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Schedule of Panels
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Friday, March 26
1:00 PM – REGISTRATION 2.102 Eastwoords Room, Texas Union
1:30 PM – CONFERENCE INVOCATION 2.102 Eastwoords Room
Iyalorisa Aina Olomo and Egungun of Ile Olokun Sanya Awopeju
Welcome Address from the Chairman of History, Professor Alan Tully
2:00-3:30PM – PANEL SESSION A
A1: Yoruba in Nigerian Politics 3.116 Texas Governors Room, Texas Union
Chair: Catherine Boone, University of Texas
Yoruba Factor in Nigerian Politics
Julius Adekunle, Monmouth University
Yoruba History and Culture: A Sociological Analysis
Ademola Babalola, Obafemi Awolowo University
Inter-group Relation and Politics in an Awori-Yoruba Frontier (Mushin)
Hakeem Tijani, University of South Africa
Confronting the Future: Yorubas at the Crossroads
Adejare Ajayi, University of Ibadan
A2: Family, Motherhood, and Health 107 Garrison Hall
Chair: Akin Alao, University of Texas
From then till Now: Yoruba Religions and Trado-Medical Responses to the Abortion Problem
Ibigbolaade Simon Aderibigbe, Lagos State University
Age Stratification and Marital Relations among the Yoruba
Jacob Adetunji, US Agency for International Development
Motherhood as a Source of Empowerment of Women in Yoruba Culture
Taiwo Makinde, Obafemi Awolowo University [Presented by Roy Doron, University of Texas]
Understanding Demographic and Health Events through Yoruba Proverbs in Nigerian Societies
Jacob Oni, Deeper Christian Life Ministry
A3:Yoruba Texts of the Self 100 Garrison Hall
Chair: Christopher Dunton, National University of Lesotho
Ifa Texts: Diversity and Discourse
K. Noel Amherd, University of Birmingham
Connecting the Past with the Present: Yoruba Culture as a Continuum
Mary E. Modupe Kolawole, Obafemi Awolowo University [Back up Presenter: Michael Afolayan, Southern Illinois University]
Jinxed: On Being White and Yoruba
Elaine Orr, North Carolina State University
3:45-5:15PM – PANEL SESSION B
B1: Assertion of Authority and Power 3.116 Texas Governors Room
Chair: Christopher Adejumo, University of Texas
Revisiting Yoruba Ethnogenesis: Atlantic Ideas and the Cultural Politics of Development and Social Reform in Nigeria
Saheed Adeyinka Adejumobi, Wayne State University
Indigenous Judicial Administration and Public Policy among the Yoruba
Akin Alao, University of Texas
Ile Iwe Ofe: Socialist Epistemology in Awolowo’s Reconstruction of Yoruba Identity and Nationalism in Post-Colonial Nigeria
Ashimuneze Heanacho, Central Michigan University
Chieftaincy Structures and Decolonization in Yorubaland
Olufemi Vaughan, State University of New York at Stony Brook
B2: Sango in Yoruba Myth and Practice 100 Garrison Hall
Chair: Joel Tishken, Columbus State University
A Charming King and Frightening Hero: Contradictory Representations of the Deity Sango in Yoruba Oral Poetry
Akintunde Akinyemi, University of Florida
Sango and Politics in Ekitiland
Andrew Apter, University of California at Los Angeles
Sango and the Elements
Diedre L. Badejo, Kent State University
Sango: Beyond Male and Female
Oloriya Onifa Aina Olomo, Cedar Creek
