Research
interests
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Intelligence & Security
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The History and Culture of the Sport
of Boxing
Publications
Books:
JERSEY BOY: The Life and Mob Slaying of Frankie DePaula (iUniverse) 2010, ISBN: 978-1-45020-637-2, 274pp including b/w
photographs.
DICK TIGER: The Life and Times of a Boxing Immortal (Word Association) 2005, ISBN: 978-1-59571-042-0, 312pp including b/w
photographs.
News magazine articles:
“Italy’s Ethiopian Massacre Finally Comes to Light” (Book Review of Ian Campbell’s The Addis Ababa Massacre: Italy’s
National Shame). New African Magazine,
Vol. 6, No. 584 June (2018) 68-71.
"A Night To Remember But...” (Commemorating the semi-centennial of Black Africa's first world
championship boxing contest fought between Nigeria's Dick Tiger and the
American Gene Fullmer on August 10th 1963). Africa
Today, Vol. 19, No. 0809, August/September (2013) 31-34.
Journal
articles:
"Old Man of Biafra" (Chapter Excerpt from the biography Dick Tiger: The Life and Times of
a Boxing Immortal). African Renaissance,
Vol 2, No 5 September/October (2005) 124-130.
"Boxing: Rousing the Nigerian Giant." African Renaissance, Vol 2,
No 2 March/April (2005) 68-73.
Book reviews:
"On Intelligence: The History of Espionage and the
Secret World". Global
Security and Intelligence Studies Journal, Vol 2, Number 1 (2016)103-105.
"Empire of Secrets: British Intelligence, the Cold
War and the Twilight of Empire." Covert Policing, Terrorism and Intelligence
Law Review, Vol 2, Issue 2 (2014)159-161.
Textbook contributions:
"Pug of Ages: Weep for Me." Essay reproduced in Writing the
Synthesis Essay, edited by John Brassil et al. New Jersey: Peoples
Education, 2008 13-15.
Book Chapters:
"The
Africans: Boxing and Africa," in The
Cambridge Companion to Boxing, edited by Gerald Early, New York: Cambridge
University Press, 201 99-117.
"Jose
Torres: The Boxer as Writer," in The
Cambridge Companion to Boxing, edited by Gerald Early, New York: Cambridge
University Press, 2019 223-235.
Conference Papers:
Presented at 'The Past, Present and Future of Intelligence' on 25th May 2013 at Aberystwyth University under the auspices of the Centre for Intelligence and International Security Studies (CIISS).
Selected Unrefereed Essays and Commentaries:
Global
Security
“Russia and
Britain: An Enduring but Fruitless Rivalry,” Global Research dot Canada (2018).
“The
Pan-Islamic Option: The West’s Part in the Creation and Sustaining of Islamist
Terror,” Global Research dot Canada
(2017).
“Saudi Arabia
and the Doctrine of Global Islamist Terror,” Global Research dot Canada (2017).
“Israel and
Islamist Militias: A Strange and Recurring Alliance,” Global Research dot Canada (2017).
“M.A.D.: The
Nuclear Debate America Should be Having,” Global
Research dot Canada (2016).
“The Syrian
Tragedy: Western Foreign Policy and its ‘Useful Idiots’,” Global Research dot Canada (2016).
“Vladimir
Putin and the Patterns of Power,” Global
Research dot Canada (2015).
“The Crisis
of Isis: A Debacle of a Great Game,” Global
Research dot Canada (2014).
“The Ukraine
Crisis: The Case for Russia,” Adeyinka
Makinde, Writer Blog (2014).
“Democracy,
Terrorism, and the Secret State,” Global
Research dot Canada (2013).
History
“The Six Day
War - Myth and Reality,” Global Research
dot Canada (2017).
“Solzhenitsyn:
The Price of Blacklisting a Nobel Laureate’s Book,” Adeyinka Makinde, Writer Blog (2013).
“Pope Pius
and History,” Adeyinka Makinde, Writer
Blog (2009).
Military
History
“Frank
Kitson: A Soldier’s Legacy,” Adeyinka
Makinde, Writer Blog (2016).
“About
Brigadier Benjamin Adekunle,” Adeyinka
Makinde, Writer Blog (2014).
“Skorzeny:
The Mythical Commando,” Adeyinka Makinde,
Writer Blog (2013).
African
Political History
“The Tragedy
of Ignatius Acheampong: Visionary and Kleptocrat,” Global Research dot Canada, (2020).
“The Iron-Fisted Ethiopian State,” Global
Research dot Canada, (2016).
Music
“Remembering
Fela Anikulapo-Kuti,” Dissident Voice
(2017).
“The Legacy
of Michael Jackson,” Adeyinka Makinde,
Writer Blog (2009).
