This website is about the universe of Africa and Toyin Falola's place in it: the projection of a continent; the celebration of a community of ideas; service to people; and the various definitions of our shared future.

Dr. Toyin Falola is the Frances Higginbotham Nalle Centennial Professor in History and a Distinguished Teaching Professsor at the University of Texas at Austin. He is a Fellow of the Historical Society of Nigeria and A Fellow of the Nigerian Academy of Letters.

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News: Press Release: Professor Toyin Falola Receives Africana Studies Distinguished Global Scholar
          Lifetime Achievement Award >>

          Call for Papers: 2009 Africa Conference, Science on Technology, and the Environment >>

Videos: See latest videos >>

Upcoming Events and Lectures

 

October 2009: Guest Speaker, Lecture on African Slavery, Argentina

October 2009: Keynote Speaker, International Conference on 'Rethinking Economic Development in the Context of Globalization', Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis, Indianapolis, Indiana

November 2009: Guest Speaker, Conference on 'Slave Trade, Slavery and Abolition', Angoulême South West of France

November 2009: Guest Speaker on 'Globalization of the African Diaspora' at the Reception and Launch of the Harriet Tubman Series, The Harriet Tubman Institue at York University, Toronto Ontario Canada

December 2009: Guest Speaker, Permanent Forum on Arab-African Dialogue on Democracy and Human Rights Conference on 'Migrations in the Arab-African World', Cairo, Egypt


Series Editorship
Book series edited by Toyin Falola

Rochester Studies in African History and the Diaspora: The series publishes original monographs on various parts of African and the African Diaspora.
University of Rochester Press >>

Culture and Customs of Africa: A series devoted to the understanding of various aspects of contemporary African cultures.
Greenwood Press >>

Classic Authors and Texts on Africa: This series is a collection of the best essays published on Africa by leading authors.
Africa World Press >>

Carolina Studies on Africa and the Black World: A series focused on major issues common to states, societies, groups and institutions in Africa and the African diaspora.
Carolina Academic Press >>


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Moderated List Serves

USA-Africa Dialogue Series
This series presents debates, data, news, and information about Africa, the African Diaspora, and global events as they relate to Africa, It is a Pan-African listserve that reaches the entire world, and focuses on issues of importance to Africa and its diaspora. Visit the USA-Africa Dialogue Series website to find the latest information about African affairs.

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Yorùbá Affairs
his series presents debates, data, news, and information about Yorùbá affairs. It is a listserve that reaches the entire world,and focuses on issues of importance to the Yorùbá people. Visit the Yorùbá Affairs website to read, contribute to, and discuss the latest news.

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