University of London fellowship for Oladokun
The assistant director, corporate affairs, Centre for Black and African Arts and Civilisation (CBAAC), Taiwo Oladokun, has been awarded the 2010 University of London post-doctoral fellowship in African Studies.
Oladokun, holder of a PhD in Media Arts from the Theatre Arts Department, University of Ibadan, has already taken up the fellowship at London University’s School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), where will conduct his research there over the next three months.
During his stay at SOAS, Oladokun will complete his research on ‘Mainstreaming Ifa Worship through Television in South- Western Nigeria’.
The Leventis Foundation and Centre of African Studies of the University of London are funding the fellowship which supports Nigerian academics to explore fields in African Studies.
In addition to attending seminars and presenting papers, Oladokun also becomes an associate member of the Centre of African Studies during the 2010/2011 academic year.
His membership is expected to incorporate him into the academic community of Africanists in the University during the course of his study.
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