Falola, Toyin

LC control no.	n 84135529
Descriptive conventions	rda
LC classification	PS3606.A46
Personal name heading	Falola, Toyin *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Variant(s)	Falola, Oloruntoyin O.
See also	Employer: University of Texas at Austin *Browse this term in* LC Authorities
Associated country	Nigeria United States Canada England
Birth date	1953-01-01
Place of birth	Ibadan (Nigeria)
Field of activity	Education, Higher Africa--History Africa--Study and teaching
Affiliation	University of Texas at Austin University of Ife African Studies Association Historical Society of Nigeria Nigerian Academy of Letters
Profession or occupation	Historians Authors College teachers Editors
Found in	The military in 19th c. Yoruba politics, c1984: title page (Toyin Falola, Ph. D.; Hist. Dept., U. of Ife) Transport system in Nigeria, 1985: CIP title page (Toyin Falola) CIP data sheet (b. 1/5/53) Religious impact on the nation state, c1995: title page (Toyin Falola) page vii (prof. of African history at the Univ. of Texas at Austin; he has held previous appointments in Nigeria, England, and Canada; co-edits the African economic history for the Univ. of Wisconsin) Univ. of Texas at Austin Official dir., 1994-1995 (Falola, Oloruntoyin O.) Ṣàngó in Africa and the African diaspora, c2009: title page (Tóyìn Fálọlá) page 4 of cover (univ. distinguished teaching prof., Univ. of Texas, Austin) HighBeam research website, viewed Feb. 12, 2014 (Falola, Toyin; b. Jan. 1, 1953 in Ibadan, Nigeria; B.A., University of Ife, 1976; Ph.D., 1981; history prof. at University of Texas at Austin since 1991; previously taught at University of Ife (now Obafemi Awolowo Univ.), 1981-1988; York University (Downsview, Ont., Canada), 1990-1991; research fellow, Cambridge Univ., 1988-1989) University of Texas at Austin website, Life & letters, College of Liberal Arts Magazine, Toyin Falola on telling Africa's story, Oct. 30, 2013, viewed Feb. 12, 2014 (Toyin Omoyeni Falola; full name Oloruntoyin Omoyeni Falola (goes by Toyin Falola); Nigerian historian, prof. of African studies, and Fellow of the Historical Society of Nigeria and the Nigerian Academy of Letters) USA Africa Dialogue Series (Google group), Toyin Falola: citation for ASA distinguished Africanist, Nov. 17, 2011, viewed online Feb. 12, 2014 (Dr. Toyin Falola; life member of the ASA) Dictionary of African Biography, accessed via The Oxford African American Studies Center online database, July 27, 2014: (Oluwatoyin Omoyeni Falola; educator, historian; born 01 January 1953 in Ibadan, Nigeria; BA degree (Hons.) and PhD, University of Ife; taught history at the University of Ife, Nigeria (1981-1985); the University of Cambridge, England (1988-1989); and York University, Canada (1990-1991), University of Texas at Austin (1991); Smith College in Massachusetts; the Australian National University, Canberra; and the Nigerian Institute of International Affairs, Lagos, Nigeria; authored, coauthored, edited, and co-edited more than one hundred books) Dictionary of African Biography, accessed January 27, 2014, via Oxford African American Studies Center database: (Falola, Toyin; educator, historian; born 01 January 1953 in Ibadan, Nigeria; Oluwatoyin Omoyeni Falola; received a BA and a PhD from the University of Ife, Ile-Ife (1981); was appointed to the University of Texas at Austin as the Frances Higginbotham Nalle Centennial Professor in History (1991) where he has built a distinguished graduate program in African history; established the USA-Africa Dialogue Series; became a life member of Clare Hall at the University of Cambridge; endowed the Association of Third World Studies (ATWS) Africa Book Award; honored as a Fellow of the Historical Society of Nigeria (HSN), a Fellow of the Nigerian Academy of Letters (NAL), and a Distinguished Fellow of the Ibadan Cultural Group; received the Amistad Award for Academic Excellence in Historical Scholarship on Africa and the African Diaspora; received the President's Distinguished Leadership and Scholarship Award of the African Studies Association)
Associated language	eng
Invalid LCCN	n 84157300