- D. Phil. (Ph.D.), History, (Christ Church, Oxford University), 1967.
- Higher Diploma in Education (Trinity, Dublin).
- B.A. (Hons.) History (University College, Dublin).
- Full professional appointments:
University of Michigan (1975-1984)
University of Calabar, Nigeria (1981-1987)
Imo State / Abia State University, Nigeria (1987-1999)
Mississippi State University (1999- ).
- Visiting Professor:
Visiting Professor of History, University of Nigeria, Nsukka (1976-1977)
Visiting Senior Scholar, Cornell University (1989)
Distinguished Visiting Professor of History, Lincoln University, PA (1997-1998)
Visiting Professor of History, Tulane University (1998-1999)
- Departmental Headship positions:
Department of History, University of Calabar, Nigeria (1981-1987).
Department of History, Mississippi State University (1999-2005).
- Academic Directorship positions:
Pioneer Director, Centre for Igbo Studies, Imo State University, Okigwe, Nigeria (1987-1991)
Pioneer Director, Centre for Igbo Studies, Abia State University, Okigwe, Nigeria (1991-1993)
Visiting Director, Center for Public Policy and Diplomacy, Lincoln University, PA (1997-1998)
- Academic Deanship positions:
Dean, Faculty of Arts, University of Calabar, Nigeria (1984-1987)
Chairman, Committee of Deans, University of Calabar, Nigeria (1985-1987)
Dean, College of Humanities and Social Sciences, Imo State University, Okigwe, Nigeria (1987-1991)
Dean, College of Humanities and Social Sciences, Abia State University, Nigeria (1991-1993)
Dean, College of Post-Graduate Studies, Abia State University, Uturu, Nigeria (1993-1994)
Dean, College of Humanities and Social Sciences, Imo State University, Owerri, Nigeria (1994-1999)
- Editorial Boards:
Lincoln Journal of Social and Political Thought
Trans-African Journal of History
Kenya Historical Review
The Journal of African Studies
Makerere Historical Journal
Journal of World Studies
Editorial Consultant, Calabar Historical Journal
Nsukka Journal of the Humanities
Consulting Editor, Journal of Development
Editorial Advisor, Journal of Professional Educators
The Bensu Journal of Historical Studies
Benin Journal of Historical Studies
- Memberships:
In 1987, elected to the Fellowship of the Historical Society of Nigeria and between 1988 and 1992, served as President of that Society. Is a member of many academic and other organizations, among which are:
Member, Board of Directors, West African Research Association (2001- )
Member, West African Research Association(2001- )
Member, Phi Alpha Theta (2001- )
Member, Phi Kappa Phi (2001- )
Member, Association of Third World Studies (1999- )
Serves as a member of UNESCO's International Scientific Committee of Experts for the "Slave Route" Project (1997- ).
Chairman, Imo State Council for Arts and Culture (1995-1997)
Chairman, Ahiajoku Lecture Planning Committee, Imo State Government, Nigeria (1993-1995)
Member, Imo State Library Board (1984-1987)
Member, The Oxford and Cambridge Club of Nigeria (1985- )
Member, African Studies Association, USA (1970)
Member, American Historical Association (1970)
Listed in many prestigious international Biographies and belongs to many acadmeic Societies.
Life Member, Oxford Union Society, Oxford, England
2005 Received the Golden Jubilee Award by The Historical Society of Nigeria In recognition of your meritorious and distinguished service as a one time President of the Society. This day the 19th of October 2005. At the University of Ibadan, Nigeria.
2004 Received The Distinguished Scholarship and Leadership Presidential Award, Association of Third World Studies.
2003 Special Recognition Award in Appreciation for contributions to the Association of Third World Studies.
1997 Member, American Association for the Advancement of Science
1995 Fellow, New York Academy of Science
1992 Qualified and Incorporated Administrative Manager (QUIAM), The Institute of Management of Nigeria
1992 Certified and Distinguished Administrative Manager (CDA), The Institute of Administrative Management of Nigeria
1992 Hon. Fellow, The Institute of Administration Management of Nigeria, (FIAM, HON)
1987 Fellow Historical Society of Nigeria (FHSN)
- Understanding the Nigerian Experience
- What is African History?: Philosophical Essays
- Twentieth Century Africa: A Portrait
- The New Black Nationalism in the African Diaspora in the Americas
- Books
Visions of Nationhood: Prelude to the Nigerian Civil War. Trenton, NJ: Africa World Press, 2009, 470pp.
