Tekena Tamuno
Tekena Nitonye Tamuno was a Nigerian historian and Vice-chancellor of the University of Ibadan. He was the President of the Board of Trustees of Bells University of Technology.Education and career
Tamuno attended St Peter's School in his hometown of Okrika for primary education. Upon completion he attended Okrika Grammar School. From 1953 to 1958 he studied history at the University of Ibadan before leaving the country in 1960 to continue his studies at Birkbeck, University of London and Columbia University. In 1962 he joined the Department of History at the University of Ibadan where he remains as Professor Emeritus.
In addition to his administrative and teaching career, he is an author and has chaired public service commissions.
Tamuno died on 11 April 2015 in Ibadan, aged 83.University of Ibadan timeline
- Lecturer, 1963
- Senior Lecturer, 1967
- Professor, 1971
- Head, department of History, 1972–1975
- Dean, Faculty of Arts, 1973–1975
- Vice Chancellor, 1975–1979.
Selected books
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- The evolution of the Nigerian state: The Southern phase, 1898–1914. Humanities Press, 1972.
- Abebe: Portrait of a Nigerian leader. ALF Publications, 1991.
- Herbert Macaulay, Nigerian patriot. Heinemann Educational, 1975.
- Nigeria: Its people and its problems.
- Nigerian universities, their students and their society: Factors of leadership, time, and circumstance.
- The police in modern Nigeria, 1861–1965: Origins, development, and role.
- Nigeria Since Independence. Heinemann Educational Books.
- Nigerian federalism in historical perspective. Federalism and Political Restructuring in Nigeria. Ibadan: Spectrum.
Selected Journal articles/ public lectures
- African Affairs
- The Ibo People and the Europeans: The Genesis of a Relationship to 1906 by Elizabeth Isichei
- The police in modern Nigeria, 1861-1965: Origins, development, and role.
- The Evolution of the Nigerian State: the southern phase, 1898-1914.
- Separatist agitations in Nigeria since 1914.
- Peace and violence in Nigeria. Conflict Resolution in Society and the State. Ibadan: The Panel on Nigeria since Independence History Project.
- Land and People of Nigeria: Rivers State. Riverside Communications.
- Nigeria and Election Representation, 1923-1945. Heinemann.
- The University of Ibadan, 1948-73: A history of the first twenty-five years. Ibadan, Nigeria: Ibadan University Press.
- The niger delta question. Lecture delivered under the joint auspices of The Rivers State College of Arts and Science, Port Harcourt and The Rivers State University of Science and Technology, Nkpolu, Port Harcourt. The Guardian, 30.
- Oil wars in the Niger Delta 1849-2009.
= See also =
List of vice chancellors in Nigeria
