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Meal ticket for 1972/3 session.
Professor Kenneth Dike (founder of the "Ibadan School" of History and 1st Nigerian VC of the University of #Ibadan) with PM Abubakar Tafawa Balewa who was visiting the university for his installation as Chancellor.
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Prof Dike is the man wearing a suit.
Sultan Bello Dome, University of #Ibadan

C. 1962

The dome is an integral part of Sultan Bello Hall. The hall was designed by Maxwell, Fry & Jane (a UK firm) with a capacity for 406 students. It was named after Muhammed Bello 1781-1837, chief builder of the Sokoto Caliphate.
Foundation Day University College #Ibadan,1959.
UI, Main Entrance, 1963

A selection of photos taken by Brian Dugdale between 1962 and 1971
Mellanby Hall, University of #Ibadan 1963

A selection of photos taken by Brian Dugdale between 1962 and 1971
The Prime Minister, Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa, welcomed to the University of #Ibadan by members of the Pyrates Confraternity.

Approx. date- 1960

Source: 'The Theatrical Aesthetics of Wole Soyinka and the Pyrates Confraternity'
Isoun House at the University of Ibadan, December 1977

photographer Lillian Trager

© University of Wisconsin-Madison Digital Library
Kenneth Dike Library at the University College of #Ibadan, later the University of #Ibadan circa 1955

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Main gate, University of #Ibadan 1960s.

Publisher: T.G Adetona.
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