Nigerian academic
Moses Ebe Ochonu listenⓘ is a Nigerian academic, historian, author and professor of African History at Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee. He has been the Cornelius Vanderbilt Chair in History since 2017.[1][2][3]
Early life
Ochonu was born in Benue State, and he attended Bayero University Kano graduating with B.A History in 1997. He received his Ph.D from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan.
He was twice a fellow of the American Council of Learned Societies ACLS. His research has also received support from the Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation, the British Library, the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), the Ford Foundation and the American Historical Association.[4]
Published work
Books
- Colonial Meltdown: Northern Nigerian in the Great Depression, (Ohio University Press, 2009) [5]
- Colonialism by Proxy: Hausa Imperial Agents and Middle Belt Consciousness in Nigeria, (Indiana University Press, 2014)[6]
- Africa in Fragments: Essays on Nigeria, Africa, and Global Africanity, (New York Diasporic Africa Press, 2014)
- Emirs in London: Subaltern Travel and Nigeria's Modernity, (Indiana University Press, 2022)[7]
Book reviews
- Wale Adebanwi, Yoruba Elites and Ethnic Politics in Nigeria: Obafemi Awolowo and Corporate Agency (Cambridge University Press, 2014)
- Andrew Barnes, Making Headway: The Introduction of Western Civilization in Colonial Northern Nigeria, (University of Rochester Press, 2009)
- Toyin Falola and Ann Genova, Historical Dictionary of Nigeria, by Toyin Falola and Ann Genova (Scarecrow Press, 2009)
- Alvin O. Thompson, Economic Parasitism: European Rule in West Africa 1880-1960, (The University of the West Indies, 2006)
References
- ^ "Moses Ochonu". as.vanderbilt.edu. Vanderbilt University. Retrieved 3 October 2017.
- ^ "Moses Profile". linkedin.com. Linkedin. Retrieved 3 October 2017.
- ^ "Author: Moses Ochonu". Ohio University Press. Retrieved 3 October 2017.
- ^ "Professor Moses Ochonu". Public Radio International. Retrieved 14 January 2018.
- ^ "Colonial Meltdown: Northern Nigeria in the Great Depression". The American Historical Association. Retrieved 1 September 2018.
- ^ "Colonialism by Proxy Hausa Imperial Agents and Middle Belt Consciousness in Nigeria". Indiana University Press. Retrieved 1 September 2018.
- ^ "Emirs in London: Subaltern Travel and Nigeria's Modernity". Indiana University Press. Retrieved 6 April 2022.
Further reading
- Toyin Falola (6 September 2017). "Professor Moses Ochonu: A Historical March Into the Future". Premium Times. Retrieved 14 January 2018.
