Year | Abiola Lecturer | Title |
1993 | Ali A Mazrui | "Global Africa: From Abolitionists to Reparationists" |
1994 | Lecturer Not Available | Title Not Available |
1995 | Gertrude Mongella | Title Not Available |
1996 | Thandika Mkandawire | "The Social Sciences in Africa: Breaking Local Barriers and Negotiating International Presence" |
1997 | James David Rubadiri | Title Not Available |
1998 | Bolanle Awe | Title Not Available |
1999 | Boubacar Barry | "Africans and the New Millennium" |
2000 | Mamphela Ramphele | "Harnessing Africa's Intellectual Capital for Sustainable Development: The Challenge of the 21st Century" |
2001 | Atieno Odhiambo | "The Cultural Dimensions of Development in Africa" |
2002 | Jacob F Ade Ajayi | Title Not Available |
2003 | Wande Abimbola | "Youth and Generational Change in the Ifa Oral Tradition" |
2004 | Kofi Anyidoho | "Playing GOD with WORD: LANGUAGE and POWER of SELF-NAMING" |
2005 | Abena Busia | "What Is Africa To Me?" Knowledge Possession, Knowledge Production, and the Health of our Bodies Politic in Africa and the African Diaspora" |
2006 | Amina Mama | “Is it Ethical to Study Africa? Preliminary Thoughts on Scholarship and Freedom” |
2007 | Makau W. Mutua | "Human Rights in Africa: The Limited Promise of Liberalism" |
2008 | Bethwell Ogot | "Re-reading the History and Historiography of Epistimic Domination and Resistance in Africa" |
| 2009 | Tade Akin Aina
| "Beyond Reforms: The Politics of Higher Education Transformation in Africa"
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