Tekena Tamuno

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birth_place = Okrika, Port Harcourt
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residence = Ibadan
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nationality = Nigeria
ethnicity = Ijaw
field = Historian
work_institutions = University of Ibadan
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known_for = Historiography of Africa
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religion = Christian


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Tekena Tamuno (born 1932) is a Nigerian historian and former Vice Chancellor of the University of Ibadan. He is currently the president of the board of trustees of Bells University.

Education and Career

He went to St Peter's School in his hometown of Okrika for primary education. After completing his primary education, he attended Okrika Grammar School. From 1953-1958, he studied history at the University of Ibadan before leaving the country in 1960 to continue his studies at Birkbeck, University of London and Columbia University. In 1962, he joined the Department of History at the University of Ibadan. He has 4 children(Ene Tamuno, Ibirobo Adekola ,Alali Tamuno and Boma Tamuno) and also has 4 grandchildren(Temitope Adekola, Arinade Adekola,Abimbola Owolabi and Femi Owolabi)

In addition to his administrative and teaching career, he has written a few books and chaired some public service commissions.

University of Ibadan Timeline

*Lecturer, 1963
*Senior Lecturer, 1967
*Professor, 1971
*Head, department of History, 1972-1975
*Dean, Faculty of Arts, 1973-1975
*Vice Chancellor, 1975-1979.

elected Books

*Nigeria and Elective Representation, 1923-1947.Heinemann (1966)
*The evolution of the Nigerian state;: The Southern phase, 1898-1914. Humanities Press, 1972. ISBN 0391002325
*Abebe: Portrait of a Nigerian leader. ALF Publications, 1991. ISBN 9783119176
*Herbert Macaulay, Nigerian patriot. Heinemann Educational, 1975. ISBN 043594472X
*Nigeria: Its people and its problems. ISBN 9783106910
*Nigerian universities, their students and their society: Factors of leadership, time, and circumstance. ISBN 9783106902
*The police in modern Nigeria, 1861-1965: Origins, development, and role.
*Nigeria Since Independence. Heinemann Educational Books. ISBN 9781294817

References

* National Honour Award Recipients Citation 2002