Professor Akin Mabogunje, former Chancellor, Bells University of Technology, Ota and Chairman, Centre for Human Security, Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library, Abeokuta, Chairman, Ibadan School of Government and Public Policy and Chairman, Foundation for Development and Environmental Initiatives, Ibadan, was former Executive Chairman of the Development Policy Centre, Ibadan, Dean of the Faculty of the Social Sciences, Director of the Planning Studies  Programme and Professor of Geography of the University of Ibadan, Nigeria.  Born in Kano on the 18th of October, 1931, he attended Ibadan Grammar School, and received his university education at both the University College, Ibadan and the University College, London.  He graduated Doctor of Philosophy in Geography from the University of London in 1961 and taught for many years at the University of Ibadan, Nigeria.  He also taught in a number of Universities outside Nigeria, notably in Britain, Sweden, Brazil and the United States.  In the latter country, he was the Melville Herskovits Distinguished Professor of African Studies for the session 1978-79 and was the first African President of the International Geographical Union, 1980-84.

Mabogunje has served in a number of public sector positions in Nigeria.  Notable among these are as Chairman, Western State Forestry Commission (1968-74), Senior Adviser on Mapping, Nation Population Commission (1972-75), Member,  Federal Public Service Review Commission, (Udoji Commission) 1972-74, Chairman, National Council for Management Development (1976-79), Consultant, Federal Capital Development Authority, 1976-84, Pro-Chancellor and Chairman of the Governing Council of Ogun State University (1982-91), Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Nigerian National Merit Award Endowment Fund (1989-94), Vice-Chairman of the Directorate of Food, Roads and Rural Infrastructure (DFFRI) in the Office of the President (1986-91), Executive Chairman of the National Board for Community Banks (1991-1994), Chairman of the Federal Mortgage Bank of Nigeria (2002-2008), Chairman, Presidential Technical Committee on Housing and Urban Development, 2002 – 2004, Chairman, Interim Lagos-Ogun Megacity Development Authority, 2006 –2011 and Chairman, Presidential Technical Committee on Land Reform, 2009 – 2011.  In the private sector, he was Chairman, First Interstate Bank (1995-2005) which later merged with other banks to form the Unity Bank for which he was also Chairman (2005 -2011). In his hometown Ijebu-ode he was the Initiator and Chairman of the Ijebu Development Initiative on Poverty Reduction, Awujale Palace, Ijebu-ode, 1999 – 2022. 

Mabogunje has been the recipient of numerous honours both within and outside Nigeria.  He is one of the very earliest recipients in 1980 of the Nigerian National Order of Merit (NNOM), the highest national award for distinguished contribution to the academic and intellectual life of the country.  He is also the recipient of the national honours of Commander of the Order of the Niger (CON – 2001) and Commander of the Order of the Federal Republic (CFR – 2011) and is one of the 100 recipients of the Centenary Award to mark the 100th year of the amalgamation of Nigeria (2014).  Mabogunje has been honoured with honorary doctorate degrees by the Stockholm School of Economics, Sweden (1973), Michigan State University, East Lansing (1976) and a number of Nigerian Universities. He is a Fellow of University College, London (1981), the Nigerian Geographical Association (1984) and the Social Science Academy of Nigeria (1999).  He is Honorary Fellow of the Nigerian Institute of Town Planners (1990), the Nigerian Institution of Estate Surveyors and Valuers (2006) and the Nigerian Institution of Surveyors (2010).  He is the first African to be elected Foreign Associate of the United States National Academy of Sciences in 1999. In 2017, Mabogunje was named the “Laureate of the Vautrin-Lud Prize” which is regarded as the “Noble Prize of Geography” and in the same year at the age of 85 he was elected as a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

Akin Mabogunje, born of strong Christian parents has always been active in the Church. He loves to sing Church hymns and was a chorister in the Church in his younger days. He attends the Cathedral Church of Saint James the Great in Oke-Ado, Ibadan the city he lives in and has received many honours and recognitions for his contributions in the Church and the diocese. In his lifetime he was a member of the Youth Christian Circle (YCC) in the Cathedral for many years. In his home town Ijebu-ode, he worships at the Cathedral Church of Our Saviour, Italowajoda, Ijasi whenever he visits home and joined the Egbe Ifelodun society of the Church about 30 years ago and served as its 7th President between 1999 and 2002. He remained an active member of the Egbe till his passing.

Akin Mabogunje married his true love and best friend, Hon. Justice Titilola Mabogunje (nee Ogunmekan) on December 28th 1957 and the marriage is blessed with five children (Folasade, Oluseun, Adegboyega, Adebimpe and Olusola) who are now all happily married and have given him many grandchildren and great grandchildren. He is survived by brothers, sisters, nieces, nephews and cousins and was the Patriarch of the Mabogunje family until his death in the early morning of August 4th 2022.

