Tekena Tamuno is a Nigeria

Nigeria

Nigeria , officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a federal constitutional republic comprising 36 states and its Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. The country is located in West Africa and shares land borders with the Republic of Benin in the west, Chad and Cameroon in the east, and Niger in...

n historian

Historian

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 and former Vice-chancellor

Chancellor (education)

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 of the University of Ibadan

University of Ibadan

The University of Ibadan is the oldest Nigerian university, and is located five miles from the centre of the major city of Ibadan in Western Nigeria...

. He is currently the President of the Board of Trustees

Trustee

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 of Bells University of Technology

Bells University of Technology

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Education and career

Tamuno attended St Peter's School in his hometown of Okrika

Okrika

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 for primary education

Primary education

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. 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

Birkbeck, University of London

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 and Columbia University

Columbia University

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. In 1962 he joined the Department of History at the University of Ibadan where he remains as Professor Emeritus.

In addition to his administrative and teaching career, he is an author and has chaired public service commissions

Civil Service Commission

-Chairmen:*John Houghton MHK, 2004-date*George Waft MLC, 1996-2004*Clare Christian MLC, 1981-1982*Noel Cringle MLC, 1992-1996*Walter Gilbey, years unknown...

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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)
• The evolution of the Nigerian state;: The Southern phase, 1898-1914. Humanities Press, 1972. ISBN 0391002325
• Abebe: Portrait of a Nigerian leader. ALF Publications, 1991. ISBN 9783119176
• Herbert Macaulay, Nigerian patriot. Heinemann Educational, 1975. ISBN 043594472X
• Nigeria: Its people and its problems. ISBN 9783106910
• Nigerian universities, their students and their society: Factors of leadership, time, and circumstance. ISBN 9783106902
• The police in modern Nigeria, 1861-1965: Origins, development, and role.
• Nigeria Since Independence. Heinemann Educational Books. ISBN 9781294817