and Misrepresentation of
Women in Television commercials in
Nigeria
Adeyanju, H.I, Lucas B Ojo &
Ogundipe, Juliana, Tai Solarin University of
Education, Ogun State, Nigeria
Teachers’ Preparation and Effective
Planning as Predictors of Teachers’
Effectiveness in Secondary Schools,
Ogun State, Nigeria
Chinyere Beatrice Egwuogu
Tai Solarin Univeristy of Education
Ijagun, Ogun State, Nigeria
Languages in Africa and the search for
an African Lingua Franca
Claudine Hingston
University of UKZN
Can An African Be A Feminist: Expanding
The Discourse On Feminism In Africa
Kayode Olu. Ijaduola, Femi Kayode, and
Victor Babatu
Tai Solarin University of Education,Ijagun,
Nigeria.
Impact of staff development
programmes on secondary school
teachers’ productivity in Imeko-Afon
local government area, Nigeria
Khali Mofuoa
Charles Sturt University, Australia
Migrant labour remittances: A neglected
vital resource for development in
Lesotho
Michael Olusegun Fajuyigbe
Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife el
Visual Arts and Socio-Political
Commentary in Nigeria
Briget Thompson
University of Cape Town
African epistemologies in Burkinabe,
Idrissa Ouedraogo’s body of films.
Tshepo Moloi
University of Johannesburg
Rethinking Afrikan Studies Through
Es’kia Mphahlele’s narratives under the
guise of Afrikan literature
Pillar D: Leadership and Governance –
Chair: Professor Jide Owoeye
Presentations by Authors 14H00-17H00
Adenaike, F. Abisoye, Tai Solarin
University of Education, Ogun State,
Nigeria.
Organizational Climate as a Correlates of
Workers’ Commitment in Ogun State
owned tertiary Institutions
Adewale Adepoju
Tai Solarin University of Education, Ijagun
Annexing the potentials of Non-
Governmental oganisation in Peace
building and development in Africa
Albert Boakye
University of Manitoba, Winnipeg-Canada
Corruption versus Development: The
real issues and Challenges
Ikenna Mike Alumona & Jude Odigbo
Anambra State University, Awka,
University of Nigeria, Nsukka.
The State and Social insecurity in
Nigeria: Beyond Constitutional
Provisions?
David Mohale
UNISA
Role of local government in the
construction of a South Africa’s
democratic developmental state
Rapheal, Ojo Joseph
Adekunle Ajasin University, P.M.B. 001,
Akungba, Akoko
Leadership and Challenges of
Development In Nigeria: The Role of
Religion
Keinde Taiwo Olubunmi (Mrs)- Tai Solarin Leadership, followership and

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College of Education, Ijagun, Nigeria governance in Africa
Mfaniseni Mongi Majangaza African youth, South African youth, at a
rural, township, and urban level, wake
up!
Nyam Aondowase
University of Pretoria-South Africa.
Electoral Institutions and the Nigeria’s
Fourth Republic: Understanding the
drivers for violence and effects on
national stability.
Niyi Adebanjo & Olabisi Onabanjo
University, Ago-Iwoye, Ogun
Interrogating the Justice System in a
Multi-ethnic State: A Study of Selected
Yoruba Video Drama
Obiora, Charles Arinze & Okonkwo,
Clement Nwafor
Anambra State University Nigeria,
Madonna University, Okija, Nigeria
Public Policy and Privatisation of
Security in Nigerian Nascent Democracy
Olebogeng Tefo Sentsho
University of Witwatersrand
Cultivating leadership towards decisive
property rights in Africa
Rasheed A. Oyedeji & Olusoji Georg -Tai
Solarin University of Education College of
Social & Management, University of Lagos
Nigeria
The Discourse of the Evolution of
Management Theories, Thought and
Philosophy of the Yorubas in South-
western, Nigeria
Sabatho Frans Tau- HSRC - Pretoria The Constitutionally Democratic
Republics of Africa: a Southern African
Perspective: whose Democracy is that?