May his noble soul rest in peace 

Name: AKINLAWON LADIPO MABOGUNJE

Birth: Born 18th October, 1931 in Kano, Northern Nigeria

Address: 13 Oba Olagbegi Road, Bodija Estate, Ibadan

 P. O. Box 2681, Main Post Office, Ibadan

 E-mail: akinmabo@gmail.com.

Parentage: Father: Joseph Omotunde Mabogunje, retired official of the United Africa Co.  Ltd. (Deceased)

 Mother: Janet Adeola Mabogunje, Trader (Deceased)

Education: Holy Trinity School, Kano - 1935-1938

 United Native African Church School, Kano 1939-1941

 Central School, Mapo, Ibadan - 1942

 The Grammar School, Ibadan - 1943-1948

 University College, Ibadan - 1949-1953

 University College, London - 1954-1958

Qualifications: B.A. General Degree (London) - 1953

 B.A. Honours Geography (London) - 1956

 M.A. (London) - 1958

 Ph.D. (London) - 1961

 Hon. D. Econ (Stockholm School of Economics, 1973 Stockholm, Sweden

 Hon. D. Litt. (Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, United States 1976

 Hon. D. Sc. (University of Benin, Benin-City) 1995

 Hon. D. Sc. (Ogun State University, Ago-Iwoye) 1996

 Hon. D. Tech. (Bells University of Technology, Ota) 2009

 Hon. D. Env, Tech. (Federal University of Technology, Akure) 2010

 Fellow of the University College London (FUCL) 1981

 Fellow of the Nigerian Geographical Association (FNGA) 1984

 Fellow of the Nigerian Institute of Town Planners (FNITP) 1990

 Foreign Associate of the United States National Academy of Sciences 1999

 Fellow of the Social Science Academy of Nigeria (FSSAN) 2002

 Fellow of the Nigerian Institution of Estate Surveyors & Valuers 2006

 Fellow of the Nigerian Academy of Engineering (FNAE) 2006

 Fellow of the Nigerian Institution of Surveyors (FNIS) 2010

Prize-Winner in Geography, University College, Ibadan, 1950/51 and 1951/52 

Winner of Parry Prize in Geography, University of London, University College, 1953/54

 Award of the David Livingstone Centennial Gold Medal by the American Geographical Society for distinguished contribution to the Geography of Africa, 1972 

 Murchinson Award of the Royal Geographical Society, London for distinguished contribution of the Geography of West Africa, 1975 

 Melville Herskovits Distinguished Professor of African Studies, Northwesstern University, Evanston, Illinois, USA, 1978

 Nigeria National Order of Merit Award, (NNOM), the highest national award for distinguished contribution to the academic and intellectual life of the country, 1980.

Laureate d”Honneur, Société de Geographié, Paris, 1984

 Anders Retzius Gold Medal of the Swedish Association for Anthropology and Geography, 1985

Social Correspondent of La Societa Geografica Italiana for distinguished contribution to the study of urbanization in the Third World, Rome, 1986

 Honorary Corresponding Member, Academie Royale des Sciences d’Outre-Mer,  Bruxelles, Belgium, 1987

Life Membership, University of Ibadan Alumni Association, Ibadan, 1987

 Merit Award Recipient as a distinguished citizen of Ogun State, Nigeria, 1989

Life Membership, University of Ibadan Alumni Association, Ibadan, 1987

Merit Award Recipient as a distinguished citizen of Ogun State, Nigeria, 1989

Honorary Corresponding Member, Royal Geographical Society, London, U.K.  1991

Recipient of the Grande Medaille of the French Geographical Soceity, Paris, 1992,

Recipient, Certificate of Merit of the Ijebu-Ode Development Association, 1993               

Recipient of the Research Gold Medal of the Royal Scottish Geographical Society,  1994

Distinguished Africanist Award of the African Studies Association of the United States, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA, November, 1997

UNCHS Scroll of Honour for outstanding contributions to human settlements development, Dubai, United Arab Emirates, 1998

Initiator and Chairman of the Ijebu Development Initiative on Poverty Reduction (IDIPR), Awujale’s Palace, Ijebu-ode, 1999 – 2022. 

Foreign Associate of the United States National Academy of Sciences, Washington, D.C., April, 1999

Nigerian National Honours of Commander of the Order of the Niger (CON), 2001

Special Award by the Archbishop of Ibadan Province, Church of Nigeria (Anglican Communion),  Ibadan, 2003

Hallmarks of Labour Foundation Role Model Award, 2005

National Union of Geography Students Association (NUGSA) (University of    Ibadan Chapter) Role Model Award, 2005

National Environment Award 2006 (Sustainable Development Man of the Year) 2006

The Zik Prize in Leadership (for outstanding performance in Public Service), 2006

Distinguished Service Award by the Cathedral of St. James The Great at the 150th Anniversary Commemoration of its Founding - 2010

Nigerian National Honours of Commander of the Order of the Federal Republic (CFR), 2011

