Refereed Publications
Mohammed Bashir Salau and Oyedele Oluokun,. "Aminu Kano." In The Oxford Research Encyclopedia of African History. Oxford University Press. Article published [2023].
Oyedele Oluokun and Abiodun S Afolabi, A Historical Appraisal of the Executive/Legislative Relations in Nigeria’s First Republic” ALORE: Ilorin Journal of the Humanities,34, (2025)
Abiodun S. Afolabi, Yusuf D. Saliu and Oyedele Oluokun, “Marxist Reading of Tax Defalcation, British Taxation Strategies and Public Reactions in Colonial Yorubaland”, in Isaiah Bariki, et al, Musing on Communication and Performance for Peace Development, (Universities of Ilorin, Nigeria and Cape Coast, Ghana, 2022),100-119.
Works in Progress
Oyedele Oluokun. Food and Power in Colonial Southern Nigerian Prisons.
Mental Healthcare in Colonial Southern Nigerian Prisons
Executive/Legislative Relations in Nigeria’s First and Second Republic: A Historical Appraisal
An Echo of the Past in the Present: A Case study of Executive/Legislative Relations in Nigeria’s Second Republic
Conferences and Seminars
2025 - “Health is Wealth”: Prisoners in Colonial Projects in Southern Nigeria, presented at the 68th Annual Conference of African Studies Association in Atlanta, Georgia, November 20-22, 2025.
2025 - Caring for Prisoners’ Health presented at the History Department Colloquium, University of Mississippi, April 16, 2025.
2025 - Nigerian Soldiers in World War II and Mental Healthcare presented at the16th Annual Graduate History Conference, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, March 7-8,2025.
2025 - Desegregating Mental Healthcare: Lessons from Aro Village Project in Colonial Nigeria (1954-1960) presented at the 4th Annual Faculty and Graduate Student Forum on Race and Ethnicity, University of Mississippi, February 24.2025.
2025 - Food Enterprise in Colonial Southern Nigerian Prisons presented at the15th Annual Texas A&M History Conference -February 7-8,2025.
2025 - Transnational Mobility: The Role of Movies Industry in Nigerian/ Ugandan Relations” presented at the 67th Annual Conference of African Studies Association,Chicago,Illimois,December,12-14,2024.
2024 - Health imperialism in Nigerian Prison System,1862-1960 presented at the Annual Paul Lucas History Graduate Conference, Indiana University, Bloomington.April,2024.
2024 - Health Administration in Colonial Southern Nigerian Prisons presented at the 8th Annual Lagos Studies Association conference, University of Lagos, Nigeria- 25-29 June,2024.
2020 - Soaring Like an Eagle in Life and Academics: A speech delivered at the Valedictory Service of Graduating Students of Phidel College, Lagos, Nigeria-July 14,2023.