Boxing
“The Mystery
of the Velodrome: Battling Siki Versus Georges Carpentier,” Adeyinka Makinde, Writer Blog (2016).
“Floyd
Mayweather: The Aesthetics of African-American Boxing Style,” Adeyinka Makinde, Writer Blog (2013).
“Remembering
Dick Tiger,” Eastside Boxing dot com
(2001).
Citations
Books
Work cited: DICK TIGER: The Life and Times of a Boxing Immortal. Word Association,
May 2005.
Cited in the
following books:
Lis, Daniel. Jewish Identity among the Igbo of Nigeria:
Israel's "Lost Tribe" and the Question of Belonging in the Jewish
State. Africa World Press, Nov. 2014.
Oliver,
Brian. The Commonwealth Games:
Extraordinary Stories Behind the Medals. Bloomsbury Sport, May 2014.
Torromeo,
Dario; Esposito, Franco. I Pugni Degli
Eroi. Absolutely Free Editore, Dec. 2013.
Achebe,
Chinua. There Was A Country: A Personal
History of Biafra. Allen Lane, Sept. 2012.
Hall, Karen
L. Game Plan: A Social History of Sport
in Alberta. University of Alberta Press, Jun. 2012.
Hudson, David
L. Boxing in America: An Autopsy.
Praeger Publishers, Jun. 2012.
Redner,
Charles. Down But Never Out. Open
Books Press, Feb. 2010.
Work cited: "Democracy, Terrorism and the Secret State: From the Era of
Gladio to the War on Terror." Global
Research dot Canada, Jan. 2013.
Cited in the
following book:
Paterson,
Graham L. A Constitutional Journey.
Xlibris, Feb. 2013.
Work cited: "The Politics of Anthony Mundine." Eastside Boxing dot Com, Oct. 2001.
Cited in the
following book:
Sarra, Chris.
Strong and Smart - Towards a Pedagogy for
Emancipation: Education for First Peoples (Part of New Studies in Critical
Realism and Education Series). Routledge, Aug. 2012.
Academic journals
Work cited: "Project Balkanisation: Oded Yinon and an Enduring Plank of
Israeli Foreign Policy". Global
Research dot Canada, Jul. 2018.
Cited in the
following journal:
Abadi, Jacob,
"Israel and Lebanon: Relations Under Stress" Contemporary Review of the Middle East, March 2020.
Work cited: DICK TIGER: The Life and Times of a Boxing Immortal. Word Association,
May 2005.
Cited in the
following journal:
Johnes,
Martin and Taylor, Matthew. "Boxing, Race and British Identity,
1945-1962" The Historical Journal,
1 29, Cambridge University Press (2020).
Work cited: "M.A.D.: The Nuclear Debate America Should be Having". Global Research dot Canada, Oct. 2016.
Cited in the
following journal:
Kővári,
László Lt. Col. "AZ Amerikai-Orosz Fegyversetkorlatozasi, Illetve
Csokkentesi Megallapodasok Helyzete es Perspektivaja" Honvédségi Szemle, 2019/5 pp. 102-113.
Work cited: Book review of "On Intelligence: The History of Espionage and the
Secret World.” Global Security and
Intelligence Studies, Vol. 2: No. 1, Article 8 (2016).
Cited in the
following journal:
Bonaldo,
Frederico and Marques Silva. “Industria da Espionagem: Ponte Comercial ou
Obstaculo a Paz?” Quaestio luris,
Volume 5, Volume 12, No. 2 (2019) pp. 691-705.
Work cited: “Vladimir Putin and the Patterns of Global Power.” Global Research dot Canada, Nov. 2015.
Cited in the
following journal:
Li Ming,
Tseng. “No More Blood For Oil. How Could EU Help?” Review of Business and Economics Studies, Volume 5, No. 2 (2017),
pp. 47-57.
Work cited: “NATO: Private Club of War Criminals.” Global Research dot Canada, Oct. 2016.
Cited in the
following journal:
Ahmed,
Mughees; Murtaza, Zainab & Shahzadi, Tanzila. “Libyan Gold Dinar Plan and
US-Nato Retort”. The Government: Annual Research Journal of Political Science,
Volume 6, No. 6 (2017), pp. 115-124.
Work cited: "Floyd Mayweather: The Aesthetics of African-American Boxing
Style." Adeyinka Makinde, Writer
Blog, Oct. 2013.
Cited in the
following journals:
Perkins,
Paul; Helmer, Richard J.N.; Mackintosh, Colin & Hahn, Allan G.
"Reflections on Long-Term Development and Use of Automated Scoring
Technology in a Sport (Modified Boxing) Context." World Journal of Engineering and Technology, Volume 5, No. 03
(2017), pp. 455-480.