Centenary Award, Federal Government of Nigeria, 100 Eminent Citizens, 2014

CVL Leadership without Title (LWT) Award - 2016

Laureate of the Vautrin-Lud Prize which is regarded as the Noble Prize of Geography – 2017

Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences – 2017

Heart of the Nation Star Award by the Federal Capital Territory Authousity (FCTA) – June 2022 

                  Lecturer                                               1958-1964

                      Senior Lecturer                                          1964-1965

                      Professor                                                    1965-1981

                      Dean, Faculty of Social Sciences               1968-1970 

                      Director, Planning-Studies Programme     1972-1981

Visiting Professorship (International):

1.   North Western University, Evanston, Illinois, USA  -  1963/64; 1967/68; 1978/79.

2.   McGill University, Centre f or Developing Countries Areas Studies, Montreal, Canada, 1969

3.   Universities of Goteborg and Lund, Sweden, 1970

4.   Universities of London, Oxford, Cambridge and Durham as Commonwealth Professor, 1971

5.   University of Rio De Janeiro, Brazil, 1975

6.   Stockholm School of Economics, Stockholm., Sweden, 1976

7.   University of Cambridge, England, 1978

8.   Visiting Scholar, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, January, 1996.

Editor, Nigerian Geographical Journal, 1962-65

Editor, Oxford University Press series on Studies in the Development of African Resources, 1967

President, Nigerian Geographical Association 1968-70 

Vice President, Nigerian Economic Society, 1972 - 1982

Vice President, Nigerian Ecological Society, 1973 - 1979

President, National Council for Population Activities, 1986 - 1992

Executive Chairman, Development Policy Centre, Ibadan, 1996 - 2000

Chairman, Governing Board, Development Policy Centre, Ibadan, 2000  - 2003

Chairman, Board of Trustees, Foundation for Development and Environmental Initiatives  (FDI), Ibadan, 2006 

Chairman, Governing Council, Centre for Human Security, Olusegun Obasanjo

Presidential Library, Oke Mosan, Abeokuta, 2012 

Chairman, Governing Council, Ibadan School of Government and Public Policy, Awolowo Avenue, Ibadan, 2015 -

Chairman, Enumeration Area Demarcation, Western Nigeria Census Board, 1961-1963

       Member, Western Nigeria Economic Advisory Council, 1967 - 71

       Chairman, Western State Forestry Commission 1968-74

       Member, Western National Committee on Kainji Lake Research Project, 1968~74

       Member Federal Public Service Review Commission, 1972-74

       Consultant on Enumeration Area Demarcation, National Census Board, 1973-75

       Chairman, Nigerian Council for Management Development, 1976 - 79

       Consultant, Federal Capital Development Authority, 1976-84

       Pro-Chancellor and Chairman of Council, Ogun State University, Ago-Iwoye, 1982-1991

       Member, Board of the Directorate of Food, Roads and Rural Infrastructures, Office of the President, 1986 - 1993

       Member, Board of Trustees, Nigerian National Merit Award Endowment Fund, 1983-1989         

       Chairman, Board of Trustees, Nigerian National Merit Award Endowment Fund, 1989-1994       

       Executive Chairman, National Board for Community Banks, 1991-1994

       Member, Committee on the Merger of the Federal Mortgage Finance Limited and the Federal Mortgage Bank of Nigeria, (Chairman - Alhaji M.I.Yahaya), 2000

Member, Presidential Committee on Urban Development and Housing (Chairman - Governor Peter Odili), 2001

       Chairman, Presidential Technical Committee on Housing and Urban Development, 2002 - 2004

       Chairman, Presidential Technical Board, Federal Mortgage Bank of Nigeria, 2002 – 2007

       Member, Technical Committee on the Reform of Local Government Councils in Nigeria,           2003  2004

       Member, Federal Capital Territory Honorary Ministerial Advisory Committee, 2004  2005

       Chairman, Presidential Committee for the Redevelopment of the Lagos Megacity Region,           2005  2006

       Chairman, Interim Lagos-Ogun Megacity Development Authority, 2006 –2011

        Chancellor, Bells University, Otta, 2007 - 2015

       Chairman, Presidential Technical Committee on Land Reform, 2009 - 2011

       Member, Board of Directors, Nigerian Agricultural Products Co. Ltd., 1965-76

       Member, Board of Directors, Academy Press Plc., 1976 - 2006

       Vice-Chairman, Pai Associates International (Nigeria) Ltd., 1979 - 89

       Vice Chairman, Board of Directors, Pi International Co. Ltd., 1990 -

       Chairman, Board of Directors, Fountain Publications Limited, 1990 -

       Member, Board of Directors, First Interstate Merchant Bank (Nigeria) Ltd., 1993-95

       Member, Board of Directors, Shonny Investment and Properties Co. Ltd., 1994 -

      Chairman, Board of Directors, First Interstate Merchant Bank (Nigeria) Ltd. 1995  99

     Chairman, Board of Trustees, Estate of Late Chief Timothy Adeola Odutola,      1995 -

