Stephen Adewale
Biographic Data
| ID | 6598631 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Stephen Adewale |
| GIVEN NAMES | Stephen |
| FAMILY NAME | Adewale |
| SIGNATURE | ADEWALE S |
| AFFILIATIONS | Obafemi Awolowo University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 6 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 6 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Decolonisation or decline? Historical reflections on predatory publishing and the ethics of African scholarship
This commentary reflects on current debates about predatory publishing in Africa by treating them as part of a longer historical and ethical struggle over how knowledge is valued, circulated and judged. It takes as its starting point a widely circulated October 2025 WhatsApp intervention attributed to Professor J. Téjú Ige, which voiced frustrations that many African scholars experience with Western academic gatekeeping, publication metrics, high…
From commitment to compliance
A decade after the 26th African Union (AU) Summit that renewed continental commitments to gender equality, the practice of women’s rights across Africa continues to reveal a persistent gap between formal commitments and actual compliance. This article examines the implementation of AU gender frameworks, particularly the Maputo Protocol, the AU Gender Strategy, and Agenda 2063, to assess how institutional reforms, state obligations, and civil-soci…
Continuities of dependency
Africa and the Commonwealth, 1980–2025
Revisiting Olusola Akinrinade’s 1989 study of Africa and the Commonwealth, this article extends the analysis from 1980 to 2025. It argues that the Commonwealth has remained significant to African member states chiefly as a values-based diplomatic forum rather than as a source of material power. The end of apartheid, the rise of African regional organisations and the widening of multipolar partnerships have narrowed its substantive influence, even…
Diplomacy as Patronage
This article examines ambassadorial appointments in Nigeria as a historical lens through which to understand the relationship between patronage, elite circulation, and state legitimacy. Situating diplomatic postings within debates on neopatrimonialism, symbolic power, and the performative dimensions of the state, it argues that ambassadorships have long functioned not only as instruments of foreign policy but also as mechanisms for managing polit…
Internally displaced persons and the challenges of survival in Abuja
Nigeria is facing a series of interconnected economic and humanitarian crises which, if not resolved, will disrupt basic life-support systems, contribute to the worsening of already fragmented security structures and perpetuate underdevelopment and indebtedness. Following the dispersal of the inhabitants of north-eastern Nigeria by Boko Haram, accessing adequate food, shelter and safe drinking water is becoming increasingly difficult for the majo…
Internally displaced persons and the challenges of survival in Abuja
Nigeria is facing a series of interconnected economic and humanitarian crises which, if not resolved, will disrupt basic life-support systems, contribute to the worsening of already fragmented security structures and perpetuate underdevelopment and indebtedness. Following the dispersal of the inhabitants of north-eastern Nigeria by Boko Haram, accessing adequate food, shelter and safe drinking water is becoming increasingly difficult for the majo…
Internally displaced persons and the challenges of survival in Abuja
Nigeria is facing a series of interconnected economic and humanitarian crises which, if not resolved, will disrupt basic life-support systems, contribute to the worsening of already fragmented security structures and perpetuate underdevelopment and indebtedness. Following the dispersal of the inhabitants of north-eastern Nigeria by Boko Haram, accessing adequate food, shelter and safe drinking water is becoming increasingly difficult for the majo…
Decolonisation or decline? Historical reflections on predatory publishing and the ethics of African scholarship
This commentary reflects on current debates about predatory publishing in Africa by treating them as part of a longer historical and ethical struggle over how knowledge is valued, circulated and judged. It takes as its starting point a widely circulated October 2025 WhatsApp intervention attributed to Professor J. Téjú Ige, which voiced frustrations that many African scholars experience with Western academic gatekeeping, publication metrics, high…
From commitment to compliance
A decade after the 26th African Union (AU) Summit that renewed continental commitments to gender equality, the practice of women’s rights across Africa continues to reveal a persistent gap between formal commitments and actual compliance. This article examines the implementation of AU gender frameworks, particularly the Maputo Protocol, the AU Gender Strategy, and Agenda 2063, to assess how institutional reforms, state obligations, and civil-soci…
Continuities of dependency
Africa and the Commonwealth, 1980–2025
Revisiting Olusola Akinrinade’s 1989 study of Africa and the Commonwealth, this article extends the analysis from 1980 to 2025. It argues that the Commonwealth has remained significant to African member states chiefly as a values-based diplomatic forum rather than as a source of material power. The end of apartheid, the rise of African regional organisations and the widening of multipolar partnerships have narrowed its substantive influence, even…
Diplomacy as Patronage
This article examines ambassadorial appointments in Nigeria as a historical lens through which to understand the relationship between patronage, elite circulation, and state legitimacy. Situating diplomatic postings within debates on neopatrimonialism, symbolic power, and the performative dimensions of the state, it argues that ambassadorships have long functioned not only as instruments of foreign policy but also as mechanisms for managing polit…
Politics (2 works) · academic gatekeeping (1 works) · academic rigor (1 works) · adab (1 works) · African cultural and philosophical studies (1 works) · African Education and Politics (1 works) · African history and culture studies (1 works) · African intellectual history (1 works) · African journals (1 works) · African scholarship (1 works)