Atabongwoung - TMALI The missing link in multiparty democracy
in Africa
Victor O. Fakoya, University of Nevada Las
Vegas, United States of America
Bolaji Omitola, Osun State University,
Osun State Nigeria
Weak State vs Failed State: Towards an
Assessment of Leadership Failure in
weakening African States
Pillar E: The State and Africa in the Global
Economy: Prof Ademola Dasylva
Presentations by Authors 14H00-17H00
Akinola, Adeoye
University of KwaZulu-Natal,
Pietermaritzburg
Crisis of Governance, Political
Leadership and the Conspiracy of the
Followership in Nigeria
Gorden Moyo- Public Policy and Research
Institute of Zimbabwe
The Underside of Political Leadership
and the Grammar of Nationality of
Power in Zimbabwe: ‘A leadership
succession conundrum?’
Busani Mpofu
Archie Mafeje Research Institute
Urban Development and Land Reform in
South Africa: Unpacking the Root causes
of the current ‘Malemavilles’ crisis
GWK Appiah
Dept. of Education,
Matatiele 4730.
Eastern Cape. South Africa.
Rural poverty, inequality and
unemployment indicators: the role of
local government in the development of
small, medium, micro-enterprises
(smmes) in Maluti region of the Eastern
Cape Province
Nkanyezi Msimango
Thabo Mbeki African Leadership Institute
Essentials of Afrocentric Development
Theory for Africa's Renewal
Madalitso Phiri- University of South Africa Hunger and Inequality in South Africa:
An Agenda for Agrarian Reform
Okusanya Adedoyin Opeyemi & Soyebi
Gabriel Adewale, Tai Solarin University of
Education, Ijebu-Ode- Tai Solarin
University of Education, Ijebu-Ode.
Entrepreneurship education and
industrial policy in Africa: an avant-garde
approach in the reformation of Nigeria

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Olusegun Samuel Olaniyi- Tai Solarin
University of Education, Ijebu-Ode, Ogun
Employability Models: Panacea to
Graduate Unemployment in Africa
Odumade Akorede S. (P.hD)
Tai Solarin University of Education
Ijagun, Ijebu-Ode, Ogun State
Effect Of Unemployment and Growth on
Nigeria Economic Development
Olusegun Samuel Olaniyi
Department Of General Studies
Imo State Polytechnic Umuagwo-Ohaji
Owerri, Nigeria
Applying Modern Approaches and
Models of Employability in Solving
Graduate Unemployment in Africa
Welcome Cocktail : 18H00 -20H00
DAY 2: Programme Director – Prof Alinah Segobye, TMALI Lecturer
8 Africa and the World Prof Solomon Akinboye
Dr Sphamandla Zondi
09H00 – 09H40
9 New Paradigms for Peacebuilding in
Africa
Prof Cheryl Hendricks
Dr ‘Funmi Olonisakin
09H40 – 10H20
10 Borders, Migration and African Identity Prof Sabelo Ndlovu-Gatsheni
Prof Gloria Emeagwali
10H20-11H10
11 Special Panel on Conflicts Morenike Oyelola, Oyelola
Bukola Adeyemi, Oyeniyi
Boko Haram: Countering Terrorism in
Contemporary Nigeria
Ogenga Otunnu
We See Nothing, We Hear Nothing, We Do
Nothing: Conspiracy and Concealment of
Genocide in Acholiland, Northern Uganda,
1986-2006
Ankinola ,Adeoye O
Proliferation of Violent Conflicts in Africa:
Rethinking Ethnicity
OSONDU Chukwudi S.
OKEKE-UZODIKE, Nwabufo I.
