Timeline of Ibadan

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria.

Prior to 20th century

1835 – Oluyole becomes Olubadan.
1851 – Anglican Church Mission established by David Hinderer.^[1]^[2]
1900 – Lagos-Ibadan railway begins operating

20th century

1913 – Ibadan Grammar School established.
1916 – Moor Plantation established near Ibadan.^[3]
1929 – Government College founded.
1947 – Economic protest.^[4]
1948 – University College of Ibadan and its Botanical Garden established.^[1]^[5]
1949 – Nigerian Tribune newspaper begins publication.^[6]
1951 – Ibadan Peoples Party organized.
1952 – Population: 459,196.^[7]
1954 – Nigerian Records Office headquartered in Ibadan.^[8]
1955
- Historical Society of Nigeria founded in Ibadan.^[9]
- Isaac Babalola Akinyele becomes Olubadan.
1957 – Black Orpheus literary magazine begins publication.^[1]^[10]
1958 – Nigerian National Archives headquartered in city.^[8]
1959 – Western Nigerian Government Broadcasting Corporation (WNTV) television begins broadcasting (later NTA Ibadan).^[11]
1960
- Liberty Stadium opens.
- Nigerian Institute of Social and Economic Research headquartered in city.^[12]
1961 – Mbari Writers and Artists Club formed.^[10]
1962 – University of Ibadan active;^[13] Institute of African Studies founded.^[14]
1963 – Population: 627,380.^[15]
1965 – Cocoa House built.
1967 – International Institute of Tropical Agriculture headquartered in city.^{[citation needed]}
1975
- Population: 847,000.^[16]
- David Jemibewon becomes governor of Oyo State.
1976
- City becomes capital of Oyo State.^[13]
- Akinyele, Lagelu, and Oluyole semi-urban local governments created.^[17]
1982 – Leventis United football team formed.
1989 – Egbeda, Ido, and Ona Ara semi-urban local governments created.^[17]
1991 – Ibadan North, Ibadan North-East, Ibadan North-West, Ibadan South-East, and Ibadan South-West urban local governments created.^[17]
1999 – Yinusa Ogundipe Arapasowu I [yo] becomes Olubadan

21st century

2003
- Ibadan Internet Exchange commissioned.
- Rashidi Adewolu Ladoja becomes governor of Oyo State.
2007 – Oyekunle Ayinde Olukotun becomes Olubadan.^{[citation needed]}
2011
- Abiola Ajimobi becomes governor of Oyo State.
- Population: 2,949,000 (urban agglomeration).^[18]

References

This article incorporates information from the Yoruba Wiki How.

Bibliography

N.C. Mitchel (1953), "Some comments on the growth and character of Ibadan's population", Research Notes, no. 4, University College of Ibadan, Department of Geography
C.G. Feilberg (1958), "Ibadan", Kulturgeografi, no. 10, pp. 77–91
T. Oloko (Oct 1960), "A tale of 4 cities: Lagos, Ibadan, Kaduna and Enugu", Nigeria Magazine, pp. 137–147
Akin L. Mabogunje (March 1961), "Ibadan black metropolis", Nigeria Magazine, no. 68, pp. 12–26
Akin L. Mabogunje (1962), "Growth of residential districts in Ibadan", Geographical Review, vol. 52
R.A. Akinola (1964), "Industrial structure of Ibadan", Nigerian Geographical Journal, vol. 7, ISSN 0029-0084
Joel Bruce Splansky (1966), "Concentric zone of theory of city structure as applied to an African city: Ibadan, Nigeria", Yearbook of the Association of Pacific Coast Geographers
R.A. Akinola (1967), "Problems of urban development in Nigeria-the example of Ibadan", Bulletin of Ghana Geographical Association, vol. 12, ISSN 0016-9536
P.C. Lloyd; et al., eds. (1967), In the City of Ibadan: a symposium on its structure and development, London{{citation}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
G.A. van der Knapp (1967), "Lagos en Ibadan; een stadsgeographische vergelijking", Kroniek van Afrika (in Dutch), vol. 7, ISSN 0023-4893
Muench and Muench (1968), "Planning and anticipating in Nigeria: Lagos and Ibadan", Journal of the American Institute of Planners, vol. 34
G.A. Onibokun (1969), "Socio-cultural constraints on urban renewal policies in emerging nations: the Ibadan case", Nigerian journal of economic and social studies, vol. 11
G.A. Onibokun (1970), "Nigerian cities: their rehabilitation and redevelopment (Ibadan case study)", African Studies Review, vol. 13
Reuben K. Udo (1970). "Ibadan". Geographical Regions of Nigeria. University of California Press. p. 34+.
H.I. Ajaegbu (1971), Forms of under-integrated urban growth: the case of the old residential quarters in Ibadan, Nigeria, Paris: Secretariat de Missions d’Urbanisme et d’habitat
J.O. Oyelese (1971), "Growth of Ibadan city and its impact on land-use patterns, 1961–65", Journal of Tropical Geography, vol. 14
Wole Soyinka (1994). Ibadan: The 'Penkelemes' Years, A Memoir, 1946–1965. Methuen. ISBN 0413686701.
Simon Heap (1997), "'Jaguda Boys': Pickpocketing in Ibadan, 1930–60", Urban History, vol. 24, no. 3, pp. 324–343
Ruth Watson (2003). 'Civil Disorder is the Disease of Ibadan': Chieftaincy and Civic Culture in a Yoruba City. Oxford: James Currey. ISBN 0-85255-454-0.
"Ibadan". Understanding Slums: Case Studies for the Global Report 2003. United Nations Human Settlements Programme and University College London. 2003.
Paul Tiyambe Zeleza; Dickson Eyoh, eds. (2003). "Ibadan, Nigeria". Encyclopedia of Twentieth-Century African History. Routledge. ISBN 0415234794.
Kevin Shillington, ed. (2005). "Ibadan". Encyclopedia of African History. Fitzroy Dearborn. ISBN 978-1-57958-245-6.

External links

"(Ibadan)". Directory of Open Access Journals. UK. (Bibliography of open access articles)
"(Ibadan)" – via Europeana. (Images, etc.)
"(Ibadan)" – via Digital Public Library of America. (Images, etc.)
"(Ibadan)". Internet Library Sub-Saharan Africa. Germany: Frankfurt University Library. (Bibliography)
"(Ibadan)". Connecting-Africa. Leiden, Netherlands: African Studies Centre. (Bibliography)
"(Ibadan)". AfricaBib.org. (Bibliography)
"Ibadan, Nigeria". BlackPast.org. US. 8 March 2011.
"Nigeria: Ibadan". ArchNet. Archived from the original on 25 February 2006.

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Timeline of Ibadan

Contents

Prior to 20th century

20th century

21st century

See also

References

Bibliography

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