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Dr Soji Oyeranmi is an early career academic who holds a doctorate from the University of South Africa (UNISA) since 2018 and was until September 30th 2021, a Lecturer at the Department of History and Diplomatic Studies, Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ago Iwoye, Ogun State, Nigeria. I am currently an Independent Researcher and Convener, China-Africa Study Group, Ibadan, Nigeria.; My research interests include: Environmental history, Sustaianable Development;International/Diplomatic History, China-Africa Relations among others I have some local and international awards/fellowships to my credit. The most recent include: Afro-Sino Centre for International Relations (ASCIR)/Chinese in Africa-Africans in China Research Network (CAAC)’s Emerging Scholar Fellowship and 2021 Africa-China Research Grant from the University of Witwatersrand, South Africa; Early Career Research Leader Fellowship (ECRLF), University of Pretoria, South Africa, 2019-2020;African Humanities Program (AHP)/African Studies Association (ASA)/ Carnegie Corporation of New York Fellowship, 2017;British International Studies Association International Travel Award, 2017;American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS)/AHP Residency Fellowship at Rhodes University, South Africa, 2017;Lagos Studies Association/INFRA local travel award, 2017 ; University of South Africa (UNISA) Doctoral Bursary Awards,2015 and 2016;African Humanities Program PhD Thesis Writing Award (American Council of Learned Societies, New York), 2010; •Peace, Security and Development Fellowship for African Scholars,2010; Bergen Research Summer School Scholarship, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway, June 22nd - July 3rd 2009; Helsinki Postgraduate Summer School   Scholarship, University of Helsinki, Finland, 2005; Federal Government of Nigeria, Postgraduate Scholarship Award, 2002.