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The Institute of African and Diaspora Studies (IADS) aims to provide a platform for profound, ground-breaking research for Africans at home and the Diaspora.
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18/05/2026

Just finished your PhD? Here’s what’s next?

AMRC at the University of Lagos wants postdoctoral researchers in the Humanities, Social Sciences, or Management Sciences to come work, think, and produce from Lagos. The fellowship runs up to three months, and your doctorate must have been awarded no earlier than July 2021.

Learn more: https://bit.ly/4tCWTyL

12/05/2026

We talk a lot about what Nigeria’s military governments did to the economy and politics, but what did they do to culture? And more interestingly, what did they do with it?

Prof Patrick Oloko will be answering these questions on May 20, 2026 at 12 Noon at JP Clark Building, University of Lagos

🔗 Join online: https://bit.ly/AMLEC2

09/05/2026

James Baldwin wrote this decades ago, but it still lands like it was written this morning:

“People are trapped in history and history is trapped in them.”

What does this quote mean to you? Share your Interpretation in the comments.

06/05/2026

Some of the sharpest Africa-focused research is being done by graduate students who rarely get the right audience. This August, join the AMRC-UNILAG 2026 Graduate Workshop, 12-14 August, and put your work in front of the people who get it.

Applications close 5 June.

Register: https://bit.ly/AMRC1 (🔗 in bio)

01/05/2026

Africa has been treating malaria long before laboratory medicine arrived. Generations of healers, mothers, and communities built entire systems of care from the land around them, lemongrass, mango leaves, bitter leaves, and more.

IADS and Gbogbonise Limited ask a question the world needs to take seriously: what if traditional medicine is not the alternative, but the foundation?

With 282 million malaria cases globally in 2024, and partial resistance to frontline drugs now confirmed across East Africa, the urgency to look deeper and wider has never been greater.

Swipe through to explore what the research found, why regional plant knowledge matters more than we think, and why collaboration between traditional healers and modern medicine could change outcomes for the millions still at risk.

27/04/2026

Applications are now open for the Africa Multiple Research Centre (AMRC-UNILAG) 2026 Graduate Workshop.

A valuable opportunity for PhD scholars working on humanities research connected to Africa and its diaspora to learn, connect, and grow.

Submit your application before June 5, 2026 here: https://bit.ly/AMRC1

23/04/2026

Yesterday at the IADS Gallery, the Institute of African and Diaspora Studies marked World Malaria Day 2026 with a conversation that felt long overdue. Under the theme “Driven to End Malaria: Now We Can. Now We Must,” scholars, practitioners, and community voices gathered to take traditional medicine seriously, not as folklore, but as a genuine force in the fight against one of Africa’s oldest health burdens

21/04/2026

Malaria still takes a life every two minutes. Most of those lives are children. And yet, the knowledge to fight back has lived in our communities for generations in roots, bark, and leaves passed down through healers long before laboratories existed.

This World Malaria Day, the Gender, Culture and Identity Research Cluster (IADS) invites you to our discussion themed “Driven to End Malaria: Now We Can. Now We Must” on Wednesday, 22nd April 2026 at 10 AM at the IADS Gallery, University of Lagos

17/04/2026

As conversations around migration return to the front burner across the globe, we're bringing back our discussion and documentary on a story closer to home: migration within African borders.

Watch here: https://bit.ly/41FVufn (🔗 in bio)

15/04/2026

The Yoruba Language and Culture Immersion Programme is still accepting applications!

If you’re having trouble applying, just follow the step-by-step process.

How to Apply in 3 Steps:
1️⃣ Explore: Visit the website for full details 👉 https://bit.ly/4hN4FC7 (🔗 in bio)
2️⃣ Email: Send your application to [email protected] and [email protected]
3️⃣ Complete: Fill out the form and attach all required documents before submitting.

11/04/2026

In Old Lagos, dethronements were not signs of failure. They were proof of a governance system sophisticated enough to hold sacred royal authority accountable to the people.

In one of the AMRC lectures, Dr Eleshin explores the protocols of dethronement and re-enthronement in Old Lagos, from Adele to Esugbayi, and what they reveal about Yoruba kingship, colonial disruption, and the enduring tension between power and legitimacy.

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University Of Lagos, Akoka
Lagos
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Opening Hours

Monday	08:00 - 16:00
Tuesday	08:00 - 16:00
Wednesday	08:00 - 16:00
Thursday	08:00 - 16:00
Friday	08:00 - 16:00

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+2349053818848

Website

https://iads.unilag.edu.ng/

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