B3: Culture through Time and Space 107 Garrison Hall
Chair: Fehintola Mosadomi, Tulane University
Yoruba Cultural Influence on Junior and Senior Secondary Curriculum
Jamaine Abidogun, Southwest Missouri State University
Okepopo in Lagos Island: A Socio –Cultural Perspective
Lawal Babatunde Adams, Lagos State University [Back up Presenter: Fehintola Mosadomi, Tulane University]
Dual Residence Patterns in a Yoruba Community
Jacob Adetunji, US Agency for International Development
Yoruba-Nigerians in Toronto: Their Transnational Practices and Experiences
Charles Adeyanju, McMaster University [Presented by Adetayo Alabi, University of Mississippi]
Ààabò Òrò: The Indigenous Language of Education in Yoruba
Michael O. Afolayan, Southern Illinois University
6PM – Exhibition: Yoruba Art Jester Hall 232A
Hosted by the Center for African and African-American Studies
Saturday, March 27
8:30AM – COFFEE 2.102 Eastwoods Room
9:00AM-10:30AM – PANEL SESSION C
C1: Frontiers of Power 4.110 African-American Culture Room
Chair: Adebayo Oyebade, Tennessee State University
The 1993 Denial of Chief Abiola's Presidency
Olayiwola Abegunrin, Howard University
Conservatism and Modernism in Islamic Propagation in the Post Colonial Yoruba Land
Lateef M. Adetona, Lagos State University
The Frontier in Yoruba History
Funso Afolayan, University of New Hampshire
Road Traffic Accidents in Yoruba States of Nigeria: Historical and Spatio-Temporal Perspectives
Bamidele Abiona Badejo, Lagos State University
The Political Dimension of Regional Security in Yorubaland
John Babatunde Bamidele Ojo, Howard University
C2: Sango's Larger World 4.206 Chicano Culture Room
Chair: Akintunde Akinyemi, University of Florida
Sàngó in Òyó: Essence, Worship, and Continuity
Abiodun Fafolarin Agboola, Obafemi Awolowo University
The Cultural Politics of Oyo-Sango Aesthetics in North America Orisa Revitalization
Kamari Clarke, Yale University
Wither Sango?: An Inquiry into Sango's Prominence in the Caribbean
Stephen Glazier, University of Lincoln
Xangô in Afro-Brazilian Religion: Aristocracy and 'Syncretic' Interactions
Luis Nicolau Parés, Universidade Federal da Bahia
C3: Yoruba Language and Identity 100 Garrison Hall
Chair: Michael Afolayan, Southern Illinois University
Orthographical Restructuring for the Purpose of Enhancing Comprehensibility of Yoruba Texts
Adejare Ajayi, University of Ibadan
The Place of Culture in a World Dictionary of the Yoruba Language
Yiwola Awoyale, University of Pennsylvania
Implications of Vowel Lengthening in Standard Yoruba to Learners of Yoruba as a Second Language
Eunice Fajobi, University of Sussex
The Use of Yoruba as a Medium of Instruction in Science, Technology, and Mathematics
Kayode Julius Fakinlede, Crompton Corporation
Implications of Vowel Lengthening in Standard Yoruba to Learners of Yoruba as a Second Language
Fehintola Mosadomi
C4: Publishing Workshop 107 Garrison Hall
Ann O'Hear, Humanity Books
Workshop on Preparing Your Manuscript for Publication
Ann O'Hear
In this workshop Ann O'Hear, an editor of a prestigious publishing house, will explain the procedure and rules of publishing.
