Olayinka Akanle

University of Ibadan · Department of Sociology

Nigerians are among the most migratory people in the world, with increasing population abroad. According to the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) of Nigeria, the number of Nigerians abroad, with National Identification Numbers (NIN), has risen by 563.57 percent, within just a year, from 55,181 as of February 2022 to 366,164 as of Febru...

Drivers of Migration of Nigerians: Methodological Discoveries and Contextual Realities.

Online dating is a major social reality of contemporary society. It is an innovation among young people, the youths and the older adults. No stereotypes should be attached to online dating and subjectivities should be well empirically guided and moderated. Online dating is phenomenal in contemporary societies and it is more common than people know....

The objective of this chapter is to unravel the impact of globalisation on social policy/social protection drawing from the case study of Nigeria.

The African diaspora is best understood within the context of intersectionalities of international migration and development. This is largely so because the formation of (Sub-Saharan) African diaspora, particularly in the global North, is heavily belied by the realities of international migration for livelihood and socioeconomic survival abroad aga...

Presentation at the Nigerian Institute of Social and Economic Research (NISER) on contemporary and emerging Socio-Political Issues and Current Affairs

Ọsẹ dúdú production and sale constitute a major indigenous business among the Yoruba people. Scholars have noted that the business is capable of boosting the socio-economic status of black soap entrepreneurs and of countries. However, ọsẹ dúdú enterprise has some significant threats and problems that are yet to be researched. This chapter examined...

Sexuality remains a central and sensitive issue across the world. Major angles to these centrality and sensitivity, however, are the shifting narratives and experiences of people in same-sex relationships. While Europe and America, for example, have been able to somewhat stabilize the controversies surrounding same-sex relationships through legisla...

Qualitative analysis

Domestic violence has been narrowed and understood exclusively as women's issue. Most of the research works portray men as perpetrators and women as victims of domestic violence thereby leading to vacuous knowledge on this very dangerous social reality-domestic abuse. This article therefore investigates and contributes empirically to knowledge on t...

This article explores Asalatu, a form of Islamic music among Yoruba Muslims in Nigeria, against the backdrop of globalization and the impact of Western music. The article points to observed changes in the music and musical possibilities within increasing secularization. Drawing on ethnographic data, the article illuminates tangential issues such as...

This paper professionally, academically and pragmatically examines the interfaces of migration and cybercrime as crime against humanity

Introduction There are lapses in Nigeria’s data ecosystems with the consequences of imprecise and inaccurate data on humanitarian crises limiting accurate interventions. Therefore, we examined the data targeting processes in the humanitarian sector of Northeast Nigeria and the ethical concerns that arise when such data is collected and used to adva...

This video provides comprehensive information needed to understand social inequality as a central concern of Sociology. It defines social inequality, it explains the types, structures, causes and consequences in societies. The video brings theoretical, professional and practical perspectives to the issue of social inequality. Related issues discuss...

Understanding Peoples and Culture is a major issue in Sociology. To understand people, understanding their culture is key. It is against this background that sociologists pay very close attention to the relationships of people within their cultural existences. This video adopts very academic, professional and practical approaches to build capacitie...

As sociologists attempt to understand human behaviour, several analyses are done and many strategies and assumptions are deployed. One of these is to study Socialisation because Socialisation is central to humans becoming social and forming patterns of behaviour. It is against this background that this video addresses the meanings and applications...

Political Sociology is a sub-field of Sociology. The sub-field is. however, one of the most little known subfields of the discipline. This little popularity of Political Sociology is a great problem for students and practitioners as there are no sufficient knowledge and materials on the area. Another major challenge of the sub-field is the boundary...

This presentation adopts very practical, professional and analytical approaches to address the new wave of mass emigration, popularly called JAPA, from Nigeria and African to developed countries like; the United States of America (U.S.A), UK, Australia, Canada and the EU. While this presentation does not discourage emigration/migration of people fr...

This video is in context of migration, modern slavery abroad and development. There have been many intellectual and programmatic contributions on international migration. Very few have however addressed the interface of migration and modern slavery. Yet, modern slavery is very common at destination countries and many migrants are not aware of this....

Many students of Sociology find these questions very challenging and difficult to answer. Many will rather avoid these questions and choose other ones because they consider them very complicated even when they appear simple. Hence, many people across the world know very little about Sociology even when the course and profession is very important an...

