Billy Dudley

Who was Billy Dudley?

Billy Joseph Stanley Oritsesaninomi Dudley was a leading Nigerian political scientist, working mostly at the University of Ibadan, 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.