NWOSU, Bernard
Entrenching the Somali Conflict: The US,
Ethiopia, Eritrea and the International
Islamist Network in Somali conflict 2006 -
2010
11H20 -11H40
Q &A 11H40- 12H00
LUNCH BREAK 12H00 -13H00

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DAY 2 Afternoon
12. PARRALEL SESSIONS
Pillar A: Questions on the Precolonial
African History – Chair: Dr Kwesi Prah
Presentations by Authors 13H00 –17H00
Odujobi ’Kayode
Nigeria International School, Cotonou
Colonialism and Ethnic Nationalism as
Impediments to Political Stability in
Nigeria: Echoes of Historical Evidences
Ogunmoroti Bamidele Seun
Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba
Akoko
Leadership in the old testament: role in
nation building
Olofu, G. O & Ajiji D. N.
University Lafia, Nasarawa State
Traditional Justice Practices in Bekwarra
and the Challenge of Colonialism
Tèmítọ́pẹ́ Olúmúyìwá
Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba-
Akoko
Indigenous knowledge in Yorùbá video
films: a case study of Abẹ̀ní Alágbo-Oru
Babalola O. E
Department of History,
College of Education, Ikere- Ekiti
Yoruba traditional institution and
maintenance of laws and orders in the
pre-colonial period
Adenuga, Gbeke Adebowale- Political
Science Department, Tai Solarin College of
Education, Omu-Ijebu,Ogun State, Nigeria.
The Colonial experience and the
imperative of real independence For
Africa
Hannah T. Kehinde Ishola Assessing Gender (Women) Role
Transformation in selected Indigenous
Pentecostal Churches in South-Western
Nigeria
Owoyele, Jimoh Wale
Department Of Guidance And Counselling
Psychology, Tai Solarinn University Of
Education, Ijagun, Ijebu-Ode, Nigeria
Some Age-Long Yoruba Traditions:
Expressing Deep-Seated Psychological
Principles: Need For African Solutions to
Contemporary Social Problems
Bolanle Eniola
School of Law, University of KwaZulu-
Natal,
Cultural Practices and the Reproductive
Health Rights Of Women In Africa: A
Comparative Study of South Africa and
Nigeria
Adepeko Evelyn Omotunde
Adeyemi College of Education,
Ondo, Nigeria.
The Impact of Colonialism on the Nigerian
Women Clothing Culture
Dr Khondlo Mtshali
University of KZN ; and Prof Professor
Gugu Hlongwane
Saint Mary’s University, Halifax, Canada
Awakening the Ancestors through Music:
A critical Interpretation of Simphiwe
Dana’s Music
Methuselah Jeremiah
Kaduna State University
The Dramatization of Historical Women
Heroes in Nigerian Literary Drama
Q&A 16H30- 17H00
Pillar B:Pan Africanism and African
Renaissance – Chair: Prof Adewale Banjo
Presentations by Authors 13H00– 17H00
Sharon Adetutu Omotoso, Lead City
University, Ibadan
Mediascapes and the ethics of states’
cohesion in Africa
Uji, Wilfred Terlum, Federal University,
Lafia-Nigeria
African-Americans relations with Africa:
the pan Africanist era to the post-
independence era
Gloria Chuku
University of Maryland,
Baltimore County
Pan-African Intellectuals, Decolonization,
and Nation-building
Upah, Butari Nahum, Kaduna State Interaction of a leader with his subjects

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University- Nigeria through the town crier in an African
community: A Critical Discourse Analysis
Audee T. Giwa
Kaduna State University
Kaduna, Nigeria
Recontextualizing the Text:
Interrogating the Didactic Elements in
Saadatu E. Yusufu’s
The shadow of dawn and the break of
dawn
Ogenga Otunnu- DePaul University,
Chicago.