Writing excellent problem statement or statement of problem is a huge problem for many. Based on many years of experience, it is possible to maintain that this is a formidable obstacle on the ways of many as they lack sufficient understanding and capacities to write great problem statement/statement of problem. This video adopts very practical and...

Reputable scholarly and academic publishing is a major challenge and a serious problem to many people. Many scholars, academics and organizers are trapped in their careers and projects because of failure and incapacity to publish in world class journals, books and outlets. This is very unfortunate. Hence, there are major knowledge and capacity gaps...

This video is in response to increasing phenomenon of female single parenting across the world. It is a professional, practical and research driven video. It is very informative and highly recommended whether you are a single mother or not. Link to the video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P0ZXMIoOOX8

How to get fantastic topics for your research project. Link to the video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YvaW80mygIk&t=123s

Best ways to understand theories (for undergraduates, postgraduates and professionals). Link to the video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hXBlpsTCDJY&t=7s

This is a very interesting and relevant video with the main objective of educating people about the various issues affecting, and affected by, gender in every society. The video is conceptual, practical, pragmatic and policy, as well as, practice oriented. The implications of gender for achievement of sustainable development, especially the Sustain...

This video does not only discuss meaning, application and importance of limitation of study in context of research, it, importantly, corrects fundamental and common misunderstandings about this very important topic. This video is highly recommended for undergraduate and postgraduate students, professionals, consultants and everyone interested in re...

This video explains the fundamentals of mentoring. Not as an event, but as a process. Mentoring is a life long process. It is a very serious and sensitive process that must be well managed to be beneficial. Poorly managed, mentoring can be destructive. Well understood and properly managed, mentoring will be very productive and beneficial. This vide...

Professional Specialisations/Branches of Sociology (for students and professionals) Link to the video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KiBlqOZX6jI&t=383s

This video gives practical and professional insights into Gender Based Violence (GBV) among migrants abroad. It explains meaning of GBV, Sex, difference between sex and gender, causes of GBV abroad and how to protect oneself against GBV. While this video is particularly relevant to migrants, intending migrants, families and friends of migrants, it...

How to excel in Sociology (for undergraduates, Masters, MPhil and PhD). Link to the video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qtl_6d4D_zg&t=210s

Prospects & Career Opportunities in Sociology Link to the video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-s1ijjXz4Xg&t=53s

Adopting applied sociological approach, this video gives detailed perspectives on the must-know of migration and international relocations. Sociologists, intending migrants, migrants, families of migrants or intending migrants, counselors, policy makers, development partners, NGOs and professionals will find this video very useful. The video is int...

This video gives a vivid guideline on how to keep your marriage/family/relationship intact abroad after migrating or relocating. This issue is very important against the background of increasing rate of divorce among migrants in Europe, U.S.A, Canada, UK, Australia and so on. Yet, these relationships are crucial social capitals these migrants need...

This video practically explains the main reasons people vote for incompetent leaders during elections. Fundamental points are highlighted and explained in this video. This video is, particularly, important in context of democratic consolidation globally and as the poor leadership conundrums of countries remain puzzling/difficult to solve. Politics...

This video gives vivid and comprehensive information about the salient issues researchers must know and factor into their researches and reports relative to methodology. It is a must-watch video for undergraduates, postgraduates, scholars, researchers, academics and everyone interested in conducting social research and write reports that are valid...

This video gives clear, practical and professional insights into research design as a very important component of research methodology. The objective of the video is to build capacity of people and correct the wrong assumptions about research design. Every student, researcher and professional interested in social research must watch this video. Lin...

Still within the framework of Research Methodology, this video gives practical insights into Study Area or Research Setting. You will find, in this video, very important and interesting information not commonly available elsewhere on Study Area or Research Setting. This video is based on many years of practice and experience as a researcher, superv...

Corruption and Society. Link to the video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8I9ibLjkDAA&t=2s

Relying on many years of research, experience, travels and focused interactions, this video contributes to the debate on reasons poor countries remain rooted in poverty and underdevelopment regardless of many cutting edge policies, huge resources, widespread aids, different grants, multiple loans and humongous supports available to the countries. T...

