Tekena Tamuno

Tekena Tamuno (born 1932) is a Nigerian historian and former Vice-chancellor of the University of Ibadan. He is currently 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.

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

References

1. ^ "I Won't Go to Court Over Sacked Varsity Councils". AllAfrica.com. 12 June 2008. http://allafrica.com/stories/200806120560.html. Retrieved 2009-10-15. 
2. ^ "The Igbo, their Nigeria". Daily Sun. 30 November 2007. http://www.sunnewsonline.com/webpages/features/freekick/2007/nov/30/freekick-30-11-2007-002.htm. Retrieved 2009-10-15.