Timeline of Ibadan
Prior to 20th century
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20th century
- 1913 - Ibadan Grammar School established.
- 1916 - Moor Plantation established near Ibadan.[3]
- 1929 - Government College founded.
- 1947 - Economic protest.[4]
- 1948 - University College of Ibadan and its Botanical Garden established.[1][5]
- 1949 - Nigerian Tribune newspaper begins publication.[6]
- 1951 - Ibadan Peoples Party organized.
- 1952 - Population: 459,196.[7]
- 1954 - Nigerian Records Office headquartered in Ibadan.[8]
- 1955
- Historical Society of Nigeria founded in Ibadan.[9]
- Isaac Babalola Akinyele becomes Olubadan.
- 1957 - Black Orpheus literary magazine begins publication.[1][10]
- 1958 - Nigerian National Archives headquartered in city.[8]
- 1959 - Western Nigerian Government Broadcasting Corporation (WNTV) television begins broadcasting (later NTA Ibadan).[11]
- 1960
- Liberty Stadium opens.
- Nigerian Institute of Social and Economic Research headquartered in city.[12]
- 1961 - Mbari Writers and Artists Club formed.[10]
- 1962 - University of Ibadan active;[13] Institute of African Studies founded.[14]
- 1963 - Population: 627,380.[15]
- 1965 - Cocoa House built.
- 1967 - International Institute of Tropical Agriculture headquartered in city.
- 1975
- Population: 847,000.[16]
- David Jemibewon becomes governor of Oyo State.
- 1976
- 1982 - Leventis United football team formed.
- 1989 - Egbeda, Ido, and Ona Ara semi-urban local governments created.[17]
- 1991 - Ibadan North, Ibadan North-East, Ibadan North-West, Ibadan South-East, and Ibadan South-West urban local governments created.[17]
- 1999 - Yinusa Ogundipe Arapasowu I becomes Olubadan
21st century

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- 2003
- Ibadan Internet Exchange commissioned.
- Rashidi Adewolu Ladoja becomes governor of Oyo State.
- 2007 - Oyekunle Ayinde Olukotun becomes Olubadan.
- 2011
- Abiola Ajimobi becomes governor of Oyo State.
- Population: 2,949,000 (urban agglomeration).[18]
See also
- Ibadan history
- List of Olubadan
- Timelines of other cities in Nigeria: Kano, Lagos, Port Harcourt
References
- Toyin Falola; Ann Genova (2009). Historical Dictionary of Nigeria. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-6316-3.
- http://www.dacb.org/stories/nigeria/hinderer_david.html
- Julius O. Ihonvbere; Timothy Shaw (1998). Illusions of Power: Nigeria in Transition. New Jersey, US: Africa World Press. ISBN 978-0-86543-642-8.
- Tom G. Forrest (1994). The Advance of African Capital: The Growth of Nigerian Private Enterprise. University of Virginia Press. ISBN 978-0-8139-1562-3.
- "Garden Search: Nigeria". London: Botanic Gardens Conservation International. Retrieved 30 August 2015.
- "Ibadan (Nigeria) -- Newspapers". Global Resources Network. Chicago, US: Center for Research Libraries. Retrieved 30 September 2014.
- "Population of capital city and cities of 100,000 or more inhabitants". Demographic Yearbook 1955. New York: Statistical Office of the United Nations.
- Toyin Falola; Saheed Aderinto (2010). Nigeria, Nationalism, and Writing History. University Rochester Press. ISBN 978-1-58046-358-4.
- Gloria Chuku, ed. (2013). "Kenneth Dike: the Father of Modern African Historiography". The Igbo Intellectual Tradition: Creative Conflict in African and African Diasporic Thought. Palgrave Macmillan. pp. 137–164. ISBN 978-1-137-31129-0.
- "Guinea Coast, 1900 A.D.–present: Key Events". Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History. New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art. Retrieved 30 August 2015.
