Akanmu G. Adebayo
Born (1956-01-05) 5 January 1956
NationalityNigerian
OccupationProfessor of History
Academic background
EducationBachelors (1979), Masters (1982), and Ph.D. (1986) in History
Alma materObafemi Awolowo University
Academic work
DisciplineHistory
Sub-disciplineEconomic History
InstitutionsKennesaw State University, Georgia, U.S.
Main interestsPastoral economy, economic history of Nigeria, African economic history

Akanmu Gafari Adebayo (born 5 January 1956) is a Nigerian professor of history at Kennesaw State University. He specializes in African economic history with emphasis on production and distribution of wealth. Adebayo has published widely on various topics on African economy.[1]

Education

Adebayo earned his bachelor's, master's and doctoral degrees all in History at the Obafemi Awolowo University in 1979, 1982, and 1986 respectively. His Ph.D. thesis on the history of revenue allocation in Nigeria was revised into a monograph, Embattled Federalism: A History of Revenue Allocation in Nigeria, 1946-1990, released in 1993.[1][2]

Career

Adebayo's research and publications explore topics in African Economic History, Chinese and Asian economic relations with African countries, braindrain, leadership and governance in Africa.

As full-time, part-time, or visiting professor, Adebayo has taught in Nigeria, Canada, Germany, and the U.S. He lectured at Obafemi Awolowo University for 11 years, before moving to York University, Toronto for a stint as a Visiting Associate Professor (1991-1992).[3] In 1994, he was a Research Fellow at the Center for Modern Oriental Studies, Berlin. As a faculty member at Kennesaw State University since 1995, Adebayo has held various positions including Director of the Center for Conflict Management (2011-2016); executive director of the Institute for Global Initiatives (2003-2009).[4][5]

Adebayo served as founding Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Global Initiatives: Policy, Pedagogy, and Perspective.[6] He is the Series Editor for the Lexington Books' "Conflict and Security in the Developing World" book series.[7]

Adebayo received Kennesaw State’s Tommy Holder Award in 2009, and the Madhuri and Jagdish N. Sheth Faculty Award for Distinguished International Achievement in 2019. In August 2016, Adebayo was inducted as an Overseas Fellow of the Nigerian Academy of Letters.[8]

Selected publications

"The new African diaspora: engaging the question of brain drain-brain Gain." Journal of Global Initiatives: Policy, Pedagogy, Perspective 6, no. 1 (2011): 61–89.[9]

"Currency devaluation and rank: The Yoruba and Akan experiences." African Studies Review 50, no. 2 (2007): 87–109.[10]

Culture, politics and money among the Yoruba. Transaction Publishers, 2000 (with Toyin Falola).[11]

"Jangali: Fulani pastoralists and colonial taxation in Northern Nigeria." The International Journal of African Historical Studies 28, no. 1 (1995): 113–150.[12]

"Money, credit, and banking in precolonial Africa. The Yoruba experience." Anthropos (1994): 379–400.[13]

"The production and export of hides and skins in colonial Northern Nigeria, 1900–1945." The Journal of African History 33, no. 2 (1992): 273–300.[14]

"Of man and cattle: A reconsideration of the traditions of origin of pastoral Fulani of Nigeria." History in Africa 18 (1991): 1-21.[15]

"Taming the Nomads: The Colonial State, the Fulani Pastoralists and the Production of Clarified Butter Fat (CBF) in Nigeria, 1930–1952." Transafrican Journal of History (1991): 190–212.[16]

References

  1. 1 2 "KSU | Faculty Web - Biography". facultyweb.kennesaw.edu. Retrieved 2023-08-31.
  2. ↑ Adebayo, Akanmu (1993). Embattled Federalism: History of Revenue Allocation in Nigeria, 1946-1990. New York: P. Lang. ISBN 0820418625.
  3. ↑ Press, Berkeley Electronic. "SelectedWorks - Akanmu Adebayo". works.bepress.com. Retrieved 2023-08-31.
  4. ↑ "Journal of Global Initiatives: Policy, Pedagogy, Perspective | Vol 1 | No. 2". digitalcommons.kennesaw.edu. Retrieved 2023-08-31.
  5. ↑ "U.I BULLETIN | UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN". www.ui.edu.ng. Retrieved 2023-08-31.
  6. ↑ Williams, Trevor (2012-11-30). "Kennesaw Journal Calls for Research on Ghana". Global Atlanta. Retrieved 2023-08-31.
  7. ↑ "Conflict and Security in the Developing World | Rowman & Littlefield". rowman.com. Retrieved 2023-08-31.
  8. ↑ "Dr. Akanmu Adebayo Elected to the Nigerian Academy of Letters". chss.kennesaw.edu. Retrieved 2023-08-31.
  9. ↑ Adebayo, Akanmu (2011-06-01). "The New African Diaspora: Engaging the Question of Brain Drain-Brain Gain". Journal of Global Initiatives: Policy, Pedagogy, Perspective. 6 (1). ISSN 1930-3009.
  10. ↑ Adebayo, Akanmu G. (2007). "Currency Devaluation and Rank: The Yoruba and Akan Experiences". African Studies Review. 50 (2): 87–109. doi:10.1353/arw.2007.0077. ISSN 0002-0206.
  11. ↑ Falola, Toyin; Adebayo, Akanmu Gafari. Culture, Politics and Money Among the Yoruba. Transaction Publishers. ISBN 978-1-4128-2111-7.
  12. ↑ Adebayo, A. G. (1995). "Jangali: Fulani Pastoralists and Colonial Taxation in Northern Nigeria". The International Journal of African Historical Studies. 28 (1): 113–150. doi:10.2307/221307. ISSN 0361-7882. JSTOR 221307.
  13. ↑ Adebayo, A. G. (1994). "Money, Credit, and Banking in Precolonial Africa. The Yoruba Experience". Anthropos. 89 (4/6): 379–400. ISSN 0257-9774. JSTOR 40463014.
  14. ↑ Adebayo, A. G. (1992). "The Production and Export of Hides and Skins in Colonial Northern Nigeria, 1900–1945". The Journal of African History. 33 (2): 273–300. doi:10.1017/S0021853700032242. ISSN 1469-5138.
  15. ↑ Adebayo, A. G. (1991). "Of Man and Cattle: A Reconsideration of the Traditions of Origin of Pastoral Fulani of Nigeria". History in Africa. 18: 1–21. doi:10.2307/3172050. ISSN 0361-5413. JSTOR 3172050.
  16. ↑ Adebayo, A.G. (1991). "Taming the Nomads: The Colonial State the Fulani Pastoralists and the Production of Clarified Butter Fat (c.b.f.) in Nigeria, 1930 – 1952". Transafrican Journal of History. 20: 190–212. ISSN 0251-0391. JSTOR 24520310.
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