Myths about the African Renaissance: An
examination of the actions and policies of
President Yoweri Museveni of Uganda
Prof Esther Kibuka-Sebitosiand VT
Qhobosheane
The current state of the Africa’s
Renaissance: Building Institutions to
transform the continent
Daniel Ibrahim, Graduate Student
University Of Ibadan,
Ibadan, Nigeria
Desire as taboo: popular arts and society
in Nigeria
Ernest Toochi Aniche
Federal University Otuoke (FUO), Bayelsa
State, Nigeria
Post-neo-functionalism, Pan-Africanism
and Regional Integration in Africa:
Prospects and Challenges of the Proposed
Tripartite Free Trade Area
Akhona Nkenkana A decolonial perspective of gender
transformation beyond statistical
representation in South Africa
Mojisayo Abimbola
Lancashire Business School, University of
Central Lancashir-UK
Contesting Identity: The changing
perception of Ideal Body Image Size of
Nigerian men and women
Motilola Olufenwa Akinfemisoye
University of Central Lancashire, Preston
UK
Framing inclusion: New ‘alternative’
journalisms and ‘changing’ journalistic
practices in Nigerian newspaper
newsrooms
Tyler Fleming
Strickler Hall 445, Louisville, KY 40292
The Personal Politics of Pan-Africanism:
Miriam Makeba’s Marriage to Stokely
Carmichael and the Politics of
Performance in America
Q&A 16H30- 17H00
Pillar C: Epistemology of Change and
Knowledge Production for Africa’s
Development – Chair: Prof Vuyisile Msila
Presentations by Authors
13H00 –17H00
Professor Gloria Emeagwali
Central Connecticut State University- US
Interconnections between female
entrepreneurship and innovation in the
Nigerian context
Ramadimetja Mogale
University of Pretoria
Responding to the ancestors’ call:
dissemination and translation of Afrikan-
based research within scientific territory
Sacha Knox
Africa Institute of South Africa
The scandal contract: Decolonial
dissembling of the suffocations of
sovereignty
Stanley Ohenhen
Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ago Iwoye,
Ogun
The Role for a Revolutionary Theatre in
the De-Neocolonisation of Africa

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William Mpofu- University of South Africa Locating the Political in the Politics of
Thabo Mbeki
Molotja Tsebe Wilfred, Maledu Ablonia
Dihloriso, Maungedzo Avhurengwi
School of Education, University of
Limpopo
Collaborative learning as a strategy for
enhancing academic reading skills
amongst first year university students
Joseph O. Jiboku- University of Fort Hare,
East London Campus
Skills development for Africa's renaissance
in the 21st century
Olowoye, Adebiyi Olufemi
Tai Solarin University of Education, Ijagun
Strengthening Teaching Skills of Teacher-
Trainees through observable weaknesses
in student–teachers’ performance in the
teaching practice exercise
Oyeteju Lydia Oyeniyi And Professor
Nelson Ejiro Akpotu
Human resource management situation in
Nigerian universities
Palesa Sekhejane
Africa Institute of South Africa, Human
Sciences Research Council, Pretoria, South
Africa.
The mismatch in biomedical research
funding, innovation and the Africa’s health
burden: developmental opportunities for
health systems
Daniel Ibrahim
University Of Ibadan,
Ibadan – Nigeria
Exploring the Historical And Cultural links
in Hausaphone to produce Hausa Film of
Higher Artistic And Technical Quality
Folasade Rasidat Sulaiman
Tai Solarin University of Education, Ijagun,
Ogun State. Nigeria.
A Global Outlook On Women Education:
Implication For Youth Development
Towards A Sustainable Future
Dele Olanisimi
Tai Solarin University of Education,
Ijagun, Ogun State
Relative effects of two creativity
techniques on leadership skills
development among Nigerian final year
undergraduates in Public-owned
universities in Ogun State, Nigeria
Rachael Oluwakemi Agbajeola Computer-Based Management
Information System And Effective
Administration
Abdulmalik Inusa Abdulrasheed
University of South Africa
An investigation into the personal
intention to change behaviour towards
preventing Hiv among male Nigerian
Migrants In Sunnyside, City Of Tshwane
Idoko Abraham Ajene
Department of Theatre Arts
Benue State University, Makurdi
Transforming Nigerian music culture
through Code-Switching: An analysis of
selected Nigerian lyrics
Oladipo, S. Ekundayo
Tai Solarin University of Education,
Ijagun, Ijebu-Ode, Ogun State, Nigeria
Clamour for Women Empowerment In
Nigeria: The need for cognitive
restructuring
Obadara, Olabanji
Tai Solarin University of Education,
Ogun State, Nigeria.
