Nigeria, Dec. 22 -- Professor Toyin Falola is an enigma within African scholarship who holds an uncommon position within the academic community. As one of the architects of Africa's new intellectual, his commitment to reengineering the scope and modalities of how the continent's past is taught, understood, and made available in public life is obviously a key indicator of his scholarly commitment to the continent. A notable historian with academic milestones, which include his role as the Jacob and Frances Sanger Mossiker Chair in the Humanities at the University of Texas at Austin, in addition to decades of active lecturing, writing, and institution-building capacities, are major cornerstones that give him both the credentials and an acti...