Re: USA Africa Dialogue Series - R. A. Adeleye: An Icon of the Ibadan School of History Transits

I received the news of Dr Adeleye's death with frightening disbelief.

He taught me Northern Nigerian History at Ibadan between 1980 and 1983.
His knowledge of the subject was unrivalled and he was, without doubt, one
of the finest users of English language that I have ever met.

May his great soul rest in very perfect peace.

Abiodun Alao


Gloom descended on the Department of History University of Ibadan this
> morning when the news of the demise of. RA Adeleye
>
> filtered 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 Ogbogbo
>
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