Education across two continents
Benin City, Pomona College, Berkeley, UCLA and the intellectual influences that shaped his economics.
Preserving the spoken record
Oral history project
This developing collection will preserve Professor Osagie’s voice and the memories of relatives, former students, colleagues and friends.
Collection status
Recordings are being prepared
The archive does not yet publish audio or video recordings. This page establishes the themes, editorial standards and submission route so future interviews can be added carefully and with permission.
Universities and institution-building
Teaching at Ibadan and Jos, academic leadership and the development of Benson Idahosa University.
Economics and Nigeria
Exchange rates, structural adjustment, ECOWAS, development planning and the policy lessons of six decades.
NIPSS and public service
Research, senior-leadership education and the relationship between scholarship and government.
Family, Benin heritage and faith
The personal values, relationships and Christian service behind the public career.
Interview starter
Questions for the first recorded conversation
- What early experiences most influenced your choice of economics?
- Which teachers and colleagues most shaped your thinking at Pomona, Berkeley, UCLA and Ibadan?
- What did you hope to build at the University of Jos, NIPSS and Benson Idahosa University?
- Which of your economic-policy arguments do you believe remain most relevant to Nigeria today?
- What should younger economists understand about ECOWAS, monetary policy and national development?
- How have family, Benin heritage and Christian faith shaped your public service?
Before recording, agree how the interview may be edited, preserved and published. Keep an unedited master file and a written consent record.
Share a memory or recording
If you studied or worked with Professor Osagie, the family archive welcomes a brief written memory or information about an existing recording.
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