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:
"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.
Encyclopaedia articles:
"The Africans: Boxing and Africa," in The Cambridge Companion to
Boxing, edited by Gerald Early, New York: Cambridge University Press,
forthcoming 2018.
"Jose Torres: The Boxer as Writer," in The Cambridge Companion to Boxing, edited by Gerald Early, New
York: Cambridge University Press, forthcoming 2018.
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).
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,” Eastsideboxing.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." GlobalResearch.ca, Jan. 2013.
Cited in the following book:
Paterson, Graham L. A
Constitutional Journey. Xlibris, Feb. 2013.
Work cited: "The Politics of Anthony Mundine." Eastsideboxing.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: “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." Eastsideboxing.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.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 Encyclopedia 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
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: “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).
© Adeyinka Makinde (2018)
Adeyinka Makinde is based in London, England.
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