Date de début:
03 Juillet 2012 - 09:00
Date de fin:
05 Juillet 2012 - 17:00
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- Afrique
2012 International Conference: Patrimony, Memory and Identity in West Africa
In celebration of the 50th anniversary of the Institute of African Studies of the University of Ibadan, IFRA-Nigeria holds a three-day international conference on the following topic:
Patrimony, Memory and Identity in West Africa
This conference will take place from July 3-5, 2012, at the Institute of African Studies, University of Ibadan. It will bring together fourty-five scholars from Nigeria, France, USA, Togo, Benin Republic and Cameroon.
In the nine panels that make up the conference, the concepts of heritage, conservation and patrimony will be discussed in an interdisciplinary perspective. The links between spaces, logics and processes of constructing identities will also be addressed through historical analysis, political reading or anthropological interpretation of these phenomena.
Monday July 2, 2012
Arrival of participants
DAY 1 - Tuesday July 3, 2012
8.00am-9.00am : Registration of participants [Entrance of the Institute of African Studies, UI] & Arrival of Guests
(All events to take place at Drapers' Hall, Institute of African Studies, University of Ibadan, unless indicated otherwise)
OPENING CEREMONY
9.00: Introduction of guests
9.10: Welcome address by the chairman of the occasion (Vice Chancellor, University of Ibadan)
9.15: Welcome address by the host (Director, Institute of African Studies)
9.20: Welcome address by the co-host and conference organizer (Director, IFRA-Nigeria)
9.25: Citation of Professor Christopher R. DeCorse
9.35: Keynote address, Professor Christopher R. DeCorse
10.05: Closing Remarks by the chairman of the occasion (Vice-Chancellor, University of Ibadan)
10.15: Vote of thanks (Professor Peju Layiwola)
10.30: End of ceremony
10.30am-11.00am: Break
PANELS START
11.00am-12.30pm
Panel 1 - History, Memory and Patrimony – Chair: Prof. Olutayo ADESINA, Dept. of History, University of Ibadan
- Anselme GUEZO – Consciencism and Africa's triple heritage: a postcolonial revisitation of a neglected blueprint of Decolonization.
- Samuel O. OGUNDELE – Nigerian Historical Knowledge Productions, Liberation process and Cultural sustainability.
- Isidore Pascal NDJOCK NYOBE - The colonial heritage confronted to the memory : a case study of the statue of Général Leclerc in Douala, Cameroon.
- Taiwo A. OSINUBI – Slavery as Postnational Artifact: West African writers and the Politics of Articulating Memory.
12.30pm-1.30pm : Lunch
1.30pm-3.00pm Panel 2 - Nationalism, Identity and Patrimony – Chair: Dr. Rasheed OLANIYI, Dept. of History, University of Ibadan.
- Alexis ADANDE – Lieux de mémoire transfrontaliers: pour quelle identité?
- Bukola A. OYENIYI – What has Dress to Do With It? Dress in Nigeria's Nationalist Discourse, 1860-1945.
- Komi N'kégbé F. TUBLU - La construction d'une identité nationale et le destin des nouveaux État-nations africains : Le cas du Togo à travers son Musée National.
- Henry Kam KAH and Walter Gam NKWI : The State as curator of National Patrimony : A Critique of the Management of the National Archives Buea (NAB, Cameroon) by the State, 1959-1995.
3.00pm-3.30pm: Coffee Break
3.30pm-5.00pm Panel 3 - Heritage and the Built Environment. Chair: Prof. Christopher DECORSE, Chair, Dept. of Anthropology, Syracuse University, NY, USA
- Ishanlosen ODIAUA – Creating heritage within the context of globalization in the West African built environment.
- I.A. JAWONDO – Ilorin heritage and its contemporary relevance: a history of the premier Ilorin central Jumaat Mosque, 1880-2000.
- Serge OUITONA – Un exemple de patrimonialisation: les bâtiments de type afro-brésilien de la ville de Porto Novo.
- Lass Abdu ALIYU – Harmonizing the patrimony : towards the synchronization of West African heritage through World Heritage Listing.
DAY 2 - Wednesday July 4, 2012
9.00am-10.30am Panel 4 - Patrimonialisation and Politics. Chair: Prof. Isaac O. ALBERT, Director, Institute of African Studies, Universityof Ibadan.
- Nathaniel DANJIBO - The Emirate System as a Patrimonial Institution in Northern Nigeria.
- Jibo NURA – Politics of ethnic and religious identity, Neopatrimonialism and Power Zoning in Nigeria
- Ademola OLAYOKU - Patrimony, Identity and Ethnic Conflicts in Zango - Kataf, Kaduna State.
- Aderemi S. AJALA - Local Media, Patrimonialisation and Political Identity in South-western Nigeria.
- Taiwo A. OLAIYA – Interrogating patrimonial politics as a functional threat to good governance and Development in West Africa.
