OYEFOLU OLUSEGUN SAMSON

Political Science

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Topic: Political Economy Of Development

Description: Political economy of development is a multidisciplinary research focus which often examines the intricate interactions between state and market and social institutions that influence development outcomes viz-a-viz political ideology. This is a research interest that focuses on macro approaches to understanding the sanctity of state within the theatre of production in shaping development policies. It interrogates the power relations, power structure and interest configuration with emphasis on ideological issues informing policy reforms geared towards enhancing development. It is concerned with the ideological character of Bretton-woods institutions on development outcomes. Thus, several of my intellectual engagements have pontificated and focused in the above direction in order to ensure equitable growth and sustainable socio-economic development

#	Certificate	School	Year
1.	M.Sc (Political Science)	Lagos State University	2020

African intellectuals and the decolonization project: The case of Bade Onimode and Claude Ake

African intellectuals had contributed in no small measures in the pursuit of knowledge for the sake of humanity especially from the prism of decoloniality prior to the current calls for decolonization. This paper seeks to examine the contemporary relevance of the seminal contributions of Bade Onimode and Claude Ake to the decolonization of knowledge in Africa. While there have been several waves of African intellectuals involved in the decolonization project, the works of Onimode and Ake offers a prism through which the latest debates on decolonizing knowledge has been developed. The choice of the duo is predicated on the somewhat coterminous nature of their works on knowledge development in Africa and their repudiation of the dominant western scholarship of their time. Therefore, this paper argues for significant degree of reconnection and continuous engagement of the duo s works in the current debate on decolonizing the academia in Africa. By means of critical analysis, the foundations, development and contemporary relevance of their contributions to epistemic need of Africa, are essentially analyzed. The paper concludes that there is urgent need for the African academia to reconnect and locate its current engagement with preceding postulations as documented in the works of Onimode and Ake. It is by reflecting on these past contributions in the case of Onimode and Ake which the current generation championing the decolonization project on the continent would have reconnected with important past intellectuals that were confronted with a similar struggle.

OYEFOLU SAMSON is a Lecturer II at the Department of Political Science

OYEFOLU has a M.Sc in Political Science from Lagos State University