What is Study Population? Why is Study Population important? What is the relationship between Study Population and the research process? How key is Study Population to validity and reliability of research? Does Study Population have implications for inclusion and eligibility criteria in research? This video practically provides answers to these que...

This video adopts pragmatic approach in explaining the usually unspoken and underresearched relationships between migration and development. The video adopts micro-macro perspectives in accounting for the strategic implications of migration for development and that of development for migration. The video engages important issues in context of migra...

This video gives brief, yet very useful explanations of Scope in context of research. It is very important, relevant and informative. It is highly recommended for undergraduate and postgraduate students, professionals and all researchers. Link to the video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wqg3PcHetXA&t=112s

In a bid to achieve sustainable development, there is a need for a connection and integration of indigenous knowledge systems and western knowledge (medicine), most especially in the area of health care. In a bid to achieve sustainable development in the health care system, there is a need for a deeper understanding of diseases in terms of their pe...

Abstract Landscapes and environments are constantly subject to changes due to human actions. While these changes are not problems in themselves, the patterns and dimensions of the changes can be problematic when human actions become poorly governed, random and indiscriminate. Poorly governed human actions relative to the environment negatively impa...

This presentation comprehensively explains issues of interest and strategic approaches to efficiently manage career choice/s of children. The presentation assists parents, significant others of the child and all caregivers to know the best ways to handle issues of career choice of children towards successful and sustainable present and future

The purpose of this chapter is to explore the End Special Anti-Robbery Squad (EndSARS) protest as a narrative (metaphor) of youth exclusion and their determined/coordinated response through the demand for improved inclusion, focusing on mobilization against police brutality in Nigeria. Even though the protest started peacefully and was not designed...

This presentation gives practical insights into the what, why, how and when of cultural sensitivities and field etiquettes in qualitative research

This presentation practically explains the fundamentals of qualitative research method for everyone interested in understanding and using the method

Nigeria has a significant body of diasporic nationals. While studies abound on the economic and developmental roles of the diaspora, there is a paucity of research on the sociopolitical mobilisation interfaces of diasporas with their countries of origin. This article contributes to an understanding of the complexities and multiplicities of the role...

According to instrumentalism, the value of any particular theory does not rest in its ability to capture truth but in its usefulness for understanding and predicting phenomena. On this view, the real worth of a theory is not in its truth or approximation of reality but in its value as a useful instrument in solving practical problems. https://sk.sa...

Social interactions have continued to shape and constrain the quality and quantity of cocoa produced in Nigeria since its introduction in the last quarter of the nineteenth century. Farmers and other actors in the downstream sector of cocoa react differently to the changing experiences and realities that affect their livelihood. While several studi...

Long Distance Relationships (LDRs) are Geographic Separations from one another. Lack of Face to Face contacts and interactions. Being apart for an extended period. Distance varies by: perception, problematisation, constructs of people involved. Long distance relations is a norm in contemporary society particularly so in context of accentuating capi...

This chapter presents and discusses the social science basis of public policy. It briefly presents the history, epistemological thoughts (theories) and science of public policy, disciplinary paradigms and influences on public policy and cross-disciplinary dimensions in social science-oriented public policy.

Research Methods and Academic Writing are fundamental and existential components of sustainable academic, scholarly, project, programmatic, planning, organizational, career and national/international achievements as well as developments. Unfortunately, these two strategic components of research methods and academic writing are poorly understood and...

This chapter begins by examining the debates around policy paradigms in the study of the changing context of public policy making and policy change. It recognizes that policy ideas are embedded in policy paradigms and that these paradigms form the basis for framing, articulating and implementing public policy. It examines such concepts as pluralism...

Over two decades of significant displacement in north-eastern Nigeria (NEN) has been driven by insurgency, banditry and terrorism of non-state armed actors leading to millions of people requiring humanitarian assistance in NEN insurgency areas as at 2021 (OCHA, 2022a). Ethical data is however central to effective and efficient humanitarian assistan...

The Data and Displacement project provides an assessment of the operational and ethical challenges of data-driven humanitarian assistance. Specifically, it focuses on the data-based targeting of humanitarian assistance to Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in camp-like settings across two regions marked by high levels of conflict and displacement...

