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
Died11 April 2015(2015-04-11) (aged 83)
Ibadan, Nigeria
NationalityNigeria
Alma materUniversity of London
Known forHistoriography of Africa
Scientific career
FieldsHistorian
InstitutionsUniversity 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.

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.
  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.
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