Ayodeji Olukoju

**Ayodeji Oladimeji Olukoju** (Yoruba: Ayọ̀ọ́dèjì Ọládiméjì Olúkòjú; an haife shi ranar 9 ga watan Yuni, 1959, a cikin Oka Akoko) fitaccen farfesa ne a fannin tarihi a Jami'ar Legas, Najeriya.   Ya kasance mataimakin shugaban jami'a  na wa'adi biyu na Jami'ar Caleb, Imota tsakanin shekarun 2010 da 2016. Bukatun binciken Olukoju sun kasance a fannin ruwa, sufuri, tattalin arziki, zamantakewa, kamfanoni da tarihin birane na Najeriya. 

## Ilimi da aiki
Olukoju ya sami digiri na farko (tare da Daraja ta Farko) daga Jami'ar Najeriya, Nsukka a watan Yuni 1980, da digiri na biyu da na uku a fannin tarihi daga Jami'ar Ibadan a shekarun 1982 da 1991 bi da bi. Daga shekarun 1984 zuwa 1987, Olukoju ya karantar a Jami'ar Jihar Ogun (yanzu Olabisi Onabanjo University ). A watan Satumba na shekarar 1987, ya shiga jami’ar Legas sashen nazarin tarihi da dabarun nazari.  A cikin shekarar 1998, an naɗa Olukoju a matsayin babban farfesa a tarihi, kuma fitaccen malamin jami'a shekaru ashirin bayan haka. Ya yi aiki a matsayin shugaban sashin tarihi daga shekarun 2001 zuwa 2004, sannan kuma shugaban tsangayar fasaha daga shekarun 2005 zuwa 2009.  Ya kasance Babban Bako na DAAD Farfesa na Tarihin Tattalin Arziki a Jami'ar Bayreuth, Jamus daga watan Mayu zuwa Agusta 2022. 

A lokuta daban-daban a cikin aikinsa, Olukoju ya gudanar da karatun digiri na biyu na bincike na Gidauniyar Japan, Kwalejin Birtaniya, DAAD, Cibiyar Ci Gaban Tattalin Arziki, da kuma na Henry Charles Chapman Foundation da AG Leventis Foundation a Cibiyar Nazarin Commonwealth., London. Ya kuma sami izinin zama na Ƙungiyar Bincike ta Yammacin Afirka (WARA) a Jami'ar Emory, Atlanta. Olukoju shi ne a jami'ar Legas mafi kyawun bincike a fannin fasahar zane da ɗan adam a shekarun 2006 da 2009. 

Olukoju a halin yanzu memba ne na kwamitin ba da shawara na edita na *Jaridar Tarihin Duniya (Journal of global history)*.  A lokuta daban-daban tsakanin shekarun 1998 da 2015, ya yi aiki a kwamitocin ba da shawarwari na edita na *Jaridar Tarihin Afirka*, *Tarihin Tattalin Arzikin Afirka*, *Afirka Zamani: Jaridar Ƙungiyar Tarihi ta Afirka*, da *Tarihi a Afirka*. A shekarar 2008, an zaɓe shi a matsayin ɗan Afirka na farko a kwamitin zartarwa na kungiyar tarihin teku ta duniya. 

An naɗa Olukoju Fellow of the Nigerian Academy of letters a shekarun 2011.  Shi ne shugaba mai ci kuma shugaban majalisar gudanarwa na Jami'ar Chrisland.

## Wallafe-wallafe
Olukoju shine kadai marubucin litattafai guda biyar na masana. Su ne:

* *The Fourteenth Commissar of Works: The Life and Labour of Rauf Aregbesola* (Lagos & Winnipeg: Bluesign, 2007)
* *Culture and Customs of Liberia* (Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 2006)
* *The Liverpool of West Africa: The Dynamics and Impact of Maritime Trade in Lagos, 1900-1950* (Trenton, NJ: Africa World Press, 2004)
* *Infrastructure Development and Urban Facilities in Lagos, 1861-2000* (Ibadan: IFRA-Nigeria, 2003) and 
* *Maritime Trade, Port Development and Administration: The Japanese Experience and Lessons for Nigeria* (Tokyo: Institute of Developing Economies, 1996)

Olukoju kuma ya yi gyara, guda ɗaya ko tare da wasu, juzu'i shida, waɗanda suka haɗa da:

* *Nigerian Peoples and Cultures* (1997)
* *Fundamentals of Economic History* (2003)
* *Northeast Yorubaland: Studies in the History and Culture of a Frontier Zone* (2003)
* *Global Understanding in the Age of Terrorism* (2008)
* *Security Challenges and Management in Modern Nigeria* (2018) and
* *African Seaports and Maritime Economics in Historical Perspective* (2020).

Har ila yau, ya rubuta wallafe-wallafen masana da yawa a cikin mujallolin ilimin kimiyya da aka yi nazari kamar su *Harkokin Afirka, Nazarin Afirka, Tarihin Tattalin Arziki na Afirka,* Jaridar Imperial da Commonwealth History, Journal of Global History*, Journal of World Studies, Journal of Transport History,* Jarida ta Duniya na Tarihin Maritime*, Binciken Duniya na Tarihin Zamantakewa,* Jaridar Tarihin Afirka*,* Jarida ta Duniya na Nazarin Tarihi na Afirka*, Afirka a Zamani,* da sauransu. 

Olukoju ya ba da gudummawar kasidun ra'ayi game da al'amuran zamantakewa da siyasa na yau da kullun a Najeriya, musamman game da ilimi da tsarin jami'a, a fagen buga littattafai daban-daban kamar *The Conversation,* da sauransu. 

A cikin shekarar 2013, a cikin bikin karatun Olukoju, Saheed Aderinto da Paul Osifodunrin sun buga wani edita festschrift mai suna *The Third Wave of Historical Scholarship on Nigeria: Essays in Honor of Ayodeji Olukoju*.

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