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Bright Da-Costa Aboagye, EdD, is affiliated with the School of Education, Western Illinois University. His major research interests comprise global studies, multicultural studies, and higher education leadership and administration.
Dauda Abubakar, PhD, is an Associate Professor in the Department of Religion and Philosophy at the University of Jos, Nigeria, holds a Ph.D. in Anthropology from Freie Universität Berlin, Germany with a specialization in Anthropology of Religion, Muslim-Christian Relations, and Islam. His academic journey began with a strong foundation in religious studies, culminating in advanced research in anthropology with teaching roles at one of Nigeria's foremost federal universities, i.e. University of Jos, Nigeria. Dr. Abubakar's scholarly pursuits are marked by a deep-seated interest in exploring the dynamics of religious phenomena, particularly within the context of Islam and Muslim philanthropic practices in Nigeria. His research delves into the intricate intersections of religion, society, and culture, addressing critical issues that impact both local communities and global perspectives. He founded the famous Dawood Research Institute as his contribution to the field of research in Africa and became its director in 2022. He also holds a position of a senior researcher with the Center for Muslim Philanthropy Initiative at Indiana University, and he is presently the Secretary and Coordinator for the Global Islamic Chamber of Trade and Commerce (GICTC) in Africa.
Sikiru Adekoya holds a Bachelor's degree in political science from Lagos State University and is currently a postgraduate student at the University of Lagos where he is studying Political Science. With his research background in Political Theory and Political Economy, he has collaborated with seasoned authors and researchers and contributed to reputable journals.
Olusegun Adeyeri, PhD, is currently Head of Department of History and International Studies, and Editor-in-chief of LASU Journal of History and International Studies (LAJOHIS), Lagos State University, Ojo, Nigeria. His teaching and research focus is mainly on African History, Peace and Conflict Studies on which he has published extensively in both local and foreign journals and books, such as New Trends in Social and Liberal Sciences, Conflict Studies Quarterly, The Thinker, Yonsei Journal of International Studies, West Bohemian Historical Review, Africa Development, and book chapters in Challenges of Refugees and Internally Displaced Persons in Africa (Netherlands, Springer, 2021), Palgrave Handbook of African Politics, Governance and Development (New York, Palgrave Macmillan, 2018). He has also contributed entries in Encyclopedia of Psychology and Contemporary Religion (Germany, Springer-Verlag), and Religion and Contemporary Politics: A Global Encyclopedia (California: ABC-CLIO). He has delivered keynote and other speeches on African History, Peace and Conflict Studies and related issues at numerous scholarly fora at home and abroad. Prof Adeyeri is a Fellow of the Center for the History of Global Development, Shanghai University, China.
Jackson A. Aluede, PhD, is a lecturer at the Department of History & International Studies, Anchor University, Lagos. His research areas cover border and borderlands studies, regional integration and regionalism, as well as Nigerian and African history. He is a recipient of the prestigious REGIONS2050 Fellowship of the Wits Institute for Social and Economic Research (WISER), University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa. Aluede has published extensively in local and foreign journals and books.
Esson Alumbugu is from the north-central region of Nigeria. He studied history at the Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria and the Nigerian Defence Academy, Kaduna, Nigeria. He is currently an independent scholar and researcher with interest in African History, African Military History and Digital History.
Ogechi E. Anyanwu, Phd, is a professor of African History in the Department of History, Philosophy, and Religious Studies at Eastern Kentucky University. He is also the Director of African and African American Studies. He received his Ph.D. in African history from Bowling Green State University (BGSU), Ohio, an M.Sc. in International Affairs and Diplomacy from Imo State University, Owerri, and a BA in History degree from Abia State University, Uturu, both in Nigeria. He has authored and co-edited eleven books, including The Politics of Access: University Education and Nation Building in Nigeria, 1948-2000, and The Making of Mbano: British Colonialism, Resistance, and Diplomatic Engagements in Southeastern Nigeria, 1906-1960. His articles have appeared in peer-reviewed national and international reputable books and journals such as the Journal of Law and Religion, the International Journal of African Studies, and the Journal of Colonialism and Colonial History. Dr. Anyanwu is editor-in-chief of the Journal of Retracing Africa and the Journal of African Community and Development.
Sandra Ayivor, EdD, is affiliated with the College of Applied and Human Sciences, West Virginia University. Her major research interests include African development studies, gender studies, and diversity in higher education.
Tokunbo Aderemi Ayoola, Ph.D., teaches History and International Studies at Anchor University, Lagos, Nigeria. His areas of specialization include African history, African Diaspora history, political economy, railway studies, and international business history. His scholarly writings have appeared in international journals and edited volumes.
Paul C. Banda, PhD, is an Assistant Professor of History at Tarleton State University, Stephenville, Texas. He teaches courses on World Civilizations, British Imperial History, Modern Africa, and the global Cold War. He has published book chapters and journal articles. The articles have appeared in The Journal of the Middle East and Africa, The Journal of Eastern African Studies, The Journal of Southern African Studies, and The Journal of Public Administration and Development Alternatives. His latest book is The State, Counterinsurgency, and Political Policing in Colonial and Postcolonial Malawi, 1891-1994.
