Personal profile

• Name: Dauda Ishola Jimoh

• Current postal address: Department of History and International Studies,

Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Al-Hikmah University, Ilorin,

P.M.B. 1601, Ilorin, Kwara State, Nigeria

• Marital status: Married

• Telephone: 08056551648

• Email: dijimoh@alhikmah.edu.ng

• State and local government: Kwara; Ilorin West

• Date of first appointment: 3 July 2006

• Present status: Senior Lecturer (last promotion January 2015)

• Position applied for: Professor

• Department: History and International Studies,

Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences

• Areas of specialisation: Gender history, political history, cultural history

Education and qualifications

• Ph.D. in History, University of Ilorin, 2013

• M.A. in History, University of Ilorin, 1997

• B.A. in History and Education, University of Ilorin, 1989

• Attended University of Ilorin in the periods 1985–1989, 1995–1997 and 2000–

2012

• Commonwealth Split-Site Doctoral Scholarship nominee, University of Ilorin,

2002

Memberships and affiliations

• Historical Society of Nigeria

• African Studies Association of Africa (ASAA)

• West Africa Studies Association

• African Interdisciplinary Research Association

• Network of African Scholars

Teaching and supervision

• Eighteen years of university teaching experience

• Undergraduate courses taught include: Themes in diplomatic history, economic

history of Nigeria, international relations, diaspora studies, Nigerian and

African history, Russian and Ottoman history

• Postgraduate courses taught include: Political institutions and organisations

in the Nigerian region before 1800 and nation-building in Nigeria from 1960

• Supervised graduate students on topics such as informal economy in Ilorin,

evolution of Islamic learning in Ilorin and migrant settlers in the Ilorin

metropolis

Career progression and administrative duties

• Assistant Lecturer (July 2006); promoted to Lecturer II (January 2011),

Lecturer I (January 2013) and Senior Lecturer (January 2015)

• Acting Head of Department, History and International Studies (2008–2010)

• Sub-Dean, College of the Humanities (2016–2018)

• Acting Director, Centre for Part-Time and Professional Studies (2016–2020)

• Elected member, University Council (2018–2020)

• Alternate chair, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences conference

committee (2021)

• Chair of procurement verification committee (2017–2019)

• Member of senate business committee, standing committee on examinations, and

other university committees (various years)

Research and scholarly output

• Presented papers at national and international conferences, including the

African Studies Association of Africa (ASAA), historical society meetings and

thematic conferences on economic history, gender and national security

• Research interests focus on gender relations, colonial and post-colonial

politics, Yoruba women’s history and the cultural history of Nigeria• Ongoing research projects address topics such as women’s movement and state

patriarchy, gendered impacts of informal economies and historical causation of

women’s marginalisation in Nigeria

Selected publications

Home-based journals

• “Gender, tradition and Western education: Implications for Yoruba women, 1853–

1963.” Al Hikmah Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences 5(1) (2019) 101–115

• “The harmonisation of dual nationalism in the Nigerian colony.” Ilorin

Journal of History and International Studies 2(1) (2011) 68–82

• “Culture, gender and power imbalance in Yoruba society

before 1800 A.D.” Ilorin Journal of History and International Studies 2(2)

(2011) 106–119

• “The incidental benefits of colonial rule in Ibadan, 1893–

1930.” The Springboard Journal 1(2) (2010) 52–59

National journals

• “Historical trends of gender differentiation and instability in

Nigeria.” VUNA: Journal of History and International Relations 5(5) (2021) 92–

105

• “Patriarchal strategies, colonialism and Yoruba women’s loss of power in local

government administration: The Ibadan experience.” Al Hikmah Journal of History

and International Relations 7(1) (2020) 38–51

• “A historical-critical reading of hegemonic masculinity in

Ola Rotimi’s Kurunmi.” Otukpa (2019) 257–272

• “Demystification of gender role stereotypes: Yoruba women in public life in

the nineteenth century.” Kaduna Journal of Humanities 2(2) (2018) 52–63

International publications

• Yusuff R. O., Jimoh D. I. and Yusuf M. B. O. (2025). “Assessing the quality of

life and life satisfaction of workers: A case of premium edible oils, Oyo State,

Nigeria.” Journal of Co-operative and Business Studies 9(1) 1–17

• Jimoh D. I., Yusuff R. O. and Yusuf M. B. O. (2025). “Women’s movement of

Nigeria: The challenge of state patriarchy.” Mujer Andina 3(2) 83–93

• Jimoh D. I. (2024). “A historical look at the transformation agenda,

patriarchal structures, hegemony and the fate of Nigerian women.” IIUM

Journal of Religion and Civilizational Studies 7(1) 54–70

• Yusuff M. B. O., Ridwan O. Yusuff and Jimoh D. I. (2024). “The relationship

between micro-finance bank and economic growth in Nigeria.” Arab Economic and

Business Journal 16(1) 33–49

Community engagement and service

• Founder and coordinator of Pan-Africanism Today (online discussion group)

• Founder and coordinator of Network of African Creatives and Scholars

• Founder and coordinator of Africa Gender Research Network

• Co-founder and administrator of Network of African Scholars

• Member, Special Road Marshal (Geri-Alimi Unit 11) in Ilorin

• Member of Old Students Association, Bishop Smith Memorial College, Ilorin

(1981 set)

• Member of United Rainbow Foundation, Ilorin

Hobbies and interests

• Writing poetry and articles on topical issues

• Reading widely

• Watching sports, documentaries and news

• Swimming

Referees

• Professor Sulyman Age Abdulkareem, visiting professor, Al Hikmah University,

Ilorin, Nigeria

• Professor Raheem Adebayo Lawal, pioneer Vice Chancellor, University of Offa,

Kwara State, Nigeria

• Professor Musbau Adewumi Akanji, visiting professor

(Department of Biochemistry, Kwara State University, Malete), former Vice Chancellor of Al Hikmah University and Federal University of Minna, Nigeria