Billy Dudley

Billy Joseph Stanley Oritsesaninomi Dudley (10 November 1931 - 23 December 1980) was a leading Nigerian political scientist, working mostly at the University of Ibadan (UI), which he joined in 1959. Until late 1962, he was on the staff of the Extra Mural Department of UI, and from 1960-62 he was based in Zaria, where he began the research that he later supplemented with research in London, England, during periods of leave in 1961, 1963, and 1965, each lasting several months. His resulting PhD was soon published as Parties and Politics in Northern Nigeria. He became a Professor at UI in 1971 and Head of Department in 1972. Dudley was born at Warri to Diana Alice Oritseweyinmi Chute. His father was Stanley John Dudley. His early childhood...