Perkins,
Paul; Hahn, Allan; Lucas, Richard & Keegan, Richard. “The Boxing Conundrum:
Is there a Place for a New Variant of the Sport?” Journal of Research in Humanities and Social Science, Volume 2,
Issue 09 (2014), pp. 09-25.
Work cited: “The Iron-Fisted Ethiopian State.” Global
Research dot Canada, Sept. 2016.
Cited in the
following journal:
Yiannoutsos,
Alexandra. “Crossing Arms: The Plight and Protest of the Oromo in Ethiopia.” The McGill International Review [Online]
Nov. 8 (2016).
Work cited: DICK TIGER: The Life and Times of a Boxing Immortal. Word Association,
May 2005.
Cited in the
following journal:
Gennaro,
Michael. “‘The Whole Place is in Pandemonium’: Dick Tiger versus Gene Fullmer
III and the Consumption of Boxing in Nigeria." The International Journal of the History of Sport, Volume 30, Issue
16 (2013).
Work cited: "Retreading Hagler versus Hearns." Eastside Boxing dot Com, Apr. 2002.
Cited in the
following journal:
Ehrlichman,
Brad. "In This Corner: An Analysis of Federal Boxing Legislation." Columbia Journal of Law & the Arts.
Volume 34, No. 3 (2011), pp 421-456.
Academic textbooks
Work cited: "Pug of Ages: Weep For Me." Cyberboxingzone dot Com, Oct. 2002.
Reproduced in
the following textbook:
Brassil, John
et al. Writing the Synthesis Essay.
Peoples Education, 2007.
Reference books
Work cited: DICK TIGER: The Life and Times of a Boxing Immortal. Word Association,
May 2005.
Cited in the
following books:
The Editors
of Salem Press. Great Athletes - Boxing
& Soccer (Volume 1 of a 12-Volume set). Salem Press, Sept. 2014.
Grasso, John.
Historical Dictionary of Boxing.
Scarecrow Press, Jan. 2014.
Akyeampong, Emmanuel K.; Gates, Henry Louis (Editors). Dictionary of African Biography. Oxford University Press, Dec. 2011.
Hudson, David
L. Combat Sports: An Encyclopaedia of
Wrestling, Fighting and Mixed Martial Arts. Greenwood Press, Apr. 2009.
Gates, Henry
Louis; Higginbotham, Evelyn Brooks (Editors). The African-American National Biography. Oxford University Press.
Mar. 2008.
Think Tank Papers
Work cited: “Debacle of a Great Game: The Islamic State (IS) and America’s War on
Iraq and Syria”, Global Research dot
Canada, Aug. 2014.
Cited in the
following papers:
Yilmaz, Sait.
“Kuresel Tetorun Geldigi Asamayi Nasil Okumaliyiz?”, 21 Yuzyil Turkiye Enstitusu (2015).
Yilmaz, Sait.
“ISID ve Ortadogu’da Uzun Savas”, 21
Yuzyil Turkiye Enstitusu (2014).
Unpublished Work (Theses & Dissertations)
Work cited: DICK TIGER: The Life and Times of a Boxing Immortal. Word
Association, May 2005.
Cited in the
following projects:
Gennero,
Michael. “‘Empire Boxers are the Goods’: Race, Boxing, and Nigerians in the
Black Atlantic," Nigeria in the
Ring: Boxing, Masculinity, and the Empire in Nigeria, 1930-1957,
unpublished dissertation, University of Florida (2016).
Obasa,
Olusegun. Sports and the Modernity of
Leisure in Nigeria: Stadium Space and the Symbolisms of Expressions, 1930-1980,
unpublished dissertation, University of Texas at Austin (2015).
Work cited: "Floyd Mayweather: The Aesthetics of African-American Boxing
Style." Adeyinka Makinde, Writer Blog, Oct. 2013.
Cited in the
following project:
Perkins,
Paul. "Can a Modified, Low Risk Form of Boxing Achieve Significant
Community Intake?" unpublished dissertation, University of Canberra
(2019).
Work cited: “The Six Day War: Myth and Reality”, Global Research dot Canada, June
2017.
Cited in the
following project:
Havelkova,
Lenka. “Conflict of Identities: Zionism and Palestinian Nationalism”,
unpublished master’s thesis, Univerzita Karlova (2017).
Work cited: “The Manchester Bombing: A Case of State Criminal Negligence or
Worse?”, Global Research dot Canada,
May 2017.
Cited in the
following project:
Giroux,
Kathryn. “The Quest for an Optimal Balance: Civil Liberties in an era of
Securitization: An Analysis of Canadian Anti-Terror Legislation",
unpublished master’s thesis, McGill University, Montreal (2018).
© Adeyinka Makinde (2020)
Adeyinka Makinde is based in London, England.
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