- Louise M. Bourgault (1995). Mass Media in Sub-Saharan Africa. Indiana University Press. ISBN 0-253-11309-1.
- "History of NISER". Government of Nigeria. Retrieved 30 September 2014.
- Our History, Government of Oyo State, retrieved 30 August 2015
- Robert W. July (1987). "Chapter 9". An African Voice: The Role of the Humanities in African Independence. US: Duke University Press. p. 192+. ISBN 0-8223-0769-3.
- Udo 1970.
- United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Statistical Office (1976). "Population of capital city and cities of 100,000 and more inhabitants". Demographic Yearbook 1975. New York. pp. 253–279.
- Detailed Information of the 33 Local Governments in Brief, Government of Oyo State, retrieved 30 August 2015
- "The State of African Cities 2014". United Nations Human Settlements Programme. ISBN 978-92-1-132598-0. Archived from the original on 2014-09-10.
- This article incorporates information from the Yoruba Wikipedia.
Bibliography
- N.C. Mitchel (1953), "Some comments on the growth and character of Ibadan's population", Research Notes, University College of Ibadan, Department of Geography (4)
- C.G. Feilberg (1958), "Ibadan", Kulturgeografi (10), pp. 77–91
- T. Oloko (Oct 1960), "A tale of 4 cities: Lagos, Ibadan, Kaduna and Enugu", Nigeria Magazine, pp. 137–147
- Akin L. Mabogunje (March 1961), "Ibadan black metropolis", Nigeria Magazine (68), pp. 12–26
- Akin L. Mabogunje (1962), "Growth of residential districts in Ibadan", Geographical Review, 52
- R.A. Akinola (1964), "Industrial structure of Ibadan", Nigerian Geographical Journal, 7, ISSN 0029-0084
- Joel Bruce Splansky (1966), "Concentric zone of theory of city structure as applied to an African city: Ibadan, Nigeria", Yearbook of the Association of Pacific Coast Geographers
- R.A. Akinola (1967), "Problems of urban development in Nigeria-the example of Ibadan", Bulletin of Ghana Geographical Association, 12, ISSN 0016-9536
- P.C. Lloyd; et al., eds. (1967), In the City of Ibadan: a symposium on its structure and development, London
- G.A. van der Knapp (1967), "Lagos en Ibadan; een stadsgeographische vergelijking", Kroniek van Afrika (in Dutch), 7, ISSN 0023-4893
- Muench and Muench (1968), "Planning and anticipating in Nigeria: Lagos and Ibadan", Journal of the American Institute of Planners, 34
- G.A. Onibokun (1969), "Socio-cultural constraints on urban renewal policies in emerging nations: the Ibadan case", Nigerian journal of economic and social studies, 11
- G.A. Onibokun (1970), "Nigerian cities: their rehabilitation and redevelopment (Ibadan case study)", African Studies Review, 13
- Reuben K. Udo (1970). "Ibadan". Geographical Regions of Nigeria. University of California Press. p. 34+.
- H.I. Ajaegbu (1971), Forms of under-integrated urban growth: the case of the old residential quarters in Ibadan, Nigeria, Paris: Secretariat de Missions d’Urbanisme et d’habitat
- J.O. Oyelese (1971), "Growth of Ibadan city and its impact on land-use patterns, 1961-65", Journal of Tropical Geography, 14
- Wole Soyinka (1994). Ibadan: The 'Penkelemes' Years, A Memoir, 1946–1965. ISBN 0413686701.
- Simon Heap (1997), "'Jaguda Boys': Pickpocketing in Ibadan, 1930–60", Urban History, 24 (3), pp. 324–343
- Ruth Watson (2003). 'Civil Disorder is the Disease of Ibadan': Chieftaincy and Civic Culture in a Yoruba City. Oxford: James Currey. ISBN 0-85255-454-0.
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- Kevin Shillington, ed. (2005). "Ibadan". Encyclopedia of African History. Fitzroy Dearborn. ISBN 978-1-57958-245-6.
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