Apollos Okwuchi Nwauwa

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Born Ekwe-Orlu, Imo State, Nigeria
Alma mater-Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada -Bendel State (now Ambrose Alli) University, Ekpoma, Nigeria
SubjectColonial History, History of Education, Intellectual History, Historiography

Apollos Okwuchi Nwauwa [1] is a Nigerian-born historian and professor of Africana Studies. [2] He is currently the Director of Africana Studies, College of Arts and Sciences, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, Ohio. Nwauwa earned his Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) degree from the then Bendel State University (later renamed Ambrose Alli University) [3] Ekpoma, Edo State, [4] Nigeria. He received his M.A. and Ph.D. in History at Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia Canada, in 1989 and 1993 respectively. Nwauwa is a members of many learned societies and served as President of the Igbo Studies Association [5] from 2010-2014. He is the current editor of OFO: Journal of Transatlantic Studies. [6] [7] Nwauwa is author and editor of many book and scholarly journal articles.

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Academic training

Born to Nze David Nwauwa Irechukwu and Veronica Nwandawa Irechukwu (both late) of Uburuekwe in Isu Local Government Area of Imo State, [8] Prof Nwauwa attended Community School, Ekwe and Umuaka High School. Thereafter, he proceeded to Federal School of Arts and Sciences, Aba where he spent less than two month before gaining admission into the new Bendel State University, Ekpoma in 1982. Nwauwa proceeded to Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada where he earned his M.A. and PhD. degrees in 1989 and 1993 respectively. His doctoral dissertation was entitled "Britain and the Politics of University Education for Africans, 1860-1960" [9]

Professional career

Nwauwa taught at Bendel State University for a year before proceeding to Canada for graduate studies. After earning his doctorate, he accepted an offer at assistant professor of history at Rhode Island College from 1993–2000, and was also a visiting professor at Brown University. In 2000, Nwauwa left Rhode Island College to join the faculty of History at Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, Ohio. [10]

Administrative service

Nwauwa is currently the Director of Africana Studies at Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, Ohio.

Community leadership

Publications

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Refereed Journal Articles include:

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