     Chairman, Board of Trustees, Ijebu Development Initiatives for Poverty Reduction, 1999 -       

      Chairman, Board of Directors, First Interstate Bank Plc., 2000 - 2005

       Chairman, Board of Directors, Unity Bank Plc., 2006  2011

       Member, Board of Trustees, Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library,            2008 -

International:

      Member, International Geographical Union Commission on Quantitative Methods, 1964-72

      Member, International Geographical Union Commission on Regional Aspects of Development, 1972-76

      Member, International Council of Scientific Union, Scientific Committee on Problems of            the Environment, 1973 - 76

      Vice-President, International Geographical Union, 1972~80

      Member, United Nations Secretary-General-Adhoc Advisory Committee on Regional 

      Development advising on the United Nations Centre for Regional Development, Nagoya,            Japan, 1972-86

      Vice-President, Governing Council, Pan-African Institute for Development, 1972-78

      Chairman, International Geographical Union Commission on Regional Systems and                     Policies, 1976 - 80

      Member, Board of Trustees, Population Council, New York, 1977 - 85

      President, Governing Council, Pan-African Institute for Development, Douala, Cameroon, 

      1978 - 84

     President, International Geographical Union, 1980-84

     Member, Board of Trustees, Settlement Study Centre, Rehovot, Israel, 1982 - 88

     Chairman, International Committee for Overcoming Hunger in the 1990s, World Hunger  Program, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, 1988 - 94

     Visiting Research Fellow, World Bank, 1990

     Member, Executive Committee, Africa Leadership Forum, 1992 - 1996

     Chairman, UNDP/UNCHS/World Bank Advisory Committee on the Urban Management Program, 1993 - 2000

     Senior Adviser to the Secretary-General for the United Nations Second Conference on Human Settlements, 1994 - 96

     Member, SAIL Project Committee of the Ministry of Development Cooperation, Government           of the Netherlands, 1997 - 2001 

     Member, Policy Advisory Board, World Bank, Cities Alliance, 2001 - 2006

     Member, US National Academy of Sciences, Committee on the Geographic Foundation for                Agenda 21, Washington D.C. 2001 – 2002

     Member, US National Academy of Sciences, Committee on Africas Lost Crops, Washington            D.C. 2003  2004

     Member, Board of Directors, African Center for Health and Security, George Washington                  University, Washington D.C., 2004  

     Member, US National Academy of Sciences, Committee on Urban Environmental Sustainability,     Washington D.C., 2005 - 2006

Publications:

(A) Theses:

         Changing Pattern of Rural Settlement and Rural Economy, Egba Division, Southwestern 

         Nigeria, (Unpublished M.A. Thesis for the University of London, 1958)

         Lagos: A Study in Urban Geography, (Unpublished Ph.D. for the University of London, 1961)

(B) Books:

1962: Yoruba Towns, Ibadan University Press, 22p

1967: with P.C. Lloyd and B. Awe, (eds), The City of Ibadan, Cambridge University Press, 280p

Report on Forest Policy and Management in the Western State of Nigeria, Ministry of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Ibadan, 1967, 141p (with J. Omer-Cooper) Owu in Yoruba History, Ibadan University Press, 123p.

Growth Poles and Growth Centres in the Regional Development of Nigeria, United Nations Research Institute for Social Development, Report No 71, 3, Geneva 81p

1968. Urbanization In Nigeria, University of London Press, 365pp.

1972: Regional Mobility and Resource Development in West Africa, McGill University Press (Keith Callard Lectures) No 6, 156p

1973:   (ed. ) Kainji Lake Studies, Vol. 2, Socio-Economic Aspects, University of Ibadan            Press, 196p

1974:   Cities and Social Order, Ibadan University Press, (Inaugural Lecture Series), 36p

1977:   (With A. Faniran (eds), Regional-Planning and National Development in Africa, Ibadan University Press, 326p

  (with M. 0. Filani), Absorption of Migrants into Kano City, Nigeria, Geneva ILO,         Work Employment Programme Research, Working Paper No 29, WEP-2, 19/WP29     154p

   With Filani et al), Ondo State: Guidelines for Physical and Regional                         Development  Plan, Akure, Ministry of Works and Housing, 137p

   (with Filani et al), Akure Physical Development Plan, Akure, Ministry of Works and     Housing, 35p

1978:            (with J. E. Hardoy & R. P. Misra), Shelter Provision in Developing Countries                                        (Scope II, John Wiley & Sons), 94p

1980:                The Development Process: A Spatial Perspective, Hutchinson University Library                               Press, London 379p

1981:        (with R.P. Misra (eds)), Regional Development Alternatives: International                             Perspectives,  Maruzen Asia, (for UNCRD, Nagoya, Japan), Singapore, 322p

1984:                     The Geography of Aid, Norma Wilkinson Memorial Lecture 1984, University of                           Reading, Department of Geography, Geographical Papers, No 90, 41p

1985                 (with Bertha K. Becker), Rural Development: Capitalist and Socialist Paths,                                             Vol.2,Brazil and Nigeria, Concept Publishers, New Delhi, India, 278p.