Christophe Dongmo is Country Director (Cameroon) at the Cameroon Centre for Democracy and Human Rights (CCDHR); and non-resident senior research associate, Leiden University African Studies Centre. He previously served as Senior Regional Executive Officer for Central Africa at the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC); Country Representative (Cameroon), Denis & Lenora Foretia Foundation; and Senior Research Fellow, The Hague Academy of International Law, The Netherlands. His areas of expertise are Political Economy of the Developing World, Development Economics and International Human Rights Law. He has widely published in these fields. He holds advanced degrees in International Law of Human Rights, University of the Witwatersrand (South Africa); American Diplomatic History (Vanderbilt University, USA); and Political Science (Johns Hopkins University, USA).
Blessing Chidiebere Emodi is a doctorate student and graduate teaching and research assistant at the University of South Carolina. She was an assistant lecturer at the University of Lagos, Nigeria, and a subject and class teacher across primary and secondary schools in Nigeria. Her research interests focus on fostering inclusive learning environments and promoting linguistic and cultural diversity. This is achieved through research on multilingual pedagogies, multicultural education, global and transnational literacies, and indigenous language preservation and documentation. She is the author of “Perceptions of Igbo Language Trainee Teachers on the Use of Projectors for the Classroom Instruction in Lagos State, Nigeria,” “Parents’ Perceptions of the Use and Study of Indigenous Languages in Schools: A Case Study of Lagos State,” and co-author of “Cooperative Learning and its Effect on the Academic Performance of J. S. S. 2 Igbo Language Learners in Lagos State.”
Ngozi Caleb Kamalu, PhD, is a tenured full Professor of Political Science in the Department of Intelligence Studies, Geospatial Sciences, Political Science, and History (IGPH), Fayetteville State University, Fayetteville, North Carolina, U.S.A., and the former Director of the M.A. Program in Political Science at Fayetteville State University. As a certified notary public in the state of North Carolina, Professor Kamalu served on both the Planning Commission and Human Relations Commission of the City of Fayetteville, North Carolina.
Charles A. Khamala, PhD, is a Dean and Senior Lecturer in the Faculty of Law, Catholic University of Eastern Africa. He is a practicing advocate of the High Court of Kenya of 30 years standing and a member of numerous formidable courts and institutions. He is widely published in international criminal law, criminal law and procedure, constitutional law and human rights. His articles appear in the African Human Rights Yearbook, African Yearbook on International Humanitarian Law, African Human Rights Law Journal and the Law and Development Review. His doctorate Crimes against Humanity in Kenya’s Post-2007 Conflicts is published by Wolf Legal Publishers.
Samson K. Ndanyi is assistant professor of history and Africana Studies at Rhodes College in Memphis, Tennessee. Broadly, he focuses on socio-cultural and political themes in pre-colonial, colonial, and post-colonial Africa. Specifically, he pays close attention to children, cinema, and child labor in colonial Kenya.
Nomagugu Ndlovu is a Teaching Assistant at the University of Zimbabwe, Department of Political and Administrative Studies. She teaches courses on Constitutional Law and Politics, Principles of International Law and International Relations. Ndlovu has also worked on research projects in public service delivery at Research Triangle Institute International and Castalia Consultants respectively. Her research interests are in election studies, democracy and human rights as well comparative politics.
Ndu Life Njoku is a Nigerian scholar and a development historian. He was for many years the head of the History and International Studies Department at the Imo State University, Owerri, Nigeria. He received his doctoral degree from the University of Calabar, Nigeria. He has published numerous books and many articles in refereed journals, as well as chapter contributions in books. His research interests have continued to revolve around aspects of the many-sided development history of the Igbo, Nigeria, and Africa.
Joan Nkansaa Nkansah, EdD, is affiliated with the School of Education, Western Illinois University. Her major research interests lie in the areas of African studies, curriculum and instruction, educational leadership, and higher education research.
Bellarmine Nneji has a PhD in Philosophy. He is a lecturer and an applied philosophy and applied sociology analyst. He has published articles in both local and international reputable peer reviewed journals with some focusing on African issues such as unvaluating the African.
Rudo Nyamukomba is a teaching assistant at the University of Zimbabwe, Department of Political and Administrative Studies. She teaches courses on Political Theory, Introduction to Political Science and Administrative Law. She has also taught at the Great Zimbabwe University, Department of Human Resources Management, she taught courses on Constitutional Law and Politics, International Relations, International Administration and Regional Economic Development. Her research interests are human rights and politics, regional economic development and comparative politics.
Arua Oko Omaka is a doctoral fellow in the department of history, McMaster University, Canada. Omaka’s research interests and focus have been conflict and conflict resolution, nation building, and human rights in modern Africa. His articles have appeared in Journal of the Oral History Association of Australia, and Journal for Intelligence, Propaganda and Security Studies.
