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Sesan Michael JOHNSON (SMB Johnson) bio

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Sesan Michael Johnson is a budding researcher, writer and teacher of History, World Affairs and African Studies. He is a research fellow of the French Institute for Research in Africa (IFRA), Ibadan, Nigeria. In 2012 as the best graduating student of the Department of History, he earned a Bachelor of Arts (Combined Honors) degree in History and International Relations from Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife, Nigeria and he is in the process of completing his MPhil degree in History from the same university. Earlier in 2000 he had obtained a Professional Diploma in Statistics from the Department of Statistics, Faculty of Science; University of Ibadan (UI). He has vast experiences in preparing students for excellent (A*/A) performance in both Cambridge and JUPEB - Advanced Level History examinations. He’s an astute writer with published works in academic journals. . A History textbook for Advanced Level History for Joint University Preliminary Examination Board (JUPEB) co-authored by him will be published soon. As a public intellectual, established newspapers such as the Guardian newspaper of Nigeria have published his articles on national issues. His works have are recommended as reading texts on African History by international institutions. He’s been part of academic trainings, sessions, seminars and workshops organized by Oxford University, Toyin Falola International Annual Conference (TOFAC), Cambridge University, IFRA, OAU and UI. He has presented academic papers in both local and international conferences. His research focuses on Historical Science, African Historiography and Philosophy of History, Public Health/Medical History, Environmental History, Social Media History and African Studies. In January 2018, he presented a paper titled: ‘Recasting Historical Epistemology and Scientific Discourse in Africa’ at the just concluded Professor Toyin Falola at 65 Conference held at University of Ibadan, Nigeria between January 29 and 31, 2018.

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Sesan Michael Babatunde (SMB) JOHNSON is a man (Priest/Scholar/essayist/conversationist/researcher/writer/historian) endowed with avalanche of divine grace, inundated apostolic poise and atypical prophetic mandate with global affects traversing the ecclesiastical circus, academic domain and secular milieu.

Sesan Michael JOHNSON is an award wining researcher/historian. In March 2018 he received Brian Bertotti Awards from Virginia University of Technology (Virginia Tech), USA in recognition for innovation in historical scholarship. He was a finalist for 2019 McCarthy Award for History of Medicine Research by Royal College of Physicians (University of Edinburgh, Scotland, UK) . His research interests cut across histories of medicine, public health, diseases, death, cemeteries, pains, griefs, memorialisation, funeralisation, etc.

As a News Analyst via radio and TV, Sesan Michael Johnson weekly speaks to millions of people while engaging and analyzing news items with proven data and pragmatic insights. His expertise includes news sourcing, mining and authorisation. He has appeared as analyst on NTA Ibadan, Impact Business Radio (92.5 FM), LeadCity FM, BCOS TV, Oluyole FM, Impact Africa Television, etc.

As a digital strategist with over a decade experience has been professionally engaged in contents creation and management. He has cutting edge capabilities in the utility of the social media for collaboration, advocacy, synergy, communication, branding and learning. His technologies include: HTML, DHTML, CSS, SEO, CMS, etc.

For a decade, he's been a researcher, writer and an expert-teacher of European, World & African History for Cambridge, JUPEB and WAEC examinations. In Sept 2016, he trained in the areas of learner-centred teaching pedagogy, meta-cognition and assessment for/of learning at the Cambridge Schools Conference, hosted at the Homerton College, University of Cambridge, UK.

He is a research fellow of the French Institute for Research in Africa, Ibadan. He’s an astute writer with published works in academic journals and newspaper outlets. He has presented academic papers in both local and international conferences. In recent times, his academic papers have been acknowledged globally (Oxford University, UK; Virginia Tech, USA; Exeter University, UK; Virginia State University, USA; BenGurion University of Negev, Israel; Otagon University, New Zealand;TOFAC; OAU; Edinburgh University, UK, etc.

On June 28, 2019 he presented a paper titled "Ibadan Water Bodies as Carriers and Transmitters of Disease: Historicising Cholera Epidemics in Ibadan, 1970-1996" at the "Shaped by the Sea: Histories of Ocean, Science, Medicine and Technology" at University of Manchester, UK. On October 17, 2019 he gave an Award Talk during the 2019 McCarthy Award for History of Medicine Research at the Royal College of Physicians of the University of Edinburgh, Scotland, UK.

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