Last Things First: Re-appraising the Fundamentals of Nigerials Development               Crisis,Nigeria National Merit Award Lecture, Government Printer, FGP                         268/1085/1000(013), NA, Lagos 28p.

1987:             The End of the Beginning: Reflections on the Development Crisis in Sub- Saharan Africa, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 25p.

1989:                       The Development Process: A Spatial Perspective, (2nd Edition), Unwin Hyman                            Ltd., London, 390p.

1992:                  Perspective on Urban Land and Urban Management Policies in sub-Saharan                                    Africa,(Washington D.C.: World Bank Technical Paper No.196, Africa Technical                           Department Series).

1997:        State of the Earth: Contemporary Geographic Perspectives (Oxford:                                                                   Blackwell Publishers/UNESCO), 428pp.

2006:       Ijebuland: Challenges of Local Governance in the Modern Era, (Ijebu-Ode:       Association of Ijebu Development)

2007:      Health Challenges of Nigerian Urbanization, The Benjamin Oluwakayode

     Osuntokun Ninth Memorial Lecture, (Ibadan: Book Builders)

2009     Surveying and Geoinformatics in National Development: Reflections on 100 Years of the Federal School of Surveying, (Oyo: Federal School of Surveying: Centenary Lecture), 30pp

2010     Bridging the Gap & Unleashing the Genius: The Challenge of Universities of Technology in Nigeria, (Akure: Federal University of Technology, Convocation Lecture), 41pp

2011      Promoting Good Governance: What Can We, The People, Do, Fourth Splash     105.5FM Anniversary Public Lecture, (Ibadan: Oluben Printers), 34pp.

2011     A Measure of Grace: The Autobiography of Akinlawon Ladipo Mabogunje,                                        (Ibadan: Bookbuilders-Editions Africa), 709pp

2012     Revisiting the Environmental Challenges of Lagos Megacity, (Lagos: Johnny Enis, First Oye Williams Biennial Lecture, Nigerian-Spanish Association), 39pp

2016     Issues and Challenges of Governance in Nigeria, (Ijebu-Ode: Aafin Awujale & Olabisi Onabanjo University),  33pp.

(C) Articles and Reviews:

1958:       "The Yoruba Home",  Odu: Journal of Yoruba and Related Studies, No.5

1959:         "Rice cultivation in Southern Nigeria", Nigerian Geographical Journal, 2, 59-69

 "Source Material for the Study of Historical Geography in Nigeria", Research                                Notes, Department of Geography, University of Ibadan, No 12, February, 15-27                           

1960:       "Review of “The Study of History, Vol.  XI, Historical Atlas and Gazetter”, by A.J.                      Toynbee and F.D. Myers, in Ibadan, No 8, March, p.40

1961:        (with Oyawoye, M.O.) "Problems of Northern Yoruba Towns: The example of Shaki", Nigerian Geographical Journal, 4, pp. 2-10

Some Comments on Land Tenure in Egba Division, Western Nigeria, Africa: Journal of the International African Institute, vol.31, no.3, July, pp.258-269 

"Lagos - Nigeria's melting pot", Nigerian Magazine, No 68, March, 1961

"The Market Women", Ibadan, No 11, February, 1961

1962: "The Growth of residential districts in Ibadan", Geographical Review, 52, pp.56-77 

 1964: "The evolution and analysis of the retail structure of Lagos, Nigeria", Economic Geography, vol.46, no.4, October, pp.304 - 323

                          "Economic Implications of the pattern of urbanization in Nigeria,", Nigerian

Journal of Economic and Social Studies, Vol 7, No 1, pp. 9-30

1965: "Urbanization in Nigeria, a constraint on economic development" Economic Development and Cultural Change, Vol 13, pp. 413-438                       

                          "Land, People and Tradition in Nigeria", in L.F. Blitz (ed) The Politics and  Administration of Nigerian Government, London, pp. 11-46

"Water Resources and Economic Development in Nigeria" Chapter in D.W. Brokensha (ed.), Ecology and Economic Develoipment in Africa: Current Research and Problem, University of California Press, Berkeley, pp. 147-159

"Some Thoughts on being Underdeveloped", Ibadan, No 15, March, pp 22-26

"Local Government for what" Nigerian Opinion, Vol 1, No 2, February, pp 8-9

1967:                 "African Cities and some theoretical underpinnings in Urban Geography", in

D.W.Brokensha and M. Crowder, (eds), Africa in the Wider World, Oxford, pp 163-186

"Review of Indian Cities: Characteristics and Correlates, by Quazi Ahmed, University of Chicago, Department of Geography, Research Paper, No 102. 1066, 184P in Nigerian Geographical Journal, Vol 10, No 1, June pp. 67-68

