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Senior Research Fellow, Institute for Humanities in Africa, University of Cape Town
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Research Fellow, Rhodes University
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Professor of Music, Wesleyan University
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University of Lagos
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Visiting Fellow, Mannheim Centre for Criminology, London School of Economics and Political Science
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Professor of Marketing & Entrepreneurship, Unizik Business School, Nnamdi Azikiwe University
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Lecturer in Music, University of Nigeria