10.30am-11.00am: Coffee break
11.00am-12.30am Panel 5 - Land and Resources as Patrimony. Chair: Dr. David ENWEREMADU, Dept. of Political Science, University of Ibadan
- Komi N'kégbé Fogâ TUBLU - Accaparement des terres au Togo: entre questions patrimoniales et problèmes de souveraineté nationale.
- Chinyere UKPOKOLO – Disaster, Memories and Identity (de)construction among victims of gully erosion in Nanka community, Igbo, South-eastern Nigeria.
- Gbemisola A. ANIMASAWUN – Who Owns the Land? Narratives of Autochtony and Land in Patrimonial conflict.
- Babajide O. OLOLAJULO - Clinging to the inheritance of their fathers: resource identity and patrimonialisation of oil in South-South Nigeria.
- Abiola V. AYODOKUN and Abraham OLAYEMI - Our own and not your own: The other side of an inherited land and property in Ibadan, Oyo state.
12.30pm-1.30pm: Lunch
1.30pm-3.00pm Panel 6 - Archaeologists' corner. Chair: Prof. Caleb A. FOLORUNSO, Dept. of Anthropology and Archaeology, University of Ibadan
- Adekola KOLAWALE - Challenges of Protecting Nigeria's Cultural Identity and Patrimony in the 21st Century.
- Elysee COULIBALY – Ancient Iron Metallurgy as Patrimony. The case of Burkina Faso.
- Gérard CHOUIN – Rethinking the pre-Atlantic past of forested West Africa.
- Joanne OGIOGWA – Revisiting Nigeria's largest monument: recent excavations at Sungbo Eredo, Oke-Eri, Ogun State.
3.00pm-3.30pm: Coffee Break
3.30pm-5.00pm Panel 7 - Tourism, Community and Patrimony. Chair: Dr. Gérard CHOUIN, IFRA-Nigeria.
- Charles Obafemi JEGEDE - The Pressure of Internationalisation of Osun Osogbo Sacred Grove on the Patrimony and Identity of Osogbo Indigenes.
- Peter PROBST – Filling the Void. Creating and Disputing Iconic Objetcs in a Nigerian World Heritage Site. Paper presented by Prof. Peju LAYIWOLA on behalf of Peter Probst.
- Akin OGUNDIRAN - Osun-Osogbo Grove as a Social Common and an Uncommon Ground: A Practice-Based Analysis of Patrimonial Patronage in Post-Colonial Nigeria.
- Hermione N. K. BOKO - Just a bit of money can make big difference: Community-based tourism and patrimony management. Case study of Koussoukoingou, République du Bénin.
- Kenneth N. AKALI - Environment as Patrimony, Memory and Identity in Nigeria: Rethinking Local Practice and Global Concern in Post Saro-Wiwa Ogoni
FILM SHOW
5.00pm-6.00pm: Film show : "The Osogbo Grove: Lost but Found?". A documentary film made by Immanuel AFOLABI and produced by IFRA-Nigeria.
CONFERENCE DINNER
7.00pm-10.00pm: Conference Dinner offered by IFRA-Nigeria at N°9 Parry Road, University of Ibadan Campus.
DAY 3 – Thursday, July 5, 2012
8.30am-10.00am Panel 8 - Popular culture as Patrimony (I). Chair: Prof. Akin OGUNDIRAN, Chair, Department of Africana Studies Department, University of North Carolina, Charlotte, North Carolina.
- Godwin E. OGLI – Idoma musical heritage and identity: the Interface between the past and the future.
- Olusegun S. TITUS – Patrimony and Identity among Àpàlà Musicians in Southwestern in Nigeria.
- Anaïs LEBLON - Patrimonialisation and Political Decentralization : Ambiguous Recourse at the Community and Local Level. The example of the Fulbe Transhumance Festivals in the Inner Niger Delta (Mali).
10.00am-10.30am: Coffee Break
10.30am-12.00pm Panel 9 - Popular culture as Patrimony (ii) – Chair: Prof. Bola UDEGBE, Director, Office of International Programmes, University of Ibadan.
- Clement O. BAKINDE – Oro Festival : an aspect of Yorubaland universal patrimony.
- Xavier MOYET - La représentation de la culture pentecôtiste au Nigeria et au Ghana par Mount Zion Films Ministries International (MZMFI) et les universitaires.
- Adegbuji-Onikoyi BABATUNDE - Exploring patrimony through the morphology of Yoruba indigenous names over the past one and half centuries.
- Azeez A. YUSUFF – Indigenous architecture and settlement patterns of Abalala Ilaje, Igbokoda, Ondo State, Nigeria.
12.00pm-12.30pm: Conclusion and Vote of Thanks
12.30pm-1.30pm: Lunch
1.30pm-17.30pm: Conference trip to the Ibadan Museum of Unity (30 seats available in our bus).