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Employment
Fall 2025 till date - Graduate Instructor of Record, University of Mississippi
2021-2022 Graduate Assistant to the office of the Chair, History Department, University of Mississippi for academic and administrative support
2009-2021 Principal Administrative Officer, the Broadcasting Corporation of Oyo State, Nigeria with specific duties on Establishment matters, Corporate Services, Legal, Training and Planning Units and Secretary to Management.
Education
Ph.D. Candidate in History, University of Mississippi, (Ole Miss), (ABD) - {2021-2026)
MA in History, University of Ilorin, Nigeria - (2013-2016)
BA in History and International Studies, Adekunle Ajasin University, Ondo State, Nigeria - (2003-2008)
Research
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.
Teaching
Grants and Awards
2025 Mahmoud Mohamed Taha Student Travel Award for the 2025 ASA Annual Conf.
2025 Travel Grant Award- For the 2025 Texas A&M University Graduate conference.
2025 John Neff Fund Award for Dissertation Research
2022 Dalrymple Fund Award for Dissertation Research
2022 Dissertation Fellowship Award – Graduate School, UM
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.