Tekena Tamuno Explained

Tekena Tamuno
Birth Date:	28 January 1932
Birth Place:	Okrika, Port Harcourt, British Nigeria
Death Place:	Ibadan, Nigeria
Work Institutions:	University of Ibadan
Alma Mater:	University of London
Known For:	Historiography of Africa
Occupation:	Historian

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]

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. ^[5]
• Abebe: Portrait of a Nigerian leader. ALF Publications, 1991. ^[6]
• Herbert Macaulay, Nigerian patriot. Heinemann Educational, 1975. ^[7]
• Nigeria: Its people and its problems. ^[8]
• Nigerian universities, their students and their society: Factors of leadership, time, and circumstance. ^[9]
• The police in modern Nigeria, 1861–1965: Origins, development, and role.
• Nigeria Since Independence. Heinemann Educational Books. ^[10]
• Nigerian federalism in historical perspective. Federalism and Political Restructuring in Nigeria. Ibadan: Spectrum.

See also

• List of vice chancellors in Nigeria

Notes and References

1. News: I Won't Go to Court Over Sacked Varsity Councils . 12 June 2008. AllAfrica.com. 15 October 2009.
2. News: The Igbo, their Nigeria. 30 November 2007. Daily Sun. 15 October 2009.
3. News: Fabowale. Yinka. Tamuno, ex-UI VC, dies. 13 April 2015. The Sun. 13 April 2015. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20150415012822/http://sunnewsonline.com/new/?p=114277. 15 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. 10.1017/s0021853700007246. 163130367 . 0021-8537.
5. Book: Tamuno, Tekena N.. The evolution of the Nigerian state; the Southern phase, 1898-1914. 1972. [Humanities Press]. 0-391-00232-5. New York. 584934.
6. Book: Tamuno, Tekena N.. Abebe : portrait of a Nigerian leader. 1991. ALF Publications. Aderinwale, Ayodele., Africa Leadership Forum.. 978-31191-7-6. Abeokuta, Nigeria. 25827086.
7. Book: Tamuno, Tekena N.. Herbert Macaulay, Nigerian patriot. 1975. Heinemann Educational. 0-435-94472-X. London. 2611870.
8. Book: Tamuno, Tekena N.. Nigeria: its people and its problems. 1989. Panel on Nigeria Since Independence History Project. Nigeria Since Independence History Panel.. 978-31069-1-0. Lagos. 26936175.
9. Book: Tamuno, Tekena N.. Nigerian universities, their students and their society : factors of leadership, time, and circumstance. 1989. Panel on Nigeria Since Independence History Project. 978-31069-0-2. [Nigeria]. 27875240.
10. Book: Tamuno, T. N.. Nigeria since independence : the first twenty-five years. 1989. Heinemann Educational Books. Nigeria Since Independence History Panel.. 978-129-473-6. Ibadan [Nigeria]. 24911400.