Oluchukwu Ignatus Onianwa, PhD, is a Lecturer I and Coordinator, Department of History, Strategic and International Studies, Faculty of Arts, Dennis Osadebay University, Asaba, Delta State. Onianwa has authored several books and equally attended international conferences in Lexington Kentucky, United States of America and University of the Free State Bloemfontein South Africa respectively. In 2024, at the African Association on Japanese Studies held in Lead-City University Ibadan he presented a paper titled “Japanese-Africa Relations during COVID-19 pandemic.” He has worked with the Swiss Military Academy ETH Zurich, Switzerland on a book project titled “Captivity in War” and recently Anthology on “Strategy and Military Technology; “Visions of African Unity” with the International Studies Department University of Utrecht, Netherlands and International Studies Group at the University of the Free State, Bloemfontein South Africa; A Tight-Embrace: Euro-Africa Relations” with the Department of Political and Social Science, the University of Bologna, Italy and “Human Rights Breakthroughs of 1970” with scholars at the University of Trento Italy.
Egbule Philip Onyekachukwu is Nigerian, and he lectures in the Department of Arts and Social Science Education, Faculty of Education, University of Delta, Agbor, Nigeria. He holds Nigeria’s Certificate in Education (NCE) in Economics/Geography (1997) and both a B.Sc (Ed) (2004) and M.Sc (Ed) (2011) in Social Studies/Education. He began his lecturing and research career in 2013. As a social scientist by training, his areas of research interest include globalization studies, African culture and development, human rights, gender issues, nation building and human capital development in Nigeria, as well as social problems. He is a member of some learned societies/professional associations: Teachers Registration Council of Nigeria (TRCN), Social Studies Educationists Association of Nigeria (SOSAN), Gender Studies Association of Nigeria (GSAN), The Canadian Association of African Studies (CAAS). He is astute in research, which has resulted in the publication of 65 scholarly articles in peer reviewed journals between 2013-present. He is the Coordinator, Weekend Programme (NCE), University of Delta, Agbor, Delta State, Nigeria.
Iddah Otieno, PhD, is a Professor of English and African Studies and Director of the Kenya Exchange Program at Bluegrass Community and Technical College, Lexington, Kentucky. She is also an Adjunct Professor of African/African-American Studies at Eastern Kentucky University. She received her B.Ed. (English) at Maseno University, Kenya, MA (English) at Eastern Kentucky University, and Ph.D. in Educational Policy Studies and Evaluation (Comparative International Education) from the University of Kentucky. Iddah is the author of Kenyan Public Universities in the Age of Internationalization, An Anthology of Contemporary Short Stories and Poems from East Africa, and co-author of Voices of African Immigrants in Kentucky: Migration, Identity, and Transnationality and Reevaluating the Black Experience in Higher Education in Africa and the United States: Struggles, Survival, and Successes. Iddah is the 2022 Kentucky Association of Blacks in Higher Education (KABHE) winner of the Dr. Joseph H. McMillan Faculty Award recognizing outstanding leadership, service, research, and teaching.
Chiamaka Ngozi Oyeka, PhD, NAU, is a senior lecturer in the Department of Linguistics, African and Asian Studies, University of Lagos, Lagos, Nigeria. Her research interests are Sociolinguistics with specialties in Sexism in Language, Onomastics and Paremiology. Oyeka has published works in many reputable local and international books and journals. Her major works include: Sobriquets as a Catalyst for Women’s Empowerment: The Igbo Example, Gender, Culture and Development in Africa, Sexism in Lyrics: A Sociolinguistic Analysis of Flavour’s ‘Nwa Baby (Ashawo Remix) and Ada Ada’, Culture, Precepts, and Social change in Southern Nigeria: Understanding the Igbo, Demystification and Reconstruction of Igbo Sexist Proverbs and The Alpha Phallus and the Moderated Space for the Igbo Woman: A Sociolinguistic Appraisal, both in Abraka Humanistic Review: A Journal of the Faculty of Arts, Delta State University, Abraka. She is associate Editor of Igede Igbo: A Journal of Igbo Studies and member, Gender and African Studies Group.
Olasupo Olakunle Thompson bagged Certificate and Diploma in Public Administration, BA (International Studies and Diplomacy from the University of Benin, Benin City Nigeria); MA History and Strategic Studies, MSc (Political Science from the University of Lagos) and a PhD in History and International Studies, University of Ilorin). He was a University of Benin Scholar in 2006. His area of focus is social on the social history of women, health development. He also has a bias in international studies and vulnerable studies. He has won both individual and group research grants including the ABCDry Basin Project of the DUP3 sponsored by the IHE, Netherland and he just completed a study on the Nigeria 2023 general election sponsored by IFRA. He is presently working on a national research fund (NRF) to predict the cultural identities of the Remo, Ijebu, Yewa and Egba (RIYE), Ogun State, Nigeria.
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