O. C. Adesina

Olutayo Charles Adesina
Born(1964-01-27)January 27, 1964
NationalityNigerian
Alma materUniversity of Ife
Obafemi Awolowo University
Occupation(s)Historian and university professor
EmployerUniversity of Ibadan
Known forHistoriography in Africa
Notable workGlobalization and Transnational Migrations: Africa and Africans in the Contemporary Global System.
Marginality and Crisis: Globalization and Identity in Contemporary Africa.
Nigeria in the Twentieth Century: History, Governance and Society.
SpouseDr. Oluwakemi Abiodun Adesina (m.1997)
ChildrenAanuoluwapo Adesina
Olajumoke Adesina
Ebunoluwa Adesina
Ireoluwa Adesina
Parent(s)Mr. John Oyebade Adesina
Mrs. Olajumoke Ruphina Adesina (née Ogunnaiya)
RelativesProf. Foluke Ogunleye (née Adesina)
(sister)
Awards2023-2024 British Academy Global Professorship.
Fellow of the Atlantic History, Charles Warren Center, Harvard University.
African Visiting Fellow, Rhodes Chair of Race Relations, St. Antony’s College, Oxford University.
Fellow, Institute of Advanced Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India.
Websitewww.facultyofartsui.org/staff/academic-staff/professor-adesina-c.%20olutayo/

Olutayo Charles Adesina is a professor of history at the University of Ibadan. His research interests are in the fields of economic history of West Africa, history of development, and Nigerian history. Adesina is a Fellow of the Nigerian Academy of Letters. He has at different times served as the Head of the History Department at the University of Ibadan.