Year	Abiola Lecturer	Title
1993	Ali A Mazrui	"Global Africa: From Abolitionists to Reparationists"
1994	Lecturer Not Available	Title Not Available
1995	Gertrude Mongella	Title Not Available
1996	Thandika Mkandawire	"The Social Sciences in Africa: Breaking Local Barriers and Negotiating International Presence"
1997	James David Rubadiri	Title Not Available
1998	Bolanle Awe	Title Not Available
1999	Boubacar Barry	"Africans and the New Millennium"
2000	Mamphela Ramphele	"Harnessing Africa's Intellectual Capital for Sustainable Development: The Challenge of the 21st Century"
2001	Atieno Odhiambo	"The Cultural Dimensions of Development in Africa"
2002	Jacob F Ade Ajayi	Title Not Available
2003	Wande Abimbola	"Youth and Generational Change in the Ifa Oral Tradition"
2004	Kofi Anyidoho	"Playing GOD with WORD: LANGUAGE and POWER of SELF-NAMING"
2005	Abena Busia	"What Is Africa To Me?" Knowledge Possession, Knowledge Production, and the Health of our Bodies Politic in Africa and the African Diaspora"
2006	Amina Mama	“Is it Ethical to Study Africa? Preliminary Thoughts on Scholarship and Freedom”