Witness the passing of yet another of the rapidly diminishing tribe of Nigeria's old-school intellectuals. He was profound as a scholar, urbane and extremely warm as a person, even to very young and junior colleagues like me in the circumstances in which I briefly interacted closely with him in retirement.
There goeth an intellectual giant wrapped in humility, a humanist always eager to engineer productive rendezvous among theory, practice, and policy; when cometh another? Rest in peace, Sir, assured that your life was well spent.
Adigun.
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Gloom descended on the Department of History University of Ibadan this morning when the news of the demise of. RA Adeleyefiltered through the hallowed corridors of the Department.Adeleye, it was reported. passed on yesterday the 10th of February 2014 after a debilitating illness that lasted for over a decade.For over a generation, Adeleye taught and mentored several students and scholars at Ibadan. He was a leading authority on Northern Nigerian History, his book Power and Diplomacy in Northern Nigeria 1804 -1906 (1971) remains a locus classicus in the study of the Sokoto Caliphate. A n eminent and brilliant scholar, Adeleye was a major builder and pilliar of the famous Ibadan School of History.In addition to his prodigious scholarly out put. He will also be remembered for his service to his fatherland . He was a Commissioner in the old Kawara state and was subsequently appointed a Federal Commissioner first for Land and Housing and later for industries.A fellow of Historical Society of Nigeria, he was married with children.CBN OgbogboSent from my BlackBerry 10 smartphone.
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