Publishing
Journal Articles and Book Chapters
Saheed Aderinto has published extensively in academic journals and edited volumes.
Journal Articles
"Empire Day in Africa," 2018
"Empire Day in Africa," 2018
"Empire Day in Africa," 2018
“Empire Day in Africa: Patriotic Colonial Childhood, Imperial Spectacle, and Nationalism in Nigeria, 1905-1960,” Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History 46, no.4 (2018):731-757
"Modernizing Love," 2015
"Empire Day in Africa," 2018
"Empire Day in Africa," 2018
“Modernizing Love: Gender, Romantic Passion, and Youth Literary Culture in Colonial Nigeria,” Africa: The Journal of the International African Institute 85, no.3 (2015): 478-500
"Journey to Work," 2015
"Empire Day in Africa," 2018
"O! Sir I Do Not Know Either to Kill Myself or to Stay,” 2015
“Journey to Work: Transnational Prostitution in Colonial British West Africa,” Journal of the History of Sexuality 24, no.1 (2015): 99-124
"O! Sir I Do Not Know Either to Kill Myself or to Stay,” 2015
“‘The Problem of Nigeria is Slavery, Not White Slave Traffic,’ 2012
"O! Sir I Do Not Know Either to Kill Myself or to Stay,” 2015
“O! Sir I Do Not Know Either to Kill Myself or to Stay”: Childhood Emotion, Poverty, and Literary Culture in Nigeria, 1900-1960,” Journal of the History of Childhood and Youth 8, no.2 (2015): 273-294.
"Where is the Boundary?" 2013
“‘The Problem of Nigeria is Slavery, Not White Slave Traffic,’ 2012
“‘The Problem of Nigeria is Slavery, Not White Slave Traffic,’ 2012
“Where is the Boundary? Cocoa Conflict, Land Tenure, and Politics in Western Nigeria,” Journal of Social History 47, no.1 (2013), 176-195
“‘The Problem of Nigeria is Slavery, Not White Slave Traffic,’ 2012
“‘The Problem of Nigeria is Slavery, Not White Slave Traffic,’ 2012
“‘The Problem of Nigeria is Slavery, Not White Slave Traffic,’ 2012
“‘The Problem of Nigeria is Slavery, Not White Slave Traffic’: Globalization and the Politicization of Prostitution in Southern Nigeria, 1921-1955,” Canadian Journal of African Studies 46, no.1 (2012): 1-22
“Of Gender, Race, and Class,” 2012
“Dangerous Aphrodisiac, Restless Sexuality," 2012
“Dangerous Aphrodisiac, Restless Sexuality," 2012
“Of Gender, Race, and Class: The Politics of Prostitution in Lagos, Nigeria, 1923-1954,” Frontiers: A Journal of Women’s Studies 33, no. 3 (2012):71-92
“Dangerous Aphrodisiac, Restless Sexuality," 2012
“Dangerous Aphrodisiac, Restless Sexuality," 2012
“Dangerous Aphrodisiac, Restless Sexuality," 2012
“Dangerous Aphrodisiac, Restless Sexuality: Venereal Disease, Biomedicine, and Protectionism in Colonial Lagos, Nigeria,” Journal of Colonialism and Colonial History 13.3 (2012). Project MUSE. Web. 3 Dec. 2012
“Researching Colonial Childhoods," 2012
“Dangerous Aphrodisiac, Restless Sexuality," 2012
“Cutting the Head of the Roaring Monster," 2009
“Researching Colonial Childhoods: Images and Representations of Children in Nigerian Newspaper Press, 1925-1950,” History in Africa: A Journal of Method 39 (2012): 241-266
“Cutting the Head of the Roaring Monster," 2009
“Cutting the Head of the Roaring Monster," 2009
“Cutting the Head of the Roaring Monster," 2009
“Cutting the Head of the Roaring Monster’: Homosexuality and Repression in Africa,” African Study Monographs Vol. 30, No.3 (2009): 121-135, co-authored with Kwame Essien
“The Girls in Moral Danger,” 2007
“Cutting the Head of the Roaring Monster," 2009
“The Girls in Moral Danger,” 2007
“The Girls in Moral Danger”: Child Prostitution and Sexuality in Colonial Lagos, Nigeria, 1930s-1950,” Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences 1, no.2 (2007): 1-22
Book Chapters
In "Sports in African History, Politics, and Identity Formation" (2019)
“Introduction” in Michael Gennaro and Saheed Aderinto, eds., Sports in African History, Politics, and Identity Formation (New York: Routledge: 2019), co-authored with Michael Genn.
In "African Kingdoms: An Encyclopedia of Empires and Civilizations" (2017)
“Introduction: Uncovering Africa’s Past” in Saheed Aderinto, ed., African Kingdoms: An Encyclopedia of Empires and Civilizations (Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO, 2017), xiii-xxvi
In "Prostitution and Sex Work in Global Cinema: New Takes on Fallen Women" (2017)
“Inside the ‘House of Ill Fame’: Brothel Prostitution, Feminization of Poverty, and Lagos Life in Nollywood’s The Prostitute,” in Danielle Hipkins and Kate Taylor-Jones eds, Prostitution and Sex Work in Global Cinema: New Takes on Fallen Women (New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2017), 107-128
In "Prostitution: A Companion to Mankind" (2016)
“Pleasure for Sale: Prostitution in Colonial Africa, 1880s-1960s,” in Frank Jacob (ed.,) Prostitution: A Companion to Mankind (Frankfurt am Main: Peter Lang 2016), 469-480
In "Colonialism and the Invention of Modern Nigerian Childhood" (2015)
“Introduction: Colonialism and the Invention of Modern Nigerian Childhood,” in Saheed Aderinto (ed.,) Children and Childhood in Colonial Nigerian Histories (New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2015), 1-18
In Children and Childhood in Colonial Nigerian Histories (2015)
“Framing the Colonial Child: Childhood Memory and Self Representation in Autobiographical Writing,” in Saheed Aderinto (ed.,) Children and Childhood in Colonial Nigerian Histories (New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2015), 169-199.
“500 Children Are Missing in Lagos”: Child Kidnapping and Public Anxiety in Colonial Nigeria,” in Saheed Aderinto (ed.,) Children and Childhood in Colonial Nigerian Histories (New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2015), 97-121, co-authored with Paul Osifodunrin.
In "Nigerian Political Leaders: Visions, Actions, and Legacies" (2015)
“Yakubu Gowon: The Challenge of Nation Building,” in Apollos O. Nwauwa and Julius O. Adekunle (eds.,) Nigerian Political Leaders: Visions, Actions, and Legacies (Glassboro, New Jersey: Goldline & Jacobs Publishing, 2015), 230-248