#  Nigeria in the World Seminar 

 



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####  calendar\_today Date and Time 

 **May 6, 2025** 

 05:00PM - 06:00PM EDT 

####  pin\_drop Location 

 **Emerson Hall, 29 Quincy Street, Room 210**  

In Person

 

 

 



 

## Religion and Democracy: Navigating Faith and Freedom in Nigeria and Beyond

### Speaker:

**The Governor, His Excellency Rev. Fr. Dr. Hyacinth Iormem Alia**, *Governor of Benue State, Nigeria.*

### Chair:

**Jacob K. Olupona**, *Faculty Associate.* Professor of African Religious Traditions, Harvard Divinity School; Chair; Hugh K. Foster Professor of African and African American Studies, Department of African and African American Studies, Harvard University.

### Contact:

**Jacob K. Olupona**  
<olupona@fas.harvard.edu>

### Abstract:

Governor Hyacinth Iormem Alia will lecture on religion, leadership, and democracy in Nigeria and its implications for faith and public life in the country.



 

 



 

 See also:- [ 2024–2025 ](/academic-year/2024%E2%80%932025)
- [ Nigeria in the World ](/seminars/nigeria/schedule)
 
 

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