10:45AM-12:15PM – PANEL SESSION D
D1: Economic Engineering 4.110 African-American Culture Room
Chair: Kristin Mann, Emory University
Storage of Grains: The Nigerian Perspective
B.O. Akintunde, Federal College of Agriculture
The Nigerian Railways and Socio-Economic Development of Yorubaland: A Historical Perspective
Bamidele Abiona Badejo, Lagos State University
The Cowrie Currency of the Yoruba: A “Modern” International Monetary System
Jacquelynne McLellan, Frostburg State University
Trading and Economic Transformation of Epe since the 18th Century
Kola Subair, Lagos State University
Gari Processing in Nigeria
T.Y. Tunde-Akintunde, Ladoke University of Technology
D2: Yoruba Diaspora: Issues of Culture and Identity 4.206 Chicano Culture Room
Chair: Matthew Childs, Florida State University
The Impact of United States Funding on the Development of Yoruba Studies
Harrison Adeniyi, Lagos State University
Grasping the Reigns: Orisha Tradition, Forces of Hegemony, and Sacred Drummers in Miami
Matthew Hill, Florida International University
The Scattering of Oduduwa's Children
Faola Ifagboyede, California State University
Re-Story (ing) Yoruba Cultural Myth to Unify the Double Consciousness of Black Females in the United States
Kidogo Kennedy, California State University
The Future of Yoruba Language and Culture in 21st Century Europe
B. Akintunde Oyetade, University of London
D3: Writing Yoruba: Sources and New Directions 107 Garrison Hall
Chair: Adetayo Alabi, University of Mississippi
Diaries as Cultural and Intellectual Histories: Some Examples from Twentieth Century Yorubaland
Olufunke A. Adeboye, University of Lagos
Oral Tradition and the Reconstruction of Yoruba Dress History and Culture
Akintunde Akinwumi, Yaba College of Technology [Presented by Rufus T. Akinyele, University of Lagos]
Historiography of Western Yoruba Borderlands
Rufus T. Akinyele, University of Lagos
The History of the Okun Yoruba: Research Directions
Ann O'Hear, Humanity Books
Reporting Lagos: The Place of Eko Akete in Colonial Media
Adebayo Oyebade, Tennessee State University
2:00-3:30PM – PANEL SESSION E
E1: Yoruba Diaspora Aesthetics II: Visual Arts 4.206 Chicano Culture Room
Chair: Joni Jones, University of Texas
Transitional and Transformational Trends in Contemporary Yoruba Art
Christopher Adejumo, University of Texas at Austin
Yoruba Influences in the Development of My Work
Tonya Engel, University of Texas
Yoruba Aesthetics in the African Diaspora
Joni Jones, University of Texas
NOTE: An exhibition of the work by Yoruba diaspora visual artists will be presented by the Center for African and African-American Studies. A reception for the exhibit will be held in conjunction with the conference Friday evening.
E2: Ceremony, Ritual, and Theatre 4.110 African-American Culture Room
Chair: Abdul Rasheed Na'Allah, Western Illinois University
Spirit Possession, Music, Dance, and Drama in Historical Perspective in the Annual Egba Festival at Ikakumo Aworonke
L. Oyewole Arohunmolase, Adeyemi College of Education
Ritualizing Social Identity and Globalizing Themes in Cuban Santeria: Yoruba Imageris and Creole Paradigms
Anthony Attah Agbali, Wayne State University
History and Dramatic Fiction: Rotimi’s Kurunmi and the 19th Century Ijaiye War
Patrick Ebewo, University of Botswana
The Masking Traditions of the Nigerian Yoruba Egungun and the New Orleans Black Mardi Gras Indians
Fehintola Mosadomi, Tulane University and Joyce Marie Jackson, Louisiana State University
Yoruba Popular Traveling Theatre: A Repository for Culture
Gabriel Adekola Oyewo, Obafemi Awolowo University [Presented by Abiodun Agboola, Obafemi Awolowo University]
E3: Written Literature: Soyinka and Sofola 107 Garrison Hall
Chair: Barbara Harlow, University of Texas
Sweetness! A Trap in Zulu’s Sofola’s The Sweet Trap
Juluette Bartlett Pack, Texas Southern University
Back on The Road Again: Soyinka’s Professor and Voudou’s Baron Samedi
Christopher Dunton, National University of Lesotho
Kola's Pantheon: African-American Homosexual Divinity and Corruption in Wole Soyinka's "The Interpreters"