1968: "Geography and National Reconstruction". Nigerian Geographical Journal; Vol II, No 1, June, pp. 3-10

"Urban Land-Use Problems in Nigeria", Institute of British Geographers, Special Publication, No 1, November pp. 203-215

"Research in "Urban Geography in Nigeria", Nigerian Geographical Journal, Vol 3, No II, December, pp 101-114

            "Review of The City in Modern Africa by Horace Miner (ed.) New York, in Journal  of Developing Areas, vol.3, no.1, October, pp.99 - 101      

1969:               "Industrialization within an Existing System of Cities", Nigerian Geographical Journal, Vol 12. No 1, June, pp 3-16

"Urban Patterns in Africa" in J. Paden and E. Soja (eds), The African Experience,

Northewestern University Press, pp 383-420

"Agricultural Development in Africa", Bulletin of Atomic Scientists, April, pp 21-23

"The Africa City-Dwellers", Insight and Opinion, Vol.1, No 2

1970: "System Approach to Rural-Urban Migration", Geographical Analysis, Vol 2, No 1, pp 1-18

"A Topology of Population Pressure on Resources in West Africa", in R.M. Prothero, L. Kosinski and W.W., Zelinsky (ed.), Geography and a Crowding World, Oxford University Press, pp 114-128

"International Trade and National Integration in Nigeria", Journal of Business & Social Studies, Vol 3, No 1, December, pp 94-104

"Migration Policy and Regional Development in Nigeria", Nigerian Journal of Economic and Social Studies, Vol 12, No 2, July, pp 243-262

"Review of West Africa, by W.B. Morgan and J. C. Pugh, Methuen and Co., London, 1969, 788p" in Geographical Review, Vol 60, No 2, April, pp 290-292

1971: "Lands and People in West Africa", Chapter in the Volume by M. Crowder and J.F. Ajayi (eds), The History of West Africa, 1971, pp 1-32

"Quantification and Statistical Methods in Geography" in J.A. Majasan (ed.), New Dimensions in Nigerian High School Geography, Ibadan University Press.

 "Changes in Socio-Economic and Cultural Patterns caused by the industrialization of Nigeria - a regional differentiation", Afrika Spectrum, Vol 3, pp 34-45

"Nigeria: Physical and Social Geography" in Africa South of the Sahara,.  Europa

Publications, Europa Publications Limited, London, 1971, pp 551-552

"International Migrations and Full Employment: The Example of West Africa", in OECD Publication", The Challenge of Unemployment to Development and the Role of Training and Research Institutes in Development.' OECD Development Centre, Paris, pp 159-174

"Spatial Redistribution of Population in Africa: Colonization, Resettlement and

Urbanization", UN Economic Commission for Africa, E/CN 14/POP/45, November 28pp

1972: "Regional Planning and the Development Process: Prospects in the 1970-74 Plan" in K.M. Barbour (ed), Regional Planning in Nigeria, Ibadan University Press, Ibadan, pp. 4-15

"The Perceptual Dimension in Regional Economic Development: two African examples", International Social Development Review, No 4.. pp 20-27

"Urban Land Policy and Population Growth in Nigeria", in S.H. Ominde and A. Ejiogo, Population Growth and Economic Development in Africa, University of London Press 

"Environment and the Development Process in the Third World", CERES, FAO Publication, Rome, Italy pp 26~30

Industrialization and Metropolitan Development in Nigeria" in La Croissance Urbaine en Afrique Noire et a Madagascar, Centre National de la Recharche Scientifique, Paris, pp 827-840

1973: "Manufacturing and the Geography of Development in Tropical Africa",      

                          Economic Geography, vol.49, no.1, January, pp.1-20

            "Role of the City in the Modernization of Developing Countries", Canadian Geographer, vol.17, no.1, pp.67-70

"The Humanities and the Social Sciences" in J F Ade Ajayi and T.N. Tamuno (eds.) The University of Ibadan 1948-73: A History of the first twenty five years, Ibadan University Press, 1973, pp 168-190

"Infrastructure in the Development Process: The Metropolitan Level", Royal Town Planning 1972, Summer School Report

1974: "Urbanization and Regional Inequalities in Nigeria" in R.S. Thoman (ed.), Proceedings of the Commission on Regional Aspects of Development of the International Geographical Union, Vol 1, Methodology and Case Studies, California State University, Harvard, pp. 527-554

"Training and Research for Regional Development in Africa South of the Sahara: The present situation and prospects for the future" in United Nations Development Programme (ed.), Issues of Training and Research in Regional Development, United Nations, New York, DOP/UN/INT-71-400, pp. 176-184

"Migrants and Innovation in African Societies: Definition of a Research Field", African Urban Notes, Winter 1974/75, Ser B No 1, pp 49-57

"Urbanization in Africa: A consumer Innovation" in Salah El-Shakhs & R Obudho (eds.), Urbanization, National Development and Regional Planning in Africa,

"Regional and International Coordination" in the Environment Sciences in Developing Countries, Butler University, Indianapolis, pp 337-350

