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Tolulope Esther Fadeyi is a PhD Candidate at the Department of History and Centre for African Studies, University of Basel, Switzerland. Prior to her PhD, she received her undergraduate and master’s degrees in History and Strategic Studies from the University of Lagos, Nigeria. Also, she worked as a research assistant at the University of Lagos and gained invaluable cultural experiences as an intern at a Trado-Medical Hospital in Mushin, Lagos, Nigeria where she learned the art and science of local midwifery practices.
Tolulope is a fellow of the Lagos Studies Association and Ife Institute of Advanced Studies. She was a visiting researcher at the Centre for Maternal and Child Health Research, the City University of London where she participated in seminars and presented her ongoing research.
Her research explores the history of science, traditional medicine, and maternity care in 19th and 20th Century Yoruba society. Her interest in integrative maternity care also extends to the history of rural women and the medical dynamics that impact their patterns of pregnancy, childcare, and postpartum care. Looking beyond the notion of a conflict between traditional and Western medicine, her research seeks to explore the impact of African indigenous knowledge and medicine in improving the maternal health of communities across the globe.