Troubled Journey: Nigeria Since the Civil War, edited with Levi Nwachuku, (New York: University Press of America, 2004), 368 pp.
Inter-ethnic & Religious Conflict Resolution in Nigeria, edited with Ernest Uwazie, (Baltimore: Lexington Books, 1999), 192 pp.
Foundations of Nigerian Federalism: The Colonial Period 1900-1960: Edited: (AbujaNCIR, 1996), 334 pp.
A Short History of South Africa (Owerri: Esther Thompson Publishing Company, 1998), 214 pp. Hardback and paperback. Revised edition is expected to be published in 2007.
Uganda: The Dilemma of Nationhood: Editor (with preface and introduction) New York NOK Publishers: 1982, 396 pp. Hardback and paperback.
Britain and the Conquest of Africa: The Age of Salisbury (Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 1974), 422 pp. British and Commonwealth edition published in hardback and paperback. New York NOK Publishers, 1978.
Anatomy of an African Kingdom: A History of Bunyoro Kitara: Editor (with preface and introduction) New York: Doubleday and NOK, 1973, 320 pp. Hardback and paperback. British and Commonwealth edition publish in hardback and paperback by New York NOK Publishers, 1978.
The Slave Trade and African Societies. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan, CAAS Monograpgh Series No. 3, 1971
Revolution and Revolt in Bunyoro Kitara: London: Longman, 1970, 69 pp.
- Occasional Publications
History and Democracy in Nigeria (Owerri: Esther Thompson Publishing Company, 1990) Published for the Historical Society of Nigeria - A Historical Society of Nigeria Inaugural Presidential Address.
Towards a Philosophy of African History (Public lecture delivered at Cornell University, November, 1989). Printed for Private Circulation.
The Making of a United Kingdom: Britain and the National Question in Historical Perspective, 1986, 46 pp. Printed for Private Circulation.
- Completed Research
"Great Debates in African History," 660 pages
Biography of Omukama Chwa II Kabarega
A History of Africa, 32 chapters, 1210 pages
- Selected Articles & Chapters in Books
"Contemporary Igboland: An Essay in Local Governance" will appear in the Fall 2009 issue of the Journal of Third World Studies
"The Centrality of Ofo na Ogu in Igbo Cosmology," chapter in a book in honor of the late Professor Donatus Nwoga, forthcoming.
"A Half Century of Historical Writing in Africa, 1950-2000" in Toyin Falola, editor, Essays in Honor of Professor A.E. Afigbo, Trenton, NJ, Africa World Press, October, 2008.
"African Power Politics: A Historical Perspective," Orbis: A Journal of World Affairs, Spring 2005, pp. 503-516.
"A Matter of Identity: Africa and Its Diaspora," in John N. Oriji (ed.), Africa and African American History and Culture, forthcoming.
Foreword to J. A. Atanda (ed.), Handbook of Nigerian History, forthcoming.
"Evolution and Relevance of Autonomous Communities in Precolonial Igboland," Journal of Third World Studies (JTWS),xxi, 1(2004), pp. 139-150.
"General Overview of African History," in Levi A. Nwacliuku (ed.), Exploring the African-American Experience.Oxford, PA: Lincoln University Press, 2006.
"The Evolution and Relevance of Autonomous Communities in Contemporary Igboland," in Don Ohaduke et al (eds.),Igbo Studies: A Tribute to Professor Simon Ottenburg, (Africa World Press, forthcoming).
"Nationalism in Africa," and "Indirect Rule in Africa," Benjamin, Thomas (ed.), Encyclopedia of Western Colonialism since 1450. 3 vols. Macmillan Reference USA, 2007.
"Belgium Colonial Empire," in Peter N. Sterns et al (eds.), Oxford, Encyclopedia of the Modern World
"National Question in Nigeria,"Lincoln Journal of Social and Political Thought, forthcoming.
"Participatory Democracy in Nigeria: The Role of Town Development Unions," in C. B. Nwachuku (ed.), Recurrent Issues in Intergovernmental Relations (Owerri: 2003), pp. 65-73.
