Stephen Adebanji Akintoye, also known as S. Banji Akintoye (born 1935), is a Nigerian-born academic, historian and writer.

He attended Christ's School Ado Ekiti, Nigeria from 1951–1955, and studied history at the University College (Overseas College of the University of London), Ibadan (1956–1961), and doctoral studies from 1963-1966 at the University of Ibadan, where he was awarded a PhD in History in 1966.

He taught at the History Department at Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria, where he became a professor and Director of the Institute of African Studies from 1974-1977.

He has also taught African History in universities in the United States including the University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida; Montgomery County Community College, PA, and Eastern University, St. Davids, Pennsylvania.


Akintoye has written four books, chapters in many joint books, and several articles in scholarly journals. He took a leading part for some time in the politics of Nigeria and served on the Nigerian Senate from 1979–1983 during the Second Republic.

Akintoye is one of the current leading scholars on the history of the Yoruba people. His most recent work, A History of the Yoruba People (Amalion, 2010), draws on decades of new findings and thinking on Yoruba studies that challenges some previously dominant notions about the origins of the Yoruba. This work dispels the Middle Eastern and Arabia origins propounded by such scholars as the late Samuel Johnson (1846–1901) and also gave prominence to the works on the Pre-Oduduwa Period by Ulli Beier among others.

Akintoye also gave prominence to the role of Ilé-Ifè over that of Oyo. A reviewer, Wale Adebanwi, notes: "...this book directly contests and shifts the focus of Yoruba history away from what many have called the Oyo-centric account of Samuel Johnson... Where Johnson avoids the creation myth that positions Ife as the sacred locus of Oduduwa's original descent and the orirun (creation-source), Akintoye, justifiably, restores Ile-Ife to its proper place as "ibi ojumo ti mon wa'ye" (where the dawn emerges)...

Now! this is the real ASIWAJU...

Seriously, Yoruba get people!!!
But, To think that Yoruba's have a man as learned and loaded as this and Fulani's that didn't even smell the four walls of education are calling Yoruba's their slaves, raping them and killing them without any apology.. Its really unbelievable!!

How did we even get here for Christ's sake?

Warripikine:
Seriously, Yoruba get people!!!
But, To think that Yoruba's have a man as learned and loaded as this and Fulani's that didn't even smell the four walls of education are calling Yoruba's their slaves, raping them and killing them without any apology.. Its really unbelievable!!

How did we even get here for Christ's sake?

Don’t mind them, they thought they are wise when they where mocking us for paying Fulani for each cow killed

Prof. Akin is not a prof emeritus but a well respected historian in Africa and the world.

He was the first man live in the newly built University of Ife (now OAU).

I pray God strength him to live longer. His scholarly work on the Yoruba history is topnotch.

What is needed now is for all the Yoruba race to fall in place. Let Tinubu enjoy his Atlantic island with Dangote. Because as things stand now i don’t understand the meaning of his silence.

I wondered how we end up with character like Tinubu in the elms of Yoruba leadership when we have the quality of people like pro Olabanji. My prayer for professor Olabanji is for God to grant him good health and keep him with us a little longer than normal. The future is golden for the Yoruba race

greymiles:

Don’t mind them, they thought they are wise when they where mocking us for paying Fulani for each cow killed

Abi

Asiwaju of his compound

Tinubu urchins go vex... the one above don the provoke already

Yoruba people Sef

He is a man of utmost intellect.

But there's no need dragging Tinubu here.

Asgard13:
Tinubu urchins go vex... the one above don the provoke already

Yoruba people Sef

There are those who want the status quo to continue, but the truth is , we outnumber them..
Nigeria as presently constituted is a scam..

optionalY09:
What is needed now is for all the Yoruba race to fall in place. Let Tinubu enjoy his Atlantic island with Dangote. Because as things stand now i don’t understand the meaning of his silence.

I wondered how we end up with character like Tinubu in the elms of Yoruba leadership when we have the quality of people like pro Olabanji. My prayer for professor Olabanji is for God to grant him good health and keep him with us a little longer than normal. The future is golden for the Yoruba race

If you are above 18 years go and watch a movie titled " silence of the lambs ".
The people that will " DETACH " SW from Nigeria will not come out to make noise.
Lots of love and respect to those making noise though, but still enu o se.

7lives:


If you are above 18 years go and watch a movie titled " silence of the lambs ".
The people that will " DETACH " SW from Nigeria will not come out to make noise.
Lots of love and respect to those making noise though, but still enu o se.

ene o se every one is valued so long as they do the peoples wish

All of you cheering this old man on, when the FG come for him, hope you won't cry ...



So , because you all know that Tinubu and the rest are unelectable, you are disturbing baba buhari




Come and be president let's see


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