The Expert is an academic researcher with expertise in studying Nigeria and also Chad, Cameroon and Niger – they primarily focus in their research on politics and religion in Nigeria. The Expert has more than a decade’s worth of experience in conducting research in West-Central Africa.
Apart from being born and raised in Nigeria, The Expert has been conducting academic field research in the country since 2012. The Expert is a fluent Yoruba speaker and possesses intermediate understanding of Hausa. They hold a PhD in Politics – having conducted ethnographic research on the Boko Haram sect as part of my doctoral study. They are an expert on Nigeria – they focus on politics and religion, more specifically. The Expert also has experience in conducting field studies in West-Central Africa (Chad, Cameroon and Niger) and Kenya.
Peer-reviewed journal articles
Frowd, P.M., Apard, E. & Dele-Adedeji, I. (2023) ‘Quasilegality and Migrant Smuggling in Northern Niger’, Trends in Organized Crime: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12117-023-09492-3.
Dele-Adedeji, I. (2023) ‘”Their Fight was our Fight”: the Contribution of Nigerian Universities to the Anti-Apartheid Campaign in South Africa in the 1970s and 1980s’, Safundi: https://doi.org/10.1080/17533171.2023.2172724.
Klantschnig, G. & Dele-Adedeji, I. (2021) ‘The Moral Economy of Tramadol in Lagos: Pleasure, Pain and Livelihoods’, Politique Africaine, 163 (3):85-105.
Dele-Adedeji, I. (2020) ‘Scarcity in the Study of Boko Haram: Notes from the Field (2013-2016)’, Sources, 2 (1):201-20.
Dele-Adedeji, I. (2020) ‘Rationalising the Appeal of the Boko Haram Sect in Northern Nigeria before July 2009’, Oxford Development Studies, 48 (4):345-59.
Book chapters
Dele-Adedeji, I. (2020) ‘Liberating the Study of Boko Haram from the Limiting Comparative Frameworks of the Western Gaze’. In Cooper-Knock, S.J. & Ndlovu, D.S. (eds.), Liberating Comparisons? Reconsidering Comparative Approaches. York: York Tree. 110-19.
Dele-Adedeji, I. (2018) ‘The Science of Finding Room to Discuss Biafra’. In Egbunike, L. (ed.), An Exhibition of Artists’ Response to the Legacies of Biafra. London: NASUK (Nigeria Art Society, UK). 13-5.
Dele-Adedeji, I. (2017) ‘The Adaptability of the Boko Haram Rebellion’. In Boas, M. & Dunn, K. (eds.), African Insurgencies: The Evolving Landscape. Colorado: Lynne Rienner. 157-79.
Grey literature/Selected commentary and reports
O’Shea, C. & Dele-Adedeji, I. (2022) ‘Strengthening Gender-Inclusive Climate Action in Intersecting Crises: a Roundtable Discussion’, The National Centre for Social Research. (Available at: https://www.natcen.ac.uk/media/2280600/strengthening-gender-inclusive-climate-action-in-intersecting-crises.pdf).
Dele-Adedeji, I., Schmid-Scott, A. & Klantschnig, G. (2021) ‘”We have nothing left” – the Catastrophic Consequences of Criminalising Livelihoods in West Africa’, The Conversation (Available at: https://theconversation.com/we-have-nothing-left-the-catastrophic-consequences-of-criminalising-livelihoods-in-west-africa-157454).
Dele-Adedeji, I. (10 March, 2020) ‘Why a rise in Court Cases is bad for Democracy in Nigeria’, The Conversation. (Available at: https://theconversation.com/why-a-rise-in-court-cases-is-bad-for-democracy-in-nigeria-132293)
Dele-Adedeji, I. (14 August, 2019) ‘Why Buhari’s long-awaited Cabinet leaves a lot to be desire’, The Conversation. (Available at: https://theconversation.com/Why-buharis-long-awaited-cabinet-leaves-a-l…)
Dele-Adedeji, I. (11 February, 2019) ‘Nigeria has a History of Dodgy Elections: will it be different this time?’, The Conversation. (Available at: https://theconversation.com/nigeria-has-a-history-of-dodgy-elections-will-it-be-different-this-time-111093)
Dele-Adedeji, I. (2017) ‘The Battle between Boko Haram and the Nigerian State for the Monopoly on Public Information’, Interventionen: Zeitschrift fur Verantwortungspadagogik, 9/10:21-6.
Dele-Adedeji, I. (14 July, 2015) ‘Lagos, the City of Divides’, Africa is a Country. (Available at: http://africasacountry.com/2015/07/lagos-the-city-of-divides/)
Book reviews
Dele-Adedeji, I. (2021) ‘Crossing Religious Boundaries: Islam, Christianity, and ‘Yoruba Religion’ in Lagos, Nigeria, by Marloes Janson’, African Affairs, 120 (481):679-81.
Dele-Adedeji, I. (2015) ‘Who Shall Enter Paradise: Christian Origins in Muslim Northern Nigeria, ca. 1890-1975, by Shobana Shankar’, Africa at LSE.
Dele-Adedeji, I. (2015) ‘Boko Haram: Nigeria’s Islamist Insurgency, by Virginia Comolli’, Africa at LSE.