Prof. Yunusa Kehinde Salami,PhD,FPAN,MNAL
E-Mail: ysalami@oauife.edu.ng
Office Number: Humanities Block 1, Room 205
Areas of Research: Epistemology, Marxism, Metaphysics, African Philosophy
Ph.D. Thesis: Marxist Epistemology
Area(s) of Specialization: Epistemology, Marxist Philosophy
Research Interests:
Philosophy of Social Sciences
Ethics
Social and Political Philosophy
Metaphysics
African Philosophy
Academic Achievement/Award:
- Fellow of the Philosophers Association Of Nigeria
- Member of the Nigerian Academy of Letters
- Keynote Speaker at Conferences including the Conference of the Philosophers Association of Nigeria
- Appointed Leader of NUC Accreditation Team to the Department of Philosophy, University of Abuja, and the Catholic Seminary, Ekpoma(Affiliated to UNIBEN)
- Professorial Assessor to Sister Departments in other Universities
- External Examiner for Both Undergraduate and Postgraduate Programmes in some Sister Universities
- Programme Reviewer for NUC and the National Open University
- Chairman, Editorial Board, Second Order: An African Journal of Philosophy……………………………………………………………………
List of Recent Publications:
- Enoch Olujide Gbadegesin, Yunusa Kehinde Salami, Kola Abimbola(eds.) Exploring the Ethics of Individualism and Communitarianism(Mitcheville:Harvest Day Publications,2016)
- Yunusa Kehinde Salami, “Asuwada Principle and Inter—Ethnic Conflict in Nigeria”, Yoruba Studies Review, Vol.3 No.1 2018
Publications:
Salami Yunusa kehinde, 2009 “The Political Economy of Nigeria and the Continuing Agenda of Recolonization: A Challenge for Critical Knowledge Production” in Journal of Pan African Studies (JPAS) http://www.jpanafrican.com Vol. 3 Number 3, pp131-143 (Los Angeles, USA)
Salami Yunusa Kehinde, 2009 “Anyiam-Osigwe on Citizenship and Questions of Rights” in Oladipo Olusegun et al (eds) The Development Philosophy of Emmanuel Onyechere Osigwe Anyiam-Osigwe Vol.2 (Ibadan: Department of Philosophy) pp105-117
Salami Yunusa Kehinde, 2008 “Traditional Epistemology within A Marxist Epistemic Paradigm” in Journal of Philosophy and Related Disciplines Vol.3 Nos1&2, pp 93-116 (Ado Ekiti, Nigeria)
Salami Yunusa Kehinde, 2006 “The Democratic Content of Yoruba Politico-Cultural Heritage” Journal of Pan African Studies (JPAS) http://www.jpanafrican.com Vol.1, No.6, pp67-78 (Los Angeles, USA)
*Salami Yunusa Kehinde, 2005 “Predestination and the Metaphysics of Identity: a Yoruba (African) case Study” Africa: Revista Do Centro de Estudos Africanos 24/25/26, pp211-224 (Brasil).
Salami Yunusa Kehinde, 2004 “Yoruba Proverbs and Democratic Ethos” in Proverbium: The Year Book of International Proverb Scholarship Vol.21, pp315-328(Vermont, USA)