Nigerian journalist and culture archivist, Jahman Oladejo Anikulapo has been named winner of the 2024 LSA Distinguished Personality Award of the Lagos Studies Association.
Anikulapo, a former editor at The Guardian and Programmes Chair at the Committee for Relevant Arts (CORA) is honoured for his contributions to Lagos and Nigeria’s studies, a statement by the association states.
The award letter reads in full:
Dear Mr. Jahman Oladejo Anikulapo:
On behalf of the Lagos Studies Association, it is my pleasure to inform you that you are the winner of the 2024 LSA Distinguished Personality Award. The Award recognizes individuals who have made significant contributions to Lagos and Nigerian Studies.
Previous recipients of the Award include the late Adekunle Alli, Nike Okundaye, Olasupo Shasore, Aduke Gomez, and Femi Odugbemi.
The Awards ceremony will take place on Friday, June 28 at 6 pm. Venue: The Multipurpose Hall A, University of Lagos at 6 pm.
We look forward to seeing you there.
All the best,
Saheed Aderinto
About LSA
Situated at the Florida International University, the Lagos Studies Association is an international, interdisciplinary organization of academic and non-academic practitioners whose interests focus on Lagos, Nigeria, and Africa as a whole. Our members include scholars, students, activists, artists, teachers, donors, policymakers, and development professionals. Through exchanges between academic and non-academic practitioners, we anticipate deepening the rigor of contemporary scholarship as well as encouraging the integration of critical and thought-provoking questions into non-academic projects. The LSA achieves its mission by:
Promoting cutting-edge scholarship and access to key debates in Lagos, Nigerian, and African Studies
Forming sustained cross-disciplinary conversations among scholars from different topical and methodological standpoints.
Encouraging sustained intellectual exchanges between scholarly theorizations of issues in African studies and the work of non-academic practitioners working in related fields.
Facilitating exchanges between scholars and practitioners to deepen the rigor of contemporary scholarship on African studies
Encouraging the network of scholars and practitioners through our annual conference and other avenues such as workshops, seminars, and roundtables.
Through professionalization workshops for graduate students, shape and support the development of emerging scholars.
Collaborating with institutions and similar associations across the world to promote the study of cities through conferences, seminars, symposia, and other professional avenues.
Aiding research of members by awarding research and travel grants.
Publishing a yearly electronic Bulletin/Newsletter highlighting the works of academic and non-academic practitioners.