Neville W. Hoad, University of Texas
A Jolly Bad Fellow: Soyinka’s Activities in 1960-1961
Bernth Lindfors, University of Texas
3:45-5:15PM – PANEL SESSION F
F1: Music and Its Impact 4.206 Chicano Culture Room
Chair: Andrew Apter, University of California at Los Angeles
Iden Festival Songs: Historical Reconstruction from Ceremonial Re-enactment
Abayomi Akinyeye, University of Lagos
"I of the Valiant Stock": Yoruba Brides' Songs and the Autobiographical Genre
Adetayo Alabi, University of Mississippi
The African American Omo Àyàn: A Male Drumming Society
Zainabu Netosh Jones, Temple University
Fela Ransome Kuti: Black Icons and Issues of Representation
Olivier Jean Tchouaffe, University of Texas
F2: New Historical Revisions 107 Garrison Hall
Chair: Paul Lovejoy, York University
The Okun Yoruba and the 19th Century Crisis in Nigeria
Olayemi Akinwumi, Nasarawa State University [Presented by Hakeem Tijani, University of South Africa]
Dahomey and the “Constant Exercise of Body”
Olayinka Fadahunsi, Baruch College
Ila Kingdom Revisited: Recent Archaeological Research at Ila-Yara
Aribidesi Usman, Arizona State University
Clandestine Slaves and Alien Children in Lagos Colony, 1875-1900
Kristin Mann, Emory University
F3: Early Yoruba: Artifacts and Conquest 4.110 African-American Culture Room
Chair: Bernth Lindfors, University of Texas
Örö Pátaki Aganjú: A Cross Cultural Approach towards the Understanding of the Fundamentos of the Orisa Aganju in Nigeria and Cuba
Jo Anna Hunter, New York
Embodied Orisa Worshipping: The Importance of Physicality in the Yoruba American Socio-Religious Movement
Ikuko Koike, Kyoto University
Gullah Connections: Crossing Over, Passing: Links between the Worlds
Ramona La Roche, Horry Georgetown Technical College
Approaching the Study of Yoruba Diaspora in Northern Nigeria in the 20th Century
Rasheed Olaniyi, Bayero University [Presented by Tyler Fleming, University of Texas]
I Got a Home in Dat Rock: Memony, Orisa, and Yoruba Spiritual Identity in African American Literature
Kokahvah Zauditu-Selassie, Morgan State University
Sunday, March 28
8:30AM – COFFEE 2.102 Eastwood Room
9:00AM-10:30AM – PANEL SESSION G
G1: Identity and Its Nemesis 4.206 Chicano Culture Room
Chair: Ashimuneze Heanacho, Central Michigan University
Yoruba-based “Identity” in the New World
Augustine Agwuele, University of Texas
Dispute Settlement under the Yoruba Culture: Lessons for the Criminal Justice System
Oluyemisi Bamgbose, University of Ibadan
The Consequences of Yoruba Nationalism on Changing Obaship
Jean Luc Martineau, National Institute of Oriental Language and Civilization
The 419 Scam: Cybercrime and the Virtual World
Anne Webb, University of Texas
G2: Religious Expression and Representation 4.110 African-American Culture Room
Chair: Luis Nicolau Parés, Universidade Federal da Bahia
Yoruba Indigenous Calendar for Time Reckoning
Abiodun Fafolarin Agboola, Obafemi Awolowo University
Eniyan: To Bring Goodness into the World
K. Noel Amherd, University of Birmingham
From Shrines to Glass Cases: Yoruba Intangible Heritage Displayed in Western Museums
Anna Catalani, Leicester University
Appropriation and Transformation: A Study of Black Nationalism among Orisa Devotees
Sabrina Collins, Florida International University
A Comparative Examination of the Ipanodu Ceremony and Its Implications for a Multilocal Approach to Constituting the History of Orisa Worship
Michael Marcuzzi, York University
10:45AM-12:15PM – PANEL SESSION H
H1: Yoruba Diaspora Aesthetics II: Theatrical Arts 4.206 Chicano Culture Room
Chair: Joni L. Jones, University of Texas
This panel examines the use of Yoruba aesthetics in theatre. Special attention is given to Pepe Carrill's Cuba play, Shango de Ima and Shay Youngblood's African-American play Shakin' the Mess Outta Misery. A discussion of Yoruba aesthetics will be followed by performances from each work discussed.
Performers:
Mary Freeman, University of Texas
Sharleen Guide, University of Texas
Kerry Ray, University of Texas
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