"Bees in My Bonnet" in Festus O. Obiakor and Jacob U. Gordon (eds.), African Perspectives in American Higher Education: Invisible Voices (New York: Nova Science Publishers, 2003), pp. 35-46.
"Federalism Versus Centralism in Nigeria: Continuity and Change," chapter in a book in honor of Professor Toyin Falola, edited by Adebayo Oyebade. (New York: Africa World Press, 2003), pp. 181-199.
"Christianity, Custom and Conflict in Africa," in Toyin Falola (ed.), Ghana in Africa and the World: Essays in Honor of Adu Boahen (Trenton, NJ: Africa World Press, 2003), pp. 381-390.
"Christianity and Islam in Modern Africa: Protest, Conflict and Co-operation," in Lincoln Journal of Social and Political Thought, 1, 1 (2002), pp. 57-83.
"Banyoro" in Carol R. Ember, et al (eds.: For), Encyclopedia of World Cultures Supplement. (New Yrok: Macmillan, Spring 2002), pp. 33-36.
"Assessing the History of Ethnic-Religious Resolutions," in Ernest Uwazie et al (eds.), Inter-Ethic and Religious Conflict Resolutions in Nigeria. Baltimore: Lexington Books, 1999, pp. 7-17.
"Toward Constitutional Re-engineering: A Three-tier Democratic Federation as the Future of Nigeria," Special Feature in West Africa Research Association Newsletter (WARA). (Madison: University of Wisconsin, Fall 2001), pp. 34-41.
"Pioneers, Superstars, Nilotes and State Formation in the Interlacustrine Regions of East Africa." Second Dike Memorial Lecture published for the Historical Society of Nigeria. (Port-Harcourt: University of Port-Harcourt Press, 1998), pp. 18-65.
"Evolution of Nigerian State, 1900-1914," in G. N. Uzoigwe (ed.), Foundations of Nigerian Federalism: The Colonial Period (Abuja: NCIR, 1996), pp. 1-38.
"Foreign Impact" in Erim O. Erim (ed.), Foundations of Nigerian Federalism: Precolonial Antecedents (Abuja: NCIR, 1996) pp. 276-315.
"On Values and Oral Tradition: Towards a New Field of Historical Research" in E. J. Alagoa (ed.), Oral Tradition and Oral History in Africa and the Diaspora: Theory and Practice, (Lagos: Center for Black and African Arts and Civilization, 1996), 42-50, pp. 289-325.
"History as a National Resource", Nsukka Journal of the Humanities, Nos. 5/6 (1989), pp. 1-21.
"The Military in Politics in Precolonial Africa: A Case Study of the Interlacustrine States of Bunyoro and Uganda" Nigerian Defence Academy Journal, 1, 2 (1990), pp. 85-102.
"Religion et Liberation en Afrique", Suret Canale (ed.), Mondes en Development, Tome 17 No. 65, 1989, pp. 199-202.
"The Results of the Berlin West Africa Conference: An Assessment" in Stig Forster, W. J. Momsen and Ronald Robinson (eds.), Bismark, Europe and Africa: The Berlin Africa Conference 1884-1885 and the Onset of the Partition (London: O.U.P. 1988), pp. 541-552.
"The African Historian and the Crisis of Relevance" in M. Abasiattai (ed.), The Role of the ARts in Nation-Building, (Calabar: University of Calabar Faculty of Arts Publication, July 1987), pp. 65-75.
"Reflections on the Berlin-West Africa Conference, 1884-1885," Journal of the Historical Society of Nigeria XII, Nos. 34 (December, 1984 - June, 1985), pp. 9-22.
"European Petition and Conquest of Africa: An Overview," Chapter 2 in The UNESCO History of Africa (Vol. 7), edited by Adu A. Boahen (Berkeley: University of California Press, 1985), pp. 19-44. Translated into the major languages.
"Uganda and Parliamentar Government," Journal of Modern African Studies, 21, 2 (1983), pp. 233-271.
"The Agreement States and the Making of Uganda: II" in G. N. Uzoigwe, Uganda: Dilemma of Nationhood,, pp. 94-133 (plus 4 pages of notes).
