Akin Ladipo Mabogunje

Akin Mabogunje is first Nigeria's Professor of Geography who served the University of Ibadan, as  Head of the Department and Dean of Faculty of the Social Sciences among many other administrative leadership roles. Mabogunje has contributed significantly to the academic literature of contemporary geography, development, rural-urban migration, urbanization, and environmental challenges in Nigeria and Africa as a whole. For his academic and intellectual contributions to the country, Mabogunje was one of the earliest recipients of the Nigerian National Order of Merit, the first African to be President of the International Geographical Union, and the first African to be elected as a Foreign Associate of the United States National Academy of Sciences.