{"id":19321,"date":"2016-02-22T10:54:00","date_gmt":"2016-02-22T15:54:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/fass\/?post_type=cu_story&#038;p=19321"},"modified":"2025-02-03T11:30:18","modified_gmt":"2025-02-03T16:30:18","slug":"institute-of-african-studies-prof-pius-adesanmi-nigeria","status":"publish","type":"cu_story","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/fass\/story\/institute-of-african-studies-prof-pius-adesanmi-nigeria\/","title":{"rendered":"New IAS Director Pius Adesanmi"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-max  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n        \n        \n        \n            \n    <div class=\"cu-wideimage relative flex items-center justify-center mx-auto px-8 overflow-hidden md:px-16 rounded-xl not-prose  my-6 md:my-12 first:mt-0 bg-cu-black-50 pt-10 pb-12\" style=\"\">\n\n        \n        <div class=\"relative z-[2] max-w-4xl w-full flex flex-col items-center gap-2 cu-wideimage-image cu-zero-first-last\">\n            <header class=\"mx-auto mb-6 text-center text-cu-black-800 cu-pageheader cu-component-updated cu-pageheader--center md:mb-12\">\n\n                                    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold mb-2 text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] cu-pageheader--center text-center mx-auto after:left-px\">\n                        New IAS Director Pius Adesanmi\n                    <\/h1>\n                \n                            <\/header>\n        <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n    \n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/fass\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/naija-no-dey-carry-last-2-300x421.jpg\" alt=\"naija no dey carry last book cover\" class=\"wp-image-19322\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Director of Institute of African Studies (IAS), Professor Pius Adesanmi has been recognized for his celebrated new book of essays on Nigerian politics and culture, titled <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Naija-No-Dey-Carry-Last\/dp\/1517523052\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Naija No Dey Carry Last: Thoughts on a Nation in Progress<\/a><\/em>. <em>Naija No Dey Carry<\/em>&nbsp;<em>Last<\/em> has been named to Channels Book Club&#8217;s prestigious list of the best fifteen Nigerian books of 2015.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Channels Bookclub&#039;s Top 15 Nigerian Books In 2015 22\/12\/15\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ejephALL1d0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Professor Adesanmi was also a recent guest on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lseafricasummit.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">London School of Economics Africa Summit&nbsp;Podcast Series<\/a> (a crucial new venue dedicated to African scholarship), where he discussed his role as Director of <a href=\"http:\/\/carleton.ca\/africanstudies\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">IAS<\/a> at Carleton University and divulged some of his thoughts, ideas and research as an academic and intellectual in the wider discipline of African Studies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Pius Adesanmi Interview by LSE Africa Summit\" width=\"500\" height=\"400\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?visual=true&#038;url=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F246577421&#038;show_artwork=true&#038;maxheight=750&#038;maxwidth=500\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In January 2016, Adesanmi&#8217;s impressive profile as one Africa&#8217;s&nbsp;leading public intellectuals and heralded African writers, brought the Nigerian Television Authority&#8217;s program &#8220;Diasporan of the Week&#8221; to the Carleton University campus. Adesanmi had a fascinating chat with host Joy Osiagwu about the current and past climates of Nigerian culture, politics and identity which aired simultaneously on Nigerian Television Authority&#8217;s local and international streams.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"A CHANCE TO MEET PIUS ADESANMI\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ZWc9mKiWxwU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Director of Institute of African Studies (IAS), Professor Pius Adesanmi has been recognized for his celebrated new book of essays on Nigerian politics and culture, titled Naija No Dey Carry Last: Thoughts on a Nation in Progress. 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