Reconnecting Africa: Achievements and Perspectives
Globafrica Workshop
Institute of African Studies, University of Ibadan
Friday June 23, 2017
9:00-9:15: Welcome introduction: Elodie Apard, Director, IFRA-Nigeria
PANEL I: Globafrica: Emerging data [Chair: Prof. Jonathan O. Aleru]
9:15-9:30: Multiplying evidences of connection in precolonial Africa – Adrien Delmas, Team leader, Globafrica Project
9:35-9:50: Globafrica in Nigeria (I) – After Willett: New light on ItaYemoo, Ile Ife – Adisa Ogunfolakan, Museum of Natural History, OAU, Ile-Ife and Gérard Chouin, William & Mary, co-directors of the Ife-Sungbo Archaeological Project
9:55-10:10: Globafrica in Nigeria (II) – Sungbo’s Eredo: Its chronology and its place in Ijebu’s historiography – Olarewaju B. Lasisi, PhD student, William & Mary and Gérard Chouin, co-director of the Ife-Sungbo Archaeological Project
10:10-10:30: Discussion
10:30-11:00: Snacks and drinks
PANEL II: Ijebu’s past: New historical and archaeological insights [Chair: Prof. Steven Afolami]
11:00-11:15: The Age and Kings of the Ijebu Kingdom – Olutunde Oduwobi, University of Lagos
11:20-11:35: Iron Working Technology and earthwork construction in Ancient Ijebuland, South Western Nigeria – Olusegun Opadeji, University of Ibadan
11:40-11:55: Preservation of the Sungbo’s Moat for sustainable World Heritage Site – David Aremu, University of Ibadan
11:55-12:10: Idoko kingdom – the probable builder of Eredo – Olusegun Moyib, University of Ibadan
12:10-12:40: Discussion
12:40-1:30: Lunch
PANEL III: Ife’s past: New historical and archaeological insights [Chair: Ooni Of Ife, Oba Enitan Adeyeye Ogunwusi]
1:30-1:45: Sacred Sites and Native Significance: Iranje-Ile Obatala Temple as a Case Study – Ayomipo Odeyemi
1:50-2:05: 2017 Survey of Ile-Ife – Léa Roth, IMAF, University of Paris-I
2:05-2:20: 2017 Excavations at Ile-Ife – Adisa Ogunfolakan, Museum of Natural History, OAU, Ile-Ife and Gérard Chouin, William & Mary, co-directors of the Ife-Sungbo Archaeological Project
2:25-2:55: Discussions
3:00-3:30: Snacks
PANEL IV: Towards an Archaeology of Streets, Paths, Routes and Networks in Africa: exploring new directions [Chair: Prof. Caleb A. Folorunso]
3:30-3:45: Routes, networks, and glass beads in early Ile-Ife – Babalola Babatunde, Post-doctoral fellow, Harvard University
3:50-4:05: Long-distance connections between the Swahili Coast and its interior ca.1550-1800. A review of the evidence – Thomas Vernet-Habasque, Director, IFAS-Research Johannesburg
4:10-4:25 pm: Ruins and routes from the plateau to the coast in South-East Africa – Adrien Delmas, IMAF
4:30–4:45 pm: How did prestige goods circulated in West Africa before the 18th century – Gérard Chouin, William & Mary
4:45-5:00 pm: Geophysical survey of archaeological sites – M. O. Olorunfemi
5:00-5:40 pm: Discussion and way forward