Tekena Nitonye Tamuno (28 January 1932 – 11 April 2015) was a Nigerian

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and

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of the

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. He was the President of the

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Education and career

Tamuno attended St Peter's School in his hometown of

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for

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. Upon completion he attended Okrika Grammar School. From 1953 to 1958 he studied history at the University of Ibadan before leaving the country in 1960 to continue his studies at

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and

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. In 1962 he joined the Department of History at the University of Ibadan where he remains as

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. In addition to his administrative and teaching career, he is an author and has chaired public service commissions. Tamuno died on 11 April 2015 in

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, aged 83.

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.

Selected books

Nigeria and Elective Representation, 1923–1947.Heinemann (1966)
*The evolution of the Nigerian state: The Southern phase, 1898–1914. Humanities Press, 1972. *Abebe: Portrait of a Nigerian leader. ALF Publications, 1991. *Herbert Macaulay, Nigerian patriot. Heinemann Educational, 1975. *Nigeria: Its people and its problems. *Nigerian universities, their students and their society: Factors of leadership, time, and circumstance. *The police in modern Nigeria, 1861–1965: Origins, development, and role. *Nigeria Since Independence. Heinemann Educational Books. *Nigerian federalism in historical perspective. ''Federalism and Political Restructuring in Nigeria. Ibadan: Spectrum''.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Tamuno, Tekena 1932 births 2015 deaths Alumni of Birkbeck, University of London Columbia University alumni Academic staff of the University of Ibadan Educators from Rivers State 20th-century Nigerian historians People from Okrika Writers from Rivers State Historians of Nigeria Vice-chancellors of the University of Ibadan

Education and career

University of Ibadan timeline

Selected books

See also

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