Tekena Tamuno

Tekena Nitonye Tamuno (28 January 1932 – 11 April 2015) 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.[1]

Tekena Tamuno
Born	(1932-01-28)28 January 1932 Okrika, Port Harcourt, British Nigeria
Died	11 April 2015(2015-04-11) (aged 83) Ibadan, Nigeria
Nationality	Nigeria
Alma mater	University of London
Known for	Historiography of Africa
Scientific career
Fields	Historian
Institutions	University of Ibadan

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.[2]

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.[3]

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

• Nigeria and Elective Representation, 1923–1947.Heinemann (1966) [4]
• The evolution of the Nigerian state: The Southern phase, 1898–1914. Humanities Press, 1972. ISBN 0-391-00232-5[5]
• Abebe: Portrait of a Nigerian leader. ALF Publications, 1991. ISBN 978-31191-7-6[6]
• Herbert Macaulay, Nigerian patriot. Heinemann Educational, 1975. ISBN 0-435-94472-X[7]
• Nigeria: Its people and its problems. ISBN 978-31069-1-0[8]
• Nigerian universities, their students and their society: Factors of leadership, time, and circumstance. ISBN 978-31069-0-2 [9]
• The police in modern Nigeria, 1861–1965: Origins, development, and role.
• Nigeria Since Independence. Heinemann Educational Books. ISBN 978-129-481-7 [10]
• Nigerian federalism in historical perspective. Federalism and Political Restructuring in Nigeria. Ibadan: Spectrum.

Selected Journal articles/ public lectures

• African Affairs (1975) [11]
• The Ibo People and the Europeans: The Genesis of a Relationship to 1906 by Elizabeth Isichei [12]
• The police in modern Nigeria, 1861-1965: Origins, development, and role. [13]
• The Evolution of the Nigerian State: the southern phase, 1898-1914. [14]
• Separatist agitations in Nigeria since 1914. [15]
• Peace and violence in Nigeria. Conflict Resolution in Society and the State. Ibadan: The Panel on Nigeria since Independence History Project. [16]
• Land and People of Nigeria: Rivers State. Riverside Communications.[17]
• Nigeria and Election Representation, 1923-1945. Heinemann. [18]
• The University of Ibadan, 1948-73: A history of the first twenty-five years. Ibadan, Nigeria: Ibadan University Press. [19]
• 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. [20]
• Oil wars in the Niger Delta 1849-2009. [21]

