Akin Mabogunje
Akinlawon Ladipo "Akin" Mabogunje (haihuwa 18 ga Oktoba 1931 - 4 ga Agusta 2022). Ɗan Najeriya ne mai nazarin ƙasa. Shi ne shugaban Afirka na farko na Ƙungiyar Ƙasa ta Duniya. A cikin 1999, shi ne ɗan Afirka na farko da aka zaɓa a matsayin Mataimakin Harkokin Waje na Cibiyar Nazarin Kimiyya ta Amurka. A cikin 2017, an zaɓe shi Memba mai Daraja na Ƙasashen Waje na Kwalejin Fasaha da Kimiyya ta Amurka, kuma ya sami lambar yabo ta Vautrin Lud Prize.

Rayuwar farko da ilimi 
An haifi Mabogunje a shekarar 1931 a Kano kuma ya zauna a Sabongari a lokacin da yake karatun firamare. Sannan ya halarci makarantar Mapo Central na tsawon shekara daya kafin ya ci jarrabawar shiga makarantar Grammar ta Ibadan. Ya samu gurbin karatu na Egbe Omo Oduduwa inda ya yi karatu a Kwalejin Jami’ar Ibadan, inda daga baya ya yi aiki a matsayin malami. Diyar sa itace Folasade Ogunsola.

Rubututtuka
A cikin 1968, Mabogunje ya rubuta Urbanization in Nigeria, game da ƙauyuka da kafa jihohi. A cikin littafin, Mabogunje ya bayar da hujjar cewa kasancewar ƙwararrun ƙwararrun ba su isa su haifar da ci gaban birane ba. Mabogunje ya bayyana “sharadi na iyakancewa” guda uku waɗanda kuma ake buƙata: rarar abinci, ƙaramin rukuni na mutane masu ƙarfi don sarrafa rarar da kiyaye zaman lafiya, da rukunin ƴan kasuwa ko ƴan kasuwa waɗanda ke iya ba da kayan ga ƙwararrun. Ya kasance shugaban makarantar Ibadan School of Government and Public Policy kuma mai ba da shawara ga wanda ya kafa ta Tunji Olaopa.

Kyaututtuka da karramawa 

 Ya kasance shugaban Afirka na Ƙungiyar Ƙasa ta Duniya.
 A cikin 1999, shi ne ɗan Afirka na farko da aka zaɓa a matsayin Mataimakin Harkokin Waje na Cibiyar Nazarin Kimiyya ta Amurka.
 A cikin 1968, Mabogunje ya rubuta Urbanization a Najeriya, game da yadda ake zama birni da kafa jihohi.
 A cikin 2017 ya sami kyautar Vautrin Lud.
 Ya kasance shugaban makarantar gwamnati da manufofin jama'a ta Ibadan
 Ya kasance memba a Majalisar Ba da Shawarar Tattalin Arzikin Yammacin Najeriya (1967-71);
 Memba, Hukumar Kula da Ayyukan Jama'a ta Tarayya (1972-74);
 Mashawarci, Hukumar Kididdiga ta Kasa (1973–74);
 Shugaban Majalisar Gudanarwa na Najeriya (1976-79);
 Mashawarci, Hukumar Raya Babban Birnin Tarayya (1976–84);
 Chancellor, Bells University of Technology, Ota, Ogun State (2005 - 2015)
 Pro-Chancellor kuma Shugaban Majalisar, Jami'ar Jihar Ogun, Ago-Iwoye (1982-91);
 Memba, Kwamitin Darakta na DFRRI (1986-1993);
 Memba, Kwamitin Amintattu na Gidauniyar Kyautar Kyauta ta Kasa (1983-1989) daga baya Shugaban Asusun (1989-94)
 Shugaban Hukumar Kula da Bankunan Jama'a na Kasa (1991-94).
 Memba na kwamitin gudanarwa, Nigerian Agricultural Products Co. Ltd. (1975-76);
 Mataimakin Shugaban, Pai Association International (Nig.) (1974-1989);
 Mataimakin Shugaban, Hukumar Gudanarwa Pi, International Co. Ltd. (1990-? );
 Shugaban, Hukumar Gudanarwa, Fa'idodin Fountain (1990-kwanaki); Memba, Hukumar Gudanarwa, Shonny Investments and Properties Ltd. (1994-? )
 Shugaban Hukumar Daraktoci, First Interstate Merchant Bank (Nig. ) Ltd. (1995-? ).

Labarai 
Ya buga surori na littattafai da yawa, labaran mujallu, takaddun taro, takaddun neman izini, rahotannin fasaha, littattafai da tatsuniyoyi a cikin kantunan gida da na waje waɗanda suka haɗa da:

 Birane a Najeriya
 Tsarin ci gaba: hangen nesa
 Motsin yanki da haɓaka albarkatu a yammacin Afirka
 Halin duniya: hangen nesa na zamani
 Garuruwan Yarbawa : bisa wata lacca mai taken "Matsalolin bunƙasa birane kafin masana'antu a yammacin Afirka" da aka gabatar a gaban ƙungiyar Falsafa a ranar 12 ga Afrilu 1961.
 Samar da matsuguni a kasashe masu tasowa : tasirin ma'auni.
 Owu a tarihin Yarbawa

Ƙarin Karatu

Manazarta 

Mutuwan 2022
Haifaffun 1931
Ƴan Najeriya masu nazarin kasa
Ɗalibin Jami'ar Ibadan
Ɗalibin University College London
 Ɗalibin Ibadan Grammar School
Mutane daga Kano