25 July 2026
Features

Education or Extinction: Why Africa Must Rethink Its Schools to Save Its Future

When Professor Toyin Falola stood before students and staff at Karl Kumm University, Vom, to deliver the institution’s first distinguished lecture, his message was loud and clear: Africa’s future depends on how it rethinks education today. Education, he argued, has always been tightly linked to power — political, economic, and social. From colonial times to

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Nigerians in Foreign Universities

Education is New Liberation Struggle, Falola to African Leaders

Renowned historian Toyin Falola has called on African leaders to reimagine education as the continent’s new liberation frontier. He argued that the 21st-century battle for Africa’s emancipation lies not in political rhetoric but in transforming education into a force for critical thought, innovation, and inclusive development. Falola, who holds the prestigious Jacob and Frances Sanger

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Universities

AFUED to Honour Prof. Toyin Falola with a Doctorate at the 35th Convocation

Renowned historian Professor Toyin Falola will be honoured with an honorary Doctor of Letters (D.Litt.) degree by the Adeyemi Federal University of Education (AFUED), Ondo. The award will be presented during the university’s 35th convocation ceremony, which will also feature the award of degrees, diplomas, certificates, and prizes to graduates from the 2017 to 2023

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