J. F. Ade Ajayi (Nigerian Historian)

Syllabus of the Subject: Jacob Festus Adeniyi Ajayi (Historian, Nigeria).

1. The Nigerian Historian J. F. Ade Ajayi
2. His works on the Yoruba oral sources, slave trade, and African history

Sample of the Subject: Jacob Festus Adeniyi Ajayi (African Historian)

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Description of the Subject (Higher Education, e-learning): J. F. Ade Ajayi (Nigerian Historian)

The Nigerian Historian Jacob Festus Adeniyi Ajayi, or J. F. Ade Ajayi, (1929-2014) specialises in the African and Yoruba history, internal historical forces of Africans (Ibadan School), history of the slave trade and continuity of the history. Jacob Festus Adeniyi Ajayi wide used the oral sources of Yoruba.

Jacob Festus Adeniyi Ajayi was the editor of the Volume VI (Africa in the 19th century until 1880) of the General History of Africa of the UNESCO. He also collaborates as an author in the volume VIII Africa since 1935. Independence of the African Countries.

1. Place of birth of Jacob Festus Adeniyi Ajayi: Ikole-Ekiti (Ibadan, Nigeria)
2. Ethnic Group: Yoruba
3. Nigerian National Merit Award
4. Member of the Ibadan School
5. Bachelor Degree in History (University of Ibadan)
6. Research Fellow (Institute of Historical Research, London)
7. Vice-Chancellor (University of Ibadan and University of Lagos)

Main topics of the work of J. F. Ade Ajayi:

1. African History
2. Internal historical forces in Africa
3. Slavery in Africa and slave trade
4. Yoruba history
5. Religious factors (Islam and Christianity) as the basis of the new Nigerian nationalism
6. African Diaspora
7. British colonisation
8. African nationalism

Bibliography of Jacob Festus Adeniyi Ajayi:

1. Slavery and slave trade in Nigeria
2. Yoruba Warfare in the Nineteenth Century
3. Christian Missions in Nigeria
4. Tradition and Change in Africa
5. History of West Africa

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