International Best Practice now requires world class organisations to have Child Protection Policy and PSEAH Policy • Officials, Directors, Members of the Board and other adults of the organization are also required to complete training on these policies • Institutional assessment of organisations will cover the availability and training on thes...

The existential exclusion of youths from the mainframe of the current global order is an increasingly pressing issue. Research to date has proven youths struggle to survive and be relevant within current systemic and institutional arrangements, resulting in a major existential and generational problem. The second of two volumes filling a gap in the...

“Youth are the leaders and hope of tomorrow” is a common old phrase in the mouth of almost every citizen of any country. It is often used as an assurance by the old and a reassurance for the youth to believe that one day, they will get the opportunity to develop the nation and make it better. However, no one really knows when tomorrow is and neithe...

This chapter engages youth exclusion and inclusion in the circumstances of China and the USA. The importance of youths as veritable tools for the development of nations cannot be overemphasized. It is suicidal for any society to neglect its youths in the scheme of things, and in its quest for developmental goals which consist of social, economic, h...

Sub-Saharan Africa confronts formidable challenges and existential crises traceable to insurgencies and conflicts. Major consequences of these challenges and crises include humanitarian crises and internal displacements of people. While there is bourgeoning body of knowledge on insurgencies, conflicts and associated challenges in Sub-Saharan Africa...

The existential exclusion of youths from the mainframe of the current global order is an increasingly pressing issue. Research to date has proven youths struggle to survive and be relevant within current systemic and institutional arrangements, resulting in a major existential and generational problem. One of two volumes filling a gap in the litera...

Perceived governmental inefficiency, devastating economy and poor accountability has led to widespread political cynicism across different parts of the world. This cynicism has further been translated, across different geographical locations, into youth-led protests against institutional authority that aims to expand democratic procedures or abolis...

This chapter was informed by empirical research conducted to better understand an emerging survival pattern among youths who are undergraduates as they innovate crucial existentialities to survive in societal systems where they face serious socioeconomic and institutional exclusion. These innovative existentialities are what we term Income-Earning...

With over 30 percent of youth unemployment rate, Africa remains among the most threatened continents in the world. Unfortunately, there appears to be no end in sight in ameliorating unemployment conditions of the youths on the continent. Rather than youth unemployment dwindling on the continents it has consistently increased and the youths remain e...

Globally, armed conflict, disaster, and violence are the most significant causes of displacement yearly, with about 18% of the world population living with experience of violent conflict and more than 60 million displaced persons across the globe (Global Peace Index, 2021; International Organisation for Migration ([IOM], 2021; The United Nations Hi...

Policy Brief on Humanitarianism, Internal Displacement of people and Ethical Data in North East Nigeria

African studies is one of the most vexed and volatile remit of knowledge production relative to decolonial struggles. This is not unconnected with the histories and developments in the scope of intellectual and practice experiences of the discipline itself. Different scholars, practitioners and systems are involved in knowledge production within Af...

Migration is core to human existences. Migration is triggered by many factors. These factors include; economy, security, family reunion, education and persecu�tion among other reasons (Akanle & Adesina, 2017a). Hence, according to the rea�sons and factors behind migration can also be classifed into economic factors, demographic factors, socio-cul...

Governments and development stakeholders pay great attention to issues surrounding international migration because they are of great concern not only to destination countries but also transit and countries of origin. Strategic issues relative to international migration are human loss, insecurity, migrant smuggling, kidnapping, criminal networks, he...

In most African countries, experiences of violence, insecurity, maladministration, economic malaise, abject poverty and hunger continuously lead to high emigration from the continent. Many international migrants from Africa embark on desperate migrations, including perilous and irregular ones, to reach developed countries even when the journeys exp...

Migration is one of the most fundamental experiences of humans across the world. No event has shaped, and continue to shape, human history, trajectories and experiences like migration. The impacts of migration on humans across places and time continue to be definitive but more attention has been given to subjects of remittances, il/legality of migr...

A definitive element of labor market is gender-based occupational segregation. Most previous studies on the subject of gender and labor have concentrated on gender mainstreaming and glass ceiling in formal economy with little attention to gender and informal economy. Hence, there has been very little attention to men venturing into female areas of...

Social realities and existential issues affecting LGBTQ community remain vexing. The is so globally. Particularly concerning in Africa. Nigeria is certainly not an exception. This paper is to contribute to bourgeoning literature on the situations of LGBTQ community especially from African perspective through case study of Nigeria. Issues researched...

Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are the most ambitious development frameworks to assist in driving inclusive development globally. This is particularly so relative to Africa. Several efforts have been made to achieve development in Africa but more efforts are needed to achieve desired results. Overseas Development Assistance (ODA) and Foreign...

Panel Session Anchored at The National Summit on Education. Theme: Building Qualitative, Inclusive and Adaptive Education System: Meeting Modern-Day Education Challenges in Nigeria

One of the four basic provisions of the Child rights Act is the participation of children in issues that concerns them. We examines the context of children’s experiences within their families. Salient questions we answer in this article includes how children participate in decision making and their willingness to participate in the protection of th...

This chapter examines the ramifications of the colonial development model and the possibilities of achieving development through alternative non-Western approaches in Africa. Furthermore, the chapter explains how Africa's current colonial epistemic traditions can be decolonized. The role of indigenous knowledge systems and social thoughts is explor...

Training Session on Qualitative Research Methodology, Analysis and NVivo

Qualitative Research Methodology, Analysis, Literature Review and NVivo

The focus of existing studies on land grabbing in Nigeria has been on acquisition by foreign investors for their socio-economic gain, usually supported by the national government. However, narratives on land grabbing by government through the Land Use Decree and the consequent resistance deployed by the indigenous landowners are scarce. The Accumul...

Corruption is the most challenging problem confronting Nigeria. Despite its defining characteristics, such as being the largest economy and the most populous country in Africa, and its endowment with resources, Nigeria is unarguably among the most underdeveloped nations in the world. Corruption is largely responsible for this unfortunate state of t...

Corruption, as an ubiquitous social phenomenon, is a formidable development challenge. Corruption is endemic in Nigeria to the extent that it has become normative. Though certain hybridized thinkers now theorize corruption as a way of life of Africans and Nigerians through the prism of their belief that corruption is a social reality that must be a...

This book, through the chapters, has demonstrated different angles to corruption and development in Nigeria. In all the chapters, the impacts of corruption on development are implicit even though it was not designed that all chapters should directly link their subject matters to development. This was because such direct linkages could be limiting a...

Corruption in Nigeria has a wide scope and is immensely complex. A careful look into the components of the country would reveal diverse contexts for behavioural patterns that can be categorized as corrupt. The manifestation of corruption could be latent or overt, infesting virtually all social institutions such as security, education, health and th...

One historical process and current that has defined knowledge production and utilization like globalization does not exist. Globalization, while it has affected every component of human existence, has impacted much more in the area of education. Globalization affects what is known, how it is known and taught, how it is inculcated in people acro...

This article engages how Sociology of Development, as a unit of Sociology, interfaces with Education within broader ontological and epistemic constructs to agitate increased attempts for an Africanist approach as an alternative perspective to examining disciplinary interlinkages relative to Education. While there are divergent approaches and th...

Corruption is the most important reason most African countries remain underdeveloped. Of major concern, however, is that while corruption remains a fundamental human rights issue, rather than corruption abating on the African continent, it is actually becoming more deeply entrenched, more aggressive, more pervasive, more creative/innovative, bolder...

Even though suicide is as old as humans themselves, it is among the least researched issues globally, and this is particularly so in Africa. Unfortunately, suicide is becoming increasingly common and deep-rooted especially in sub-Saharan Africa. Suicide is often underreported and undernoticed, but social media ascendancy now pushes the boundaries o...

International Migration is one of the most vexed issues across the world. This is largely because of the differential outcomes of migration across contexts. While migrants-receiving countries face complicated migration consequences, migrants-sending nations, particularly in Sub-Saharan Africa, receive remittances that are crucially needed for pover...

Ibadan is an indigenous but aggressively modernizing social and cultural setting in Oyo state Nigeria. Even though the city has been modernizing, the modernization processes have been very stable and gradual. Oyo state has unique experiences in the contagion, state responses and outcomes/consequences relative to the Coronavirus pandemic. Ibadan as...

In the African kinship system, elders have significant roles. Especially within families, roles including care and socialization are established by cultural normativity. Since socialization processes are intergenerational, older generations inculcate these norms and the values of the society in the younger generation. This makes mothers-in-law rele...