"Towards an Urban Policy for Nigeria" " Nigeria Journal of Economics,and Social Studies,  March, Vol 27, No 2, pp 282-30

                      "Migration and Urbanization in West Africa" in J.C. Caldwel (ed.) Populaition 

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1976:            Spatial Production Organisation and Integration in Developing Countries: The                              Case of Africa"Geoforum, Vol 7, pp 233-237

                      "Urban Situation in Nigeria", Chapter 11 in S. Goldstein (ed.) Patterns of                Urbanization: Comparative Country Studies, IUSSP Publications, Ordina Editions, pp. 569-641

                      "The Population Census of Nigeria, 1973",  in J.T.Coppock & W R D Sewell (ed.),                        Spatial Dimensions of Public Policy, New York, pp.207-226

1977:             "In Search of Spatial Order: Geography and the New Programme of Urbanization                          in Nigeria" in D R Deskins Jr., George Kish, J D Nystuen & Gunnar Olsson (eds.)                        Geographic Humanism: Analysis and Social Action.  Ann Arbor (Michigan                                   Geographical Publications No 17, pp.347-376

                        "International Circumstances Affecting the Development Trade of Developing                              Countries" in Bertil Ohlin, Per-Ove Hesselborn & Per Magnus Wijkman (eds. )                             The International Allocation of Economic Activity, Proceedings of the Nobel

                         Symposium held at Stockholm, London, pp 432-447

                        "Development of World Production and Trade up to the year 2000 - a Third                                  World View", Geojournal, Vol No 3, pp 7-14

"Geographical Dimension of Manpower Planning" in D E Iyamabo, (ed.), Report of the National Seminar on Manpower Planning for Agricltural Development in Nigeria, Ibadan, pp 123-133

                       "Prolegomenon to Urban Poverty in Nigeria", in Poverty in Nigeria, Proceedings of the 1975 Annual Conference of the Nigerian Economic Societv, Ibadan, 1977, pp 69-91

 1978: "Growth Poles and Growth Centres in the Regional Development of Nigeria", in      Antoni Kuklinski (ed. ), Regional Policies in Nigeria, India and Brazil, Mouton      Publishers, The Hague, pp.3-93

"Emerging Policies for Regional Development in Nigeria", in R. P. Misra, D. V.      Urs & V K Natraj (ed.), Regional Planning and National Development, Vol 5, No  2/3 pp 64-66

 "Settlement Policies and the Transformation of Traditional Economies", Habitat 

                       International, vol.3, no.3/4, pp.407-413

1979: (with 0. Arowolo)"Social Science Research in Population and Development in Africa South of the Sahara", Appendix 7, 55p in Carmen A Miro & J E Potter (eds.),  Social Science Research for Population Policy: Directions for the 1980s, Mexico City, June

1980: "The Dynamics of Centre-Periphery Relations: The Need for a New Geography of Resource Development" , Institute of British Geographers, Transactions, New Series, Vol 5, No 2

1981: "Crisis in Rural Development Planning Nigeria (or the Parable of the Old Wineskins) "in Research for Development, Vol 1, No 1, January pp. 1-10. 

"Geography and the Dilemma of Rural Development in Africa", Geografiska Annaler Vol 63B, No 2, pp 73~86

"The Dilemma of Rural Development in Africa", Regional Development Dialogue, Vol 2, No 2, pp 1-19

1982:              "Cities and Social Order", Habitat International, Vol 6, No 3, pp 343-364

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Coleman (eds.), Social Sciences and Public Policy in the Developing World, Toronto, pp. 167-187

1983:               "The Case for Big Cities", Habitat International, (Otto Koenigsberger           

                          Festschrift, Vol 7, No 576, 1983 pp 21-31

1984:    "The Poor Shall Inherit the Earth: Issues of Environmental Quality and the Third     World Development", Geoforum, Vol 15, No 3, pp 295~ 306

"Geography as a Bridge Between Natural and Social Sciences", UNESCO Nature     and Resources, vol.20, no.2, April-June, pp.2-6 

1986: "The Demobilization of the Nigerian Peasantry in R P Misra and Nguyen Tri Dung (eds.), Third World Peasantry: A Continuing Saga of Deprivation, New Delhi (Sterling Publishers), pp 230-244

"Reflections on Local and Regional Development in Third World Countries: The Special Case of Africa", Chapter 17 in Mohammed Shafi and Mehdi Raza (eds.), Spectrum of Modern Geography: Essays in Memory of Prof.  Mohammed Anas, (Concept Publishing Co.), New Delhi, pp. 317-333

"Backwash Urbanization: The Peasantization of Cities in Sub-Saharan Africa", in Machael P. Conzen (ed.), World Patterns of Modern Urban Change (Essays in Honour of Chauncy D Harris), Chicago, University of Chicago, Department of Geography, Research Paper No 217~218, pp. 255-272