Teaching Performance Expectations and
Secondary School Teachers’ Professional
Development in Ogun State
Adegbenro Bolaji Janet
University of South Africa
Comparative Analysis of Novice and
Veteran Vocational Teachers’ Technology
Use In ICT-enhanced Classroom
Environment
Kwesi Prah
Thabo Mbeki African Leadership Institute
A Perspective on Political Historiography
in and on China

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Kgothatso B. Shai- University of Limpopo
Rachidi R. Molapo- University of Venda
An Afrocentric examination of the slave-
master relationship in the context of the
United States of America and Nigeria
Thabang Dladla - Thabo Mbeki African
Leadership Institute
The (un)freedom Charter and the making
of South Africans
Q&A 16H30- 17H00
Pillar D: Leadership and Governance-
Chair: Prof Babatunde Babawale
Presentations by Authors 14H00 –17H00
Author Title Time
Tunde Agara, Centre For Strategic And
Development Studies, Ambrose Alli
University, Ekpoma
If stealing is not corruption then what is
it? a critical evaluation of strategies to
clean-up corruption in Nigeria
Okedele Adebusola Tai Solarin College of
Education, Omu-Ijebu, Ogun State,Nigeria
O.
Ensuring Development in Africa through
Gender Equity in Governance: Lessons
from Traditional Yoruba Societies
DIKOBE, M. Gender on the Agenda: Gender/Women's
Studies as a Catalyst for Change, The Case
of the University of Botswana.
Claudhine Hingston Can An African Be A Feminist: Expanding
The Discourse On Feminism In Africa
Doyin Odebowale
University of Ibadan Nigeria
Demokratia and the challenges of
development in post -colonial Nigeria
Evaristus Emeghara, Federal University,
Ndufu- Alike
Ikwo (Funai) Abakaliki, Ebonyi State,
Nigeria
Corruption and challenges of
development in Nigeria since 1960
Delphin Fanfon
Regent University
Inverting Maslow’s Pyramid – Key To
Lasting Renaissance In Africa
Bojor Enamhe &
Ngozichukwu Adaure Chukwumah
Cross River University Of Technology
Calabar, Cross River State
Hairstyles, Myths, Self-Esteem And Power:
Redefining Women In Cross River State
Alinah K Segobye, Honorary Professor &
Lecturer TMALI, UNISA
The role of the youth in realizing Agenda
2063
Sheyin Adejoke O, Adedayo Temitayo
Gbeminiyi; and Sennuga Mabayoje A.
Tai Solarin University Of Education, Ijagun,
Ijebu-Ode, Ogun State
The effects of subsidy removal on the
escalation of political corruption Nigeria
Owusu Bright The role of political parties in running of
Ghana’s development
Nwamuo Bright Enyinnaya
Babcock University, Ilishan Remo, Ogun
State, Nigeria
Leadership, the people and Governance:
Challenges and Prospects of the Nigerian
State
Dikeledi Mokoena
Thabo Mbeki African Leadership institute
Consumption patterns of African
Leadership
Nasir, Taofiq Olaide. University, Nigeria
Ago-Iwoye , Ogun State
Revamping the cultural values of a failing
State
Peace A. Jiboku
University Of Kwazulu-Natal
African Peer Review Mechanism and the
search for Good Governance and Socio-
Economic Development In Africa
Serges Kamga
Thabo Mbeki African Leadership institute
The role of the African Peer Review
Mechanism in inducing compliance with
women’s rights in Africa: The case of
South Africa

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Bolaji Omitola-Osun State University,
Osun State, Nigeria &
Victor O. Fakoya,- University of Nevada
Las Vegas, United States of America
Pathways to Democracy: Rotational
Presidency and Nigeria’s return to
Democratic Rule
Atabongwoung G, Tiny X, Ilunga H, Goitse,
Fabio, Crystal
Electoral Integrity and Democratic
Consolidation in Africa: Exploring the
challenges of ethnic chauvinism
Egesi Jonathan .C. & Alaneme Justina .C.
