Oluwasola Daniels

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Oluwasola Daniels is a Ph.D. candidate in History at the University of California, Davis. She has a Master's in History and Strategic Studies from the University of Lagos. She taught courses in international relations and African history for almost a decade at Adekunle Ajasin University. She is a historian of modern West Africa. Her research interests include: history of medicine, reproductive and sexual health, gender, and intellectual history. Her current research explores the historical connection between reproductive health and state formation in Nigeria. She has published widely in peer-reviewed journals and edited volumes and continues to contribute to broader conversations on African history and global health.

 

Selected Publications: 

  1. Oluwasola Ibitayo Daniels, “Gender relations and social grading system in pre-colonial Akoko: Isua Akoko Example”, African Identities, (Taylor and Francis, 2022) 1-13. Link
  2. Oluwasola Ibitayo Daniels, (2022) “Shifting Fatherhood and Gender: Negotiating Power and  Sexuality in Yorùbá”, Yoruba Studies Review Fall Edition vol 6. No 2 Fall 2022 (Library Press, University of Florida). Link
  3. Oluwasola Ibitayo Daniels, “Gendering Agency in Spirit Possession of Yoruba Eegun and Imole”,  ”, Humanus Discourse vol 1. No 2, (Ede: Redeemer’s University Nigeria, 2021) Link.
  4. Oluwasola Ibitayo Daniels, “Nudity and Power in North-Eastern Yoruba: A Study of Pre-colonial and  Modern Traditional Practices”, Kenneth Dike Journal of African Studies vol. 1 no. 1’,  Department of History and International Studies, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Nigeria, 1- 28. (2020) Link.
  5. Oluwasola Ibitayo Daniels, “From Feminine Based Abuse to Masculine Abuse: Rethinking Domestic  Abuse in Quotidian Yoruba”, Kaduna Journal of Historical Studies vol. 11 No.1,  Department of History, Kaduna State University, Kaduna, Nigeria, 186-201, (2020).
  6. Oluwasola Ibitayo Daniels, “Music and Gender Relations in Yoruba: Reflections on Ebenezer Obey  Lyrics”, Al-Hikmah Journal of History and International Relations (AJHIR), Vol. 4 No.1, Department of History and International Relations, Al-Hikmah University, Ilorin, Nigeria,  23-34, (2017).
  7. Oluwasola Ibitayo Daniels, ‘A Historical Survey of the Place of Africa in the Columbian Exchange’,  Akungba Journal of Historical Studies, A Journal of the Department of History and  International Studies, Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba Akoko, Nigeria, 12, 14-122,  (2013).
  8. Oluwasola Ibitayo Daniels, ‘International Obligations and African Norms: Sustainable Development  Goals and the Reality of Gender Equality in Africa’ in Benjamin Anaemene and Segun Bolarinwa (eds), Agenda 2030 and Africa’s Development in the 21st century, United  Nations University, International Institute for Global Health, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.  (2017).
  9. Oluwasola Ibitayo Daniels, ‘The Dynamics of British Colonial Culture on Nigerian Women, 1900- 1960: North-Eastern Yoruba Example', Humanities and Social Sciences Review, Rhode Island. Link
  10. Adedayo Emmanuel Afe and Oluwasola Ibitayo Adubuola*, “The Travail of Kingship  Institution in Yorubaland: a case Study of Isinkan in Akureland”, Nebula 6 (4), (2009). (*Co-authored under maiden name) Link

 

Upcoming publication

  1. Oluwasola Ibitayo Daniels, “How Stories of Sex Became Stories of Shame: Ale and Sexual Mobilities in Yoruba Conjugal Spaces”, African Studies Review (Cambridge University Press, 2026)