Trinity University to host Lagos Studies Association

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The vice-chancellor said that Africa was increasingly becoming central to global development because of its enormous human and natural resources.

Trinity University, Yaba, Lagos, has described hosting of Lagos Studies Association (LSA) Conference as an opportunity to project Africa’s vast potential to the global community through scholarship, research and intellectual engagement.

At a news conference on Tuesday to herald the week-long event, the Vice-Chancellor of the university, Prof. Clement Kolawole, said that the conference had become a leading platform for discussions on Africa’s future and development.

According to him, the LSA was established a decade ago in New York by African scholars seeking to create a forum for examining Africa’s realities, challenges and prospects through knowledge production and academic discourse.

He said that after its inaugural edition in the U.S., the association resolved that conversations about Africa should be held on the continent, leading to the relocation of subsequent conferences to Nigeria.

Kolawole said the university was honoured to host the 10th edition, adding that participants had already begun arriving from different parts of the world for the conference.

He said that the event would also feature seminars, symposia, cultural exhibitions and scholarly discussions.

The vice-chancellor said that Africa was increasingly becoming central to global development because of its enormous human and natural resources.