The Nordic Africa Institute

Lecture

Claude Ake Memorial Lecture 2019

A man stands outside of a building

Professor Eghosa E. Osaghae, Photo: Mattias Sköld

Time • 26 Nov 2019 15:15 - 17:00
Place • Uppsala University Main Building, Room IV, Biskopsgatan 3

The Nordic Africa Institute together with the Peace and Conflict Department at Uppsala University invites you to this years Claude Ake Memorial Lecture!

The lecture is free and open to all.

The title of the lecture is 'Federal Solutions and State Failure in Africa'.

Professor Eghosa E. Osaghae is the 2019 Claude Ake Visiting Chair. Dr. Osaghae is Professor of Comparative Politics at University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria. He is one of Africa’s leading political scientists and scholars on ethnicity and federal studies. Professor Osaghae has published extensively on ethnicity, federalism, governance and state politics. He has received numerous academic awards and visiting positions to scholarly centers of excellence across Africa, Asia, Europe and North America.