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Abdul-Gafar Tobi Oshodi lectures in the Department of Political Science, Lagos State University. Tobi is currently finalising a monograph entitled ‘Imageries of Mao Zedong’s China in Ghanaian newspapers, 1957-1976.’ His research interest is centred around the “development question” in Africa with a strong bias for Africa-China relations, youth service, nation-building, research ethics and knowledge (re)production. He was re-cently awarded a MIASA Fellowship at the University of Ghana to work on a research project entitled “Governance from below? Non-state actors and Chinese environmental footprints in Africa – The case of Ghana.”
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Abdul-Gafar Tobi Oshodi
Abdul-Gafar Tobi Oshodi lectures in the Department of Political Science, Lagos State University. Tobi is currently finalising a monograph entitled ‘Imageries of Mao Zedong’s China in Ghanaian newspapers, 1957-1976.’ His research interest is centred around the “development question” in Africa with a strong bias for Africa-China relations, youth service, nation-building, research ethics and knowledge (re)production. He was re-cently awarded a MIASA Fellowship at the University of Ghana to work on a research project entitled “Governance from below? Non-state actors and Chinese environmental footprints in Africa – The case of Ghana.”