Book Smartness and Street Smartness: Gbarimatism Approach
BOOK SMARTNESS AND STREET SMARTNESS: GBARIMATISM APPROACH
About the Book
The book demonstrates the lens to perceive and navigate the intricacies of the world through a journey where knowledge from conventional learning and experience from real-life converge, illuminating life's path and unveiling the secrets to achieving your deepest aspirations. In a world where human existence unfolds like a captivating drama yet to be fully captured by Hollywood or Bollywood, with this book, you hold the key to understanding its intricate threads. The book underscores that success isn't confined to academic achievements alone. This book is your guide to bridging the worlds of academia and real-life experience, unlocking a path to success that blends intellect and street savvy.
It reveals how the fusion of book smartness and street smartness can be harnessed as personal philosophies for knowledge transfer and experiential growth. It provides the framework to intertwine the wisdom acquired through formal education with the insights harvested from real-world encounters. The pages of this book unravel the art and science of incorporating book smartness and street smartness, enabling you to craft your own unique compass for life's journey. By merging these two dimensions of wisdom, you pave the way to getting it right and achieving your desired results. This book is a collection of my insights gathered through a relentless pursuit of knowledge and an insatiable curiosity about the world and age-long experience through familial upbringing, mentors, scholars, council of elders and the lessons extracted from life's challenges and triumphs garnered within the four-walls of academics and multiple-walls of the street.
Drawing upon a lifetime of invaluable experiences, this book serves as a compass to navigate the equilibrium between book smartness and street smartness. All the knowledge, life experience, insight, thought, ideas, discoveries among others in this book birthed a concept of ‘Gbarimatism’ conceived by me as a personal philosophy about life, reality, experience, the place of knowledge and wisdom. The book navigates the voyage from a Bachelor's degree to a PhD, showing how the fusion of book smartness and street smartness can shape a journey of excellence and fulfilment. It's a guide that empowers you to excel, adapt, and prosper in an ever-changing world, offering a harmonious blend of book smartness and street smartness that transcends disciplines and enriches every facet of existence. Whether you're a student setting out on your academic journey or a seasoned professional aiming to break new ground, artisans and non-graduates to break from the vicious cycles of poverty and incapacitation, "Gbarimatism" offers a roadmap to thriving in all spheres of life, re-imagine your path, encouraging you to embrace the best of both worlds and embark on a remarkable journey of self-discovery and achievement.
About the Author
Dr. Fatai, Afeez Olansile is an accomplished scholar-administrator, thought leader and policy practitioner in the field of Geography, with a specialized focus on urban and development studies. With a career defined by intellectual depth and practical relevance, he has distinguished himself as a scholar committed to understanding and addressing the complexities of contemporary urban environments in a spatial perspective. Dr Fatai is a lecturer in the Department of Geography, Nigerian Defence Academy, Kaduna; former pioneer Directorate Registration and Examination Coordinator (DREC) at the Directorate of Linkages and Collaboration, Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA), Kaduna, Nigeria and Secretary Department of Geography Postgraduate Board. In these roles, he combines academic excellence with administrative leadership, research coordination, contributing significantly to academic development and institutional advancement. Dr. Fatai holds a PhD in Urban Geography with distinction from the Nigerian Defence Academy, Kaduna. He also earned a Master’s degree in Geography from the University of Ibadan and a Bachelor’s degree in Geography and Regional Planning from Lagos State University, where he graduated and won Tunji Bello Best Prize for the best graduated student in his department. This impressive academic journey reflects his deep commitment to scholarship, intellectual rigor, and excellence.
Dr. Fatai has published extensively in reputable local, national, and international journals. His research spans diverse yet interconnected themes, unraveling the complexities of urban life, especially the intersections of spatiality, geography of begging, urban security, informality, urban governance, urban resilience, social behavior, sexuality, human health, geography of crime, and crime mapping, geography of Amala and spatial analysis. He leverages on application of robust geo-spatial digital technologies such as GIS and Remote Sensing techniques in analyzing urban disorders and spatial patterns of social phenomena. His research consistently engages pressing social and spatial issues with clarity, originality, and practical relevance. Through his academic work, Dr. Fatai continues to contribute meaningfully to knowledge production, policy discourse, and the advancement of geography as a tool for understanding and transforming society. Dr. Fatai continues to shape contemporary discourse, influence policy considerations, and mentor the next generation of scholars and thought leaders. Widely respected for his analytical insight, unusual lens to perceived the world and innovative approach, Dr. Fatai, Afeez Olansile remains a valuable contributor to academia and research, not only in Nigeria but on the global stage.