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A biblio-historiographical study of doctoral theses in history at Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria, 1961–21

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 November 2023

Saheed Balogun Amusa
Saheed Balogun Amusa*
Affiliation:
Department of History, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria
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Email: sbbamusa@oauife.edu.ng
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Abstract

Doctoral studies have remained the most advanced training for potential academics and scholars all over the world. Also, the research products of doctoral studies, that is, doctoral theses, are the flagships of original research efforts from universities and research institutes across the globe. Against this background, this paper examines the growth and development of doctoral training in the Department of History of Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife. It also provides bibliographic and historiographical analyses of the twenty-nine doctoral theses submitted to the Department in its sixty years of existence from 1961 to 2021. It shows that doctoral research outputs from the Department are based on oral, ethnographic and documentary evidence on major historical developments in the pre-colonial, colonial and postcolonial Yorubaland, Nigeria, and neighbouring West African states like Benin Republic and the Gambia. The article concludes that doctoral training and theses at Ife have resulted in landmark historical publications and have produced renowned historians who are making scholarly waves within and outside Nigeria.

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Les études de doctorat restent la formation la plus avancée pour les chercheurs et les savants partout dans le monde. De plus, les produits de recherche des études de doctorat, à savoir les thèses de doctorat, sont les fleurons des projets de recherche originale des universités et instituts de recherche du monde entier. Dans ce contexte, cet article examine l’essor et le développement de la formation doctorale à la faculté d’histoire de l’Université Obafemi Awolowo de Ile-Ife. Il fournit également des analyses bibliographiques et historiographiques des vingt-neuf thèses de doctorat présentées à la faculté au cours de ses soixante années d’existence, de 1961 à 2021. Il montre que les publications de recherche doctorale de la faculté sont basées sur des données orales, ethnographiques et documentaires se rapportant à des événements historiques majeurs des périodes précoloniale, coloniale et postcoloniale du Yorubaland (Nigeria) et d’États ouest-africains voisins comme la République du Bénin et la Gambie. L’article conclut que la formation et les thèses de doctorat à Ife ont donné lieu à des publications historiques marquantes et ont produit des historiens de renom qui créent des vagues dans les milieux savants au Nigeria et au-delà.

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Africa Bibliography, Research and Documentation , Volume 2 , November 2023 , pp. 58 - 82
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