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Titilola Halimat Somotan is an Assistant Professor at Georgetown University's Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service. Her research focuses on twentieth-century African history, particularly decolonization, postcolonial governance, and urban development. She holds a PhD from Columbia University and has been supported by prestigious fellowships including the Princeton-Mellon Initiative and CLIR-Mellon grants.
- Education:
- PhD in History, Columbia University
- MA and MPhil in History, Columbia University
- BA in History & Theater Arts, Fairfield University
Her current research project, The Decolonizing City: Popular Politics and the Making of Postcolonial Lagos (1941–76), examines urban residents' struggles to shape Lagos' governance during Nigeria's transition to independence. Using diverse sources like petitions and oral histories, her work highlights marginalized voices in postcolonial policy formation.
Her awards include fellowships from Carnegie Mellon University, the Princeton-Mellon Initiative in Architecture, Urbanism, and the Humanities, and the Carter G. Woodson Institute.