Department Of General Studies, Imo State
Polytechnic Umuagwo – Ohaji
African Leadership And Politics, The Way
Forward.
Shamsuddin Bolatito
Sudan University of Science and
Technology
The effect of gross corruption in Nigeria;
An appraisal on Nigerian Citizens,
Economy and international relations.
Q&A 16H30- 17H00
Pillar E: The State and Africa in the Global
Economy- Chair: Dr Samuel Oloruntoba
Presentations by Authors 14H00–17H00
Ogechukwu Ajoku Esq And Hon Chigozie
Ewunonu
The Future Of Renewable Energy Through
Biodiesel Production From Jathropha In
Nigeria
Renier Steyn & Coléne Hind- University of
South Africa, South Africa
Affirmative action and meeting the needs
of affirmed groups
Taku Philippian Yengeh- TMALI Student The state and the economy in Africa Public
policy and African development
Folasade Rasidat Sulaiman
Tai Solarin University of Education, Ijagun
A global outlook on women education:
implication for youth development
towards a sustainable future
Paul, Ilesanmi Akanmidu, Adekunle Ajasin
University, Akungba-Akoka Ondo State
The Cancer of Corruption on Africa’s
Development: A Case Study of Nigeria
Since 1974
Maria Njoku, Egesi Jonathan C.
Moemenam Ifeanyi C, Alaneme Justina C
Imo State Polytechnic Umuagwo-Ohaji
Owerri, Nigeria
The impacts of foreign policies on African
economies: its effects, policy implications
and the possible way forward
Akinola Adeoye O& Prof Henry Wissink
University of Kwazulu Natal
Land Reform and the Paradox of
Sustainable Development in South Africa
Frank Lekaba
Africa Institute of South Africa
Human Sciences Research Council
Agenda 2063: A continuation of the
liberal, neo-colonial agenda or the rupture
from the past.
Shaapera, Simon Aondohemba,
Obadahun, Simon O. & Mohammed, M.
Haruna
The State, Economy and the Military:
explaining the foundational challenges of
development in Africa
Dr Tendayi Sithole – University of South
Africa
V-Y Mudimbe and the paradigm of
difference : A meditation
Anas Elochukwu
Xiamen University, China
Pacifying Africa’s Ethnic Minorities with
Affirmative Action in Poverty Reduction:
Lessons from China
Oseji, Akpors Sunday-Tai Solarin
University of Education, Ijagun Ijebu
Globalisation and Development of Africa:
Implications and Consequences.
Omodunbi Olumide Olumuyiwa and Bolaji
Olumuyiwa Omitola
Regional Integration in Africa: the case of
Southern Africa Development Community
Bessie Soremekun, Professor and Director
of Africana Studies University Indianapolis
( USA)
Economic Development, Entrepreneurship
and sustainable development in Africa

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Samuel Oloruntoba
Thabo Mbeki African Leadership Institute
EU- ACP Economic Partnership
Agreements and Region Building in Africa
By Onoho’omhen Ebhohimhen
Society For Development, Benin City Edo
State, Nigeria
Conceptual Disarticulation Of
Development Policies In Nigeria (1990-
2010): Any Prospect Of Socioeconomic
Transformation?
Seife Tadelle Kidane- Africa Speaks The Novel Paradigm for Africa’s Political
and Economic Integration
Q&A 16H30- 17H00
Pillar F: New Paradigm for Peace Building
in Africa- Chair: Dr Richard Iroanya
Presentations by Authors 14H00– 17H00
Fonkem Achankeng
University of Wisconsin Oshkosh USA
Resolving African Conflicts: Imagining
Today’s Challenges
Dorcas Ettang
University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban,
South Africa
Are African Conflicts Transformable?
