Robert Sidney Smith (31 January 1919 – 29 November 2009 in London, England) was an expert on the history of the Yoruba people of Nigeria and was a senior lecturer and then professor of history at the universities of Lagos, Ife and Ibadan.
[citation needed] Smith studied and taught at the Institute of African Studies in the University of Ibadan in Nigeria from its foundation in 1962.
[2][page needed] Smith authored the following books: A festschrift was published in his honour Falola, Toyin & Law, Robin (eds.)
(1992) Warfare and diplomacy in precolonial Nigeria: Essays in honor of Robert Smith, Madison, WI: University of Wisconsin.
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