See also

List of vice chancellors in Nigeria

References

1. "I Won't Go to Court Over Sacked Varsity Councils". AllAfrica.com. 12 June 2008. Retrieved 15 October 2009.
2. "The Igbo, their Nigeria". Daily Sun. 30 November 2007. Retrieved 15 October 2009.
3. Fabowale, Yinka (13 April 2015). "Tamuno, ex-UI VC, dies". The Sun. Archived from the original on 15 April 2015. Retrieved 13 April 2015.
4. Jones, D. H. (1967). "Representative Government in Nigeria - Nigeria and Elective Representation, 1923–1947. By Takena N. Tamuno. London and Ibadan: Heinemann, 1966. Pp. ix+ 136. 35s". The Journal of African History. 8 (2): 366–367. doi:10.1017/s0021853700007246. ISSN 0021-8537.
5. Tamuno, Tekena N. (1972). The evolution of the Nigerian state; the Southern phase, 1898-1914. [New York],: [Humanities Press]. ISBN 0-391-00232-5. OCLC 584934.CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link)
6. Tamuno, Tekena N. (1991). Abebe : portrait of a Nigerian leader. Aderinwale, Ayodele., Africa Leadership Forum. Abeokuta, Nigeria: ALF Publications. ISBN 978-31191-7-6. OCLC 25827086.
7. Tamuno, Tekena N. (1975). Herbert Macaulay, Nigerian patriot. London: Heinemann Educational. ISBN 0-435-94472-X. OCLC 2611870.
8. Tamuno, Tekena N. (1989). Nigeria: its people and its problems. Nigeria Since Independence History Panel. Lagos: Panel on Nigeria Since Independence History Project. ISBN 978-31069-1-0. OCLC 26936175.
9. Tamuno, Tekena N. (1989). Nigerian universities, their students and their society : factors of leadership, time, and circumstance. [Nigeria]: Panel on Nigeria Since Independence History Project. ISBN 978-31069-0-2. OCLC 27875240.
10. Tamuno, T. N (1989). Nigeria since independence : the first twenty-five years. Nigeria Since Independence History Panel. Ibadan [Nigeria]: Heinemann Educational Books. ISBN 978-129-473-6. OCLC 24911400.
11. Tamuno, Tekena (1975). "Review of The Ibo People and the Europeans: The Genesis of a Relationship to 1906". African Affairs. 74 (294): 102–103. ISSN 0001-9909 – via Jstor.
12. Tamuno, Tekena (1975). "Review of The Ibo People and the Europeans: The Genesis of a Relationship to 1906". African Affairs. 74 (294): 102–103. ISSN 0001-9909.
13. Dorward, David Craig (1973). "The Police in Modern Nigeria, 1861–1965; Origins, Development, and Role. By Tekena N. Tamuno. Ibadan University Press, 1970. Pp. xvi + 304. £2.50 and £1". The Journal of African History. 14 (1): 173–174. doi:10.1017/s0021853700012421. ISSN 0021-8537.
14. Wylie, Kenneth C.; Tamuno, T. N. (1975). "The Evolution of the Nigerian State: The Southern Phase 1898-1914". The International Journal of African Historical Studies. 8: 8. doi:10.2307/217610. ISSN 0361-7882.
15. Tamuno, Tekena N. (1970). "Separatist Agitations in Nigeria Since 1914". The Journal of Modern African Studies. 8 (4): 563–584. doi:10.1017/s0022278x00023909. ISSN 0022-278X.
16. Yakubu, Alhaji M. (1993). "Peace and Violence in Nigeria: conflict resolution in society and the state by Tekena N. Tamuno Lagos, Federal Government Printer for the Panel on Nigeria Since Independence History Project, 1991. Pp. xvi+676. N.p. paperback". The Journal of Modern African Studies. 31 (4): 699–700. doi:10.1017/s0022278x00012404. ISSN 0022-278X.
17. Falola, Toyin (1991). "Land and People of Nigeria: Rivers State edited by E. J. Alagoa and Tekena N. Tamuno Port Harcourt, Riveside Communictions, 1989. Pp. xiv+253". The Journal of Modern African Studies. 29 (4): 705–706. doi:10.1017/s0022278x00005796. ISSN 0022-278X.
18. Jones, D. H. (1967). "Representative Government in Nigeria - Nigeria and Elective Representation, 1923–1947. By Takena N. Tamuno. London and Ibadan: Heinemann, 1966. Pp. ix+ 136. 35s". The Journal of African History. 8 (2): 366–367. doi:10.1017/s0021853700007246. ISSN 0021-8537.
19. Kirk-Greene, A. H. M. (1976). "Creating the African University. Edited by T. M. Yesufu. Ibadan: Oxford University Press, 1973. Pp. 294. £4·75. The University of Ibadan 1948–73. Edited by J. F. Ade Ajayi and Tekena N. Tamuno. Ibadan: Ibadan University Press, 1973. Pp. 436, maps, tables, pl. N6.00 cloth, N4.00 paper. Ten Years of the University of Ife. By S. A. Akintoye. Ile-Ife: University of Ife Press, 1973. Pp. 50, figs., tables, pl. N4.00 cased, N2.25 paper". Africa. 46 (1): 103–104. doi:10.2307/1159101. ISSN 0001-9720.
20. I.U, Ubong; C., Obunwo; A., Faafa (25 August 2016). "Essential and Non-Essential Metals in Soft Drinks Consumed and Sold In Port Harcourt, Nigeria". RA Journal Of Applied Research. doi:10.18535/rajar/v2i8.04. ISSN 2394-6709.
21. "Address by Professor Tekena N. Tamuno Vice-Chancellor, University of Ibadan". dx.doi.org. 5 May 1978. Retrieved 30 May 2020.