Perspectives and Narratives on the
Practice of Conflict Transformation from
Plateau State, Nigeria
Prof Esther Kibuka-Sebitosi & Martin R.
Rupiya, Institute for African Renaissance
studies, University of South Africa
What strategies can be used to resolve
conflict currently affecting Africa? And
interrelated sub-theme; African Dispute
Settlement Mechanisms
Apya Nongonan Hyacinth
Department of History and Strategic
Studies, Federal University, utsinma.
Nigeria
International Arbitration and Peace in
Post-Colonial Africa, Reflections on the ICJ
Judgment over the Nigeria Cameroon
Border Conflicts
Ihunna, Obinna Innocent-Federal
University of Technology,Owerri, Imo
State, Nigeria.
The Juridical Politics of Conflict Resolution
in Africa: Bringing the Indigenous Back-in
to the fore of Discourse and Praxis
Martin R. Rupiya
Institute for African Renaissance studies,
University of South Africa
Africa and Peacekeeping: its Genesis,
Evolution and Obsolescence between
1992 and 2015 - What is the Alternative?
Onabamiro, A. Adegbenga
Tai Solarin University of Education’ Nigeria
Combating social stagnation, through a
viable and Sustainable peace education
programme in Nigeria: Implication for
counselling
Siphamandla Zondi, IGD-University of
South Africa
The Future Africa Wants Afrocentric
Leadership and Decolonial Humanism
Bukola Adeyemi, Oyeniyi -The End of Human Rights in Africa?
Counter Terrorism and State Terrorism
Hauwa’u Evelyn Yusuf and
Bilques Yusuf
Kaduna State University, Kaduna Nigeria/
University of Ibadan, Nigeria
Hauwa’u Evelyn Yusuf
Police discretion, Security and National
Development in Nigeria
Crime, Politics and the Challenges of the
Judiciary in upholding the rule of law in
Nigeria
Victor Iyanya
Benue State University, Makurdi – Nigeria.
Challenges of Nation Building in Plural
Societies: The case of the Nigerian Nation
State
Douglas Mpondi
Metropolitan State University of Denver
USA
Rethinking the role of the state in Africa:
Militarization of the state and the state of
the economy in Zimbabwe
Methuselah Jeremiah
Kaduna State University
Dramatizing Strategies for Conflict
Management In Nigeria using Osofisan’s
Farewell to a Carnibal Rage
Wendy Isaacs-Martin
Archie Mafeje Research Institute (AMRI)
Identity and Political Leadership Crises in
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University of South Africa (UNISA Central African Republic (CAR)
Chidi M. Amaechi
University of Nigeria, Nsukka-Enugu State
Nigeria.
The Inadequacy of International Peace-
building Mechanisms in Africa and the
Exigency of the Adaptation of the
Traditional Approaches
Dr. Derin K. Ologbenla - University of
Lagos Nigeria; And;
Dr. Tola ODUBAJO, SARChI: African
Diplomacy and Foreign Policy
Faculty of Humanities
University of Johannesburg
The Ontological Contradiction of
‘Afrophobia’ and Pan-Africanism
Usamotu Bashir Olalere- College of
Management and Social Sciences,
Osun State University, Osogbo
African Peace Promotion: A Pre- Requisite
For African Integration And Development
Richard Obinna Iroanya
Thabo Mbeki African Leadership Institute
Conflict in Africa since the 1960s: Frelimo
Policies and Political Crises in
Mozambique: any relevance to South
Africa?
Feruzi Ngwamba
University of KwaZulu Natal
African Renaissance and Lubunga: Conflict
Resolution in South Kivu
Q&A 16H30- 17H00
Closing Session 17H15 – 18H15
Programme Director Prof Sabelo Ndlovu-Gatsheni, AMRI Head
Feedback from Parallel Sessions Closing Remarks by the Conference
Chairperson 17H15--18H15
Dinner & Awards Ceremony
18H30-20H30
Day 3 : Tour: Freedom Park, Union Buildings : 11H00