"Civil-Military Relations in East-Africa: Towards a Historical Approach," The Journal of African Afroamerican Affairs, (Fall, 1979), pp. 80-114.
"The New American Policy Towards Southern Africa: Myth or Reality?" The Journal of African Afroamerican Affairs, (1 June 1977), pp. 52-66.
"Oral Literature and African History," Trans-African Journal of History, 6, 1 (1977), pp. 18-41.
"The Warrior and the State in Precolonial Africa: Comparative Perspectives," Journal of Asian and African Studies, XII, 1-2 (1977), pp. 20-47. Reprinted in Ali A. Mazrui (ed.). The Warrior Tradition in Modern Africa (London: E. J. Brill, 1977), pp. 32-65.
"The Victorians and East Africa, 1882-1900: The Robinson-Gallagher Thesis Revisited," Trans-African Journal of History, 5, 4 (1977), pp. 32-65.
"The Mombasa-Victoria Railway, 1890-1902; Imperial Necessity, Humanitarian Venture, or Economic Imperialism?" Kenya Historical Review, 4, 1 (January-February 1976), pp. 11-34.
"Spheres of Influence, Effective Occupation and the Doctrine of the Hinterland in the Partition of Africa," Journal of African Studies, 32 (Summer, 1976), pp. 183-203
"Pre-Colonial Military Studies in Africa," Journal of Modern African Studies, XIII, 3 (1975), pp. 469-481.
"From the Gold Coast to Ghana: The Politics of Decolonization," Gerhard L. Weinberg (ed.), Transformation of a Continent: Europe in the Twentieth Century (Minneapolis: Burgess, 1975), pp. 377-469.
"The Slave Trade and African Societies," Transactions of the Historical Society of Ghana, XIV, 2 (1973), pp. 187-212. Reprinted from Uzoigwe, Slave Trade, op. cit.
"The Beginnings of Lango Society: A Review of Evidence," Journal of the Historical Society of Nigeria, 6.4 (June, 1973), pp. 397-412.
"Recording the Oral History of Africa: Reflections from Field Experiences in Bunyoro," African Studies Review, XIV, 2 (1973), pp. 183-201.
"Political Development in Uganda," Review Essay in Conch Review of Books, 1, 2 (June, 1973), pp. 34-46.
"Succession and Civil War in Bunyoro Kitara," International Journal of African Historical Studies, IV, 1 (1973), pp. 49-71.
"Precolonial Markets in Bunyoro Kitara," Comparative Studies in Society and History, 14, 4 (1972), pp. 422-455. Reprinted in B. A. Ogot (ed.) Economic History of Africa as Hadith V (1975).
"Kabarega and the Making of a New Kitara," Tarikh 3, 2 (1970), pp. 5-21. Reprinted in Obaro Ikime (ed.) Leadership in 19th Century Africa (London: Longman, 1974), pp. 87-103.
"The Kyanyangire 1907: Passive Revolt Against British Overrule" (Nairobi: Proceedings of the University of East African Social Sciences Conference), (1970), pp. 130-170. Reprinted in Uzoigwe, Revolution and Revolt, op. cit.; reprinted in B. A. Ogot (ed.), War and Society in Africa: Ten Studies (London: Frank Cass, 1972) pp. 179-214.
"Kabarega's Abarusura: The Military Factor in Bunyoro," Kampala: Proceedings of the University of East African Social Sciences Conference), (1969), pp. 303-324. Reprinted with revisions in Uzoigwe. Revolution and Revolt, op. cit.
"Reflections on the Biafran Revolution," Pan African Journal II, 3 (1969), pp. 299-322.
"The Niger Committee of 1898: Lord Selborne's Report," Journal of the Historical Society of Nigeria IV, 3 (1968), pp. 467-476.
- Editorial Responsibility
Guest Editorship:
The Peoples of Uganda in the 19th Century, Vol. 3, No. 2 of Tarikh, (1970), 78 pp. - An African Historical Journal, published by the Historical Society of Nigeria, Second Impression, 1971.
General Editor:
Studies in East African Society and History, New York: NOK Publishers, Inc. The following Books have been published under the series:
G. N. Uzoigwe (ed.), Uganda: The Dilemma of Nationhood: Editor (with preface and introduction) New York NOK Publishers: 1982, 396 pp. Hardback and paperback.