1987:            "Organizational Challenges for Self-Reliant Development" Nigerian Management                                Review,Vol 2, No 2, June 1987, pp. 79-84

1988:             "Coping with Structural Adjusment: The Nigerian Experience", pp.191-208 in Ronald                       Cohen (ed.),  Satisfying Africa's Food Needs: Food Production 

                      and Commercializaton in African Agriculture, Carter Studies on Africa, 

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1989: "Agrarian Responses to Out-migration in Sub-Saharan Africa", in Geoffrey McNicoll and Mead Cain (eds.), Rural Development and Population: Institutions and Policy, New York: Oxford University Press pp 324~344, (Supplement to Population and Development Review, Vol. 15

1990:            "The organisation of urban communities in Nigeria", International Social Science                                  Journal,Vol 42, No 3, August 1990, pp 355-366

"Mobilizing Nigerias grassroots for increased food production: Reaching out from the Centre", Food Policy, August 1990, pp 306-312

"Urban Planning and the Post-Colonial State in Africa: A Research Overview", African Studies Review, Vol. 33, No 2, September, 1990, pp 121-203

"Africa's Economic Development: The Role of Urban Centres and Resource Mobilization".  Urban Perspectives, Vol. 1, No 2, December, 1990, pp 1-2 (formerly the Housing and Urban Development Digest)

1991               "Traditional Institutional Radicalization as a Development Strategy", Ibadan 

Socio-Economic Group Occasional Paper Series, no.1, December

1992 "A New Paradigm for Urban Development", Proceedings of the World Bank Annual Conference on Development Economics 1991, pp. 191-208

"New Initiatives in Urban Planning and Management in Nigeria", Habitat International, vol.16, no.2, 1992, pp.73-88

"Sustainable Provision of Infrastructure: Issues of Governance, Empowerment, Participation and Non-Governmental Organizations", Municipal Development Program Publication Series No.12, World Bank, Technical Department, Africa Region, Infrastructure Division, December.

"Science, Political Leadership and the African Experience in Development", pp.28-45 in A.O.Anya (ed.), Science, Leadership and National Development, Proceedings of a National Symposium organised by the Nigerian Academy of Science, Lagos, 3-4 March, 1992 

1993 "New Dimensions in Banking: A Focus on Community Banks", The Nigerian Banker, (Journal of the Chartered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria), Jan-March, 1993, pp.22-28

"Infrastructure: The Crux of Modern Urban Development", The Urban Age, (World Bank), vol.1, no.3, Spring, 1993, p.3

1994 "Overview of Research Priorities in Africa", pp.19-46 in Richard Stren (ed.), Urban Research in the Developing World, vol.2 - Africa, (Toronto: University of Toronto Press)

1995 "The Environmental Challenges in Sub-Saharan Africa", Environment, vol.37, no.4, pp.4-9

"The Capitalization of Money and Credit in the Development Process: The Case of Community Banking in Nigeria", pp. 277-296 in Jane I. Guyer (ed.), Money Matters: Instability, Values and Social Payments in the Modern History of West African Communities, (Social History of Africa Series), (Portsmouth, NH.: Heinemann)

Institutional Radicalization, Local Governance and the Democratization Process in Nigeria, pp.1-13 in Dele Olowu et al.,(eds.), Governance and Democratization in Nigeria, (Ibadan: Spectrum Books)  

"Local Institutions and an Urban Agenda for the 1990s", pp.19-46 in Richard Stren and J.K.Bell (eds.), Urban Research in the Developing World, vol.4 - Perspectives on the City, (Toronto: University of Toronto Press)

1996 Institutional Viability of Autonomous Think Tanks, Building Capacity: Quarterly Newsletter of the African Capacity Building Foundation, vol.IV, nos.3 & 4, July-December, 1996, pp.10-17

1998 Preparing African Cities for the Bond Market, Urban Age: The Global City Magazine, vol.5, no.4., Spring 1998

History of the Department of Geography, University of Ibadan, pp.1-18 in Olusegun  Areola & Stanley I. Okafor (eds.), Fifty Years of Geography in Nigeria: The Ibadan Story, (Ibadan: Ibadan University Press)

Deepening the Paradigm Shift in Nigerias Economic Management, Economic Indicators, Vol.4, no.3, September 1998, pp.7-10 

2000 Institutional Radicalization, the State and the Development Process in Africa, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Washington D.C., vol.97, no.25, December

2001 Nigeria and the Good Urban Governance Campaign, Report on the Launching of the Global Campaign for Good Urban Governance in Nigeria, (Abuja: Federal Ministry of Works and Housing, Fountain Publication, Ibadan)

2002 Poverty and Environmental Degradation: Challenges within the Global Economy, Environment, vol.44, no.1., Jan./Feb.

2014 Promoting Good Governance: What Can We the People Do? pp. 75-96 in Splash F.M., Commitment to Truth: A Compendium of Splash FMs Annual Lecture Series, (Ibadan: West-Midlands Communications)