CONTRIBUTOR:

Ebiegberi Joe Alagoa

AFFILIATION:

TITLE:

Emeritus Professor

DEPARTMENT:

Department of History and Diplomatic Studies

INSTITUTION:

University of Port Harcourt

BIOGRAPHY:

Professor Ebiegberi Joe Alagoa graduated with a BA (London) from the University College Ibadan in 1959, and a PhD from the University of Wisconsin, Madison in 1966. He has taught at the Universities of Lagos, Ibadan, and Port Harcourt, serving as first Dean of Humanities, Deputy Vice Chancellor. He is now Emeritus Professor of the University of Port Harcourt, in the Department of History and Diplomatic Studies. He has been twice President of the Historical Society of Nigeria, and received the titles/honours of Fellow of the Historical Society of Nigferia (FHSN), Fellow of the Nigerian Academy of Letters (FNAL), Officer of the Order of the Niger (OON), and Nigerian National Order of Merit (NNOM).