O. Nnoli, Self Reliance and Foreign Policy in Tanzania (1978), XIV + 340 pp.
G. A. Ginyere-Pinychwa, Apolo Milton Obote and His Times: A Political Record of the Obote Years (1978), 268 pp.
O. W. Furley and T. Watson, A History of Education in East Africa (1978), VIII + 458 pp.
G. N. Uzoigwe (ed.), Anatomy of an African Kingdom: A History of Bunyoro Kitara: Editor (with preface and introduction) New York: Doubleday and NOK, 1973, 320 pp. Hardback and paperback.
E. A. Brett, Colonialism and Underdevelopment in East Africa: The Politics of Economic Change, 1919-1930, (1978), XI + 330 pp.
- Selected Book Reviews and Review Articles
Foreword to Ndu Life Njoku, editor, Introduction to History and International Studies: An Africanist Perspective. Glassboro, NJ : Goldline Publishers, 2008
Eghose E. Osaghae, Nigeria Since Independence: Crippled Giant (Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1998), 342 pp. in Journal of Third World Studies (JTWS), Fall 2001, pp. 277-281.
Adeline Apena, Colonization, Commerce and Entrepreneurship in Nigeria: The Western Delta, 1914-1960 (New York: Peter Lang, 1997), 229 pp. in JTWS, Spring 2001, pp. 235-236.
D. A. Low, Eclipse of Empire (Cambridge: University Press, International Journal of African Historical Studies (1991) IJAHS, 1992, pp. 661-663.
Barbara Emerson, Leopold II of the Belgians: King of Colonialism (New York: St. Martins Press, 1989) International Journal of African Historical Studies, pp. 554-559.
"The Rise and Fall of Portugese Colonialism in Mozambique," a review of Thomas H. Henrikeen, Mozambique: A History (London and Cape Town: Rex Collings with David Philip, 1978), African Studies Association Review of Books.
L. H. Gann and Peter Duignan, The Rulers of British Africa, 1870-1914 (Stanford: Stanford University Press, 1978), International Journal of Comparative Sociology, pp. 544-549.
John Tosh, Clan Leaders and Colonial Chiefs in Lango: The Political History of an East African Stateless Society (Oxford: Claredon Press, 1978), International Journal of African Historical Studies 13, 1 (1980), pp. 113-118. For Mr. Tosh's response, see "communications" of same issue.
Lucy Mair, African Kingdoms (Oxford: Claredon Press, 1977), African Studies Association Review of Books (Winter, 1979), pp. 208-210.
Henry S. Wilson, The Imperial Experience in Sub-Saharan Africa Since 1870 (Minneapolis, University of Minnesota Press, 1977), International Journal of African Historical Studies, XI, 2 (1978), pp. 323-327.
A Short History of Africa, by Roland Oliver and D. Page, 5th Edition, Penguin (1976), International Journal of African Historical Studies, XI, I (Fall, 1977), pp. 137-142.
Aryed Oded, Islam in Uganda, Hebrew University Press (1974), Conch Review of Books (Vol. 4) Nos. 1-4 (March-December, 1976), pp. 44-47.
James Mittleman, Politics and Ideology in Uganda (Ithaca & London: 1975), Conch Review of Books (Vol. 4) Nos. 1-4 (March-December, 1976), pp. 53-56.
Kenneth Ingham, The Kingdom of Toro in Uganda (London: 1975), American Historical Review, 81, 5 (1976), pp. 1193-1194.
Modern Civilizations: A History of the Last Five Centuries. Crane Brinton, John B. Christopher, Robert Lee Wolf; Third Edition, Englewood Clifts, New Jersey: Prentice Hall, Inc., (1973), International Journal of African Historical Review, 81, 5 (1976), pp. 1193-1194.
A History of Kigezi in South-West Uganda (Kampala: The National Trust: 1972), edited by Donald Denoon,
International Journal of African Historical Studies, Vol. 8, Supplement A (1975), pp. 16-23.
African History - General
East African History - Uganda
West African History - Nigeria
South African History
British History - Imperialism
Historiography, Philosophy of History, History of Political Thought
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