Lecture : The Military and Unconstitutional Power Transfer under the ‘Third Wave of Democratization’ in Africa

In the framework of the IAS/IFRA-Nigeria Distinguished Personality Lecture Series, we receive Prof. Isaac O. Albert, Director of the Institute of African Studies of the University of Ibadan who will deliver a lecture entitled: “The Military and Unconstitutional Power Transfer under the ‘Third Wave of Democratization’ in Africa”. The lecture will focus on recent events and experience of Power Transfer in Africa.

Date: May 9th, 2011
Place: Draper’s Hall, Institute of African Studies, University of Ibadan
Time: 4.30-6.00 pm

Refreshments will be served after the event.

Prof. Isaac Olawale Albert is a Professor of is a Professor of Peace and Conflict Studies and the Director of the Institute of African Studies, University of Ibadan, Nigeria. He established the Peace and Conflict Studies Programme of the Institute; facilitated the establishment of the Peace and Development Studies Programme of the University of Cape Coast, Ghana; and the Peace and Strategic Studies Programme of the University of Ilorin, Nigeria. He is a Regional Board Member of the West African Network for Peace Building (Accra, Ghana), the Board Chairman of the Society for Peace Studies and Practice (SPSP) and a Consultant to several international development agencies.