Friedrich Wilhelm Christian Karl Ferdinand von Humboldt was a German philosopher,linguist,government functionary,diplomat,and founder of the Humboldt University of Berlin. In 1949,the university was named after him and his younger brother,Alexander von Humboldt,a naturalist.
Social constructivism is a sociological theory of knowledge according to which human development is socially situated,and knowledge is constructed through interaction with others. Like social constructionism,social constructivism states that people work together to actively construct artifacts. But while social constructivism focuses on cognition,social constructionism focuses on the making of social reality.
Johann Gottfried von Herder was a Prussian philosopher,theologian,pastor,poet,and literary critic. He is associated with the Enlightenment,Sturm und Drang,and Weimar Classicism. He was a Romantic philosopher and poet who argued that true German culture was to be discovered among the common people. He also stated that it was through folk songs,folk poetry,and folk dances that the true spirit of the nation was popularized. He is credited with establishing or advancing a number of important disciplines:hermeneutics,linguistics,anthropology,and "a secular philosophy of history."
Onitsha is a city on the eastern bank of the Niger River,in Anambra State,Nigeria. Onitsha along with various cities and towns in southern Anambra State,northern Imo State and neighboring Delta State on the western bank of the Niger River,form a continuous metropolitan area.
The University of Nigeria,commonly referred to as UNN,is a federal and public research university located in Nsukka,Enugu State,Eastern part of Nigeria. Founded in 1955 by Nnamdi Azikiwe who was the Governor General of Nigeria between 1960 and 1963,and first President of Nigeria between 1963 and 1966. The University of Nigeria Nsukka was formally opened on 7 October 1960,as one of the first generation universities in Nigeria and is ranked among the top universities in Nigeria and Africa. The University of Nigeria has three campuses in Enugu State–Nsukka,Enugu,and Ituku-Ozalla –and the Aba campus in Abia State.
Paul Artin Boghossian is an American philosopher. He is Silver Professor of Philosophy at New York University,where he is chair of the department. His research interests include epistemology,the philosophy of mind,and the philosophy of language. He is also director of the New York Institute of Philosophy and Distinguished Research Professor of Philosophy at the University of Birmingham.
The Alexander von Humboldt Foundation is a foundation that promotes international academic cooperation between select scientists and scholars from Germany and from abroad. It was established by the government of the Federal Republic of Germany and is funded by the Federal Foreign Office,the Federal Ministry of Education and Research,the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development as well as other national and international partners.
Aliu Babatunde Fafunwa. He was the first Nigerian Professor of Education. He was a Nigerian Educationist,Scholar and Former Minister for Education. As Minister,he was in charge of the biggest school system in Africa. He is known for his early writings on the need to re-appraise the inherited colonial epistemological system in Nigeria and to introduce relevant cultural goals,subjects and local languages into the system,in order to accommodate the developmental and cultural pattern of the country. He is also a notable authority on the History of Educational Planning in Nigeria.
A mathematical object is an abstract concept arising in mathematics. Typically,a mathematical object can be a value that can be assigned to a symbol,and therefore can be involved in formulas. Commonly encountered mathematical objects include numbers,expressions,shapes,functions,and sets. Mathematical objects can be very complex;for example,theorems,proofs,and even formal theories are considered as mathematical objects in proof theory.
Olisa Agbakoba is a Nigerian human rights activist,maritime lawyer and former President of Nigerian Bar Association.
Alexander Obiefoka Enukora Animalu is a Nigerian academic,who is Professor Emeritus of Physics at the University of Nigeria,Nsukka.
Jephthah Elochukwu Unaegbu is a Nigerian writer,researcher,freelance journalist,actor,and documentary film maker.
Lorraine Code is Professor Emerita of Philosophy at York University in Toronto,Ontario,Canada and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada. Her principal area of research is feminist epistemology and the politics of knowledge.
Iwalewahaus,University of Bayreuth,is a place for the production and presentation of contemporary art. By doing exhibitions,academic research and teaching,by taking care of the collection and the archive as well as providing residencies for artists,recent developments in contemporary African and Diaspora culture are presented and refined together with artists and institutions. The mission of Iwalewahaus is to research,document and teach recent African culture. The focus is on visual arts,everyday culture,the media and music. The house provides space for lectures,conferences,concerts,film screenings and readings and is a vivid forum for artists,researchers,students of African studies and the interested public.
Francine NtoumiPh.D.,HDR,PvDz,FRCPedin is a Congolese parasitologist specializing in malaria. She was the first African person in charge of the secretariat of the Multilateral Initiative on Malaria (2006-2010). In recent years,she has become involved in research on other infectious diseases,including COVID-19.
Osita Ogbu OON is a Nigerian politician. He is the professor of development economics at the University of Nigeria. He was the Minister of National Planning in Nigeria from 2005 to 2006,and former chief economic advisor to the president of Nigeria. He once served as the executive director of the African Technology Policy Studies Network,Nairobi,after having served as senior program specialist-economics of the International Development Research Centre (IDRC),Canada and Consultant Research Economist of the World Bank,Washington D.C. He is also a former visiting fellow of the Brookings Institution's Africa Growth Initiative. Osita Ogbu was the director of the Institute for Development Studies,University of Nigeria,Enugu Campus. Aside from having served as former chairman of the Governing Council of the National Institute for Economic and Social Research (NISER),he is the Chief Executive Officer of the African Development Solutions International [ADSI] and a member of the Global Advisory Board of the Institute for Governance and Economic Transformation (IGET).
Chinwe Nwogo Ezeani,is a Nigerian Chartered Librarian and the immediate past University Librarian of Nnamdi Azikiwe Library,University of Nigeria,Nsukka (U.N.N.). She is a Professor of Library and Information Science. Her tenure as a University Librarian (UL) at Nnamdi Azikiwe Library was between March 2014-March 2019. She is the first female University Librarian since the inception of Nnamdi Azikiwe Library,University of Nigeria Nsukka. In April,2021,Dr. Ilo Promise Ifeoma took over as the current University Librarian of Nnamdi Azikiwe Library,(U.N.N)
Charles Arinzechukwu Igwe is a Nigerian professor of soil science and the 15th Vice Chancellor of University of Nigeria,Nsukka. He joined the university in the year 1976 as a soil survey assistant and in 1976 he became an academic staff of the institution. In 2016,Charles was appointed the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Administration) and re-appointed in 2018.
Bashiru Aremu is a Nigerian academic and professor of computer science,Information and Communication Technology. He is the vice chancellor of Crown University International Chartered.
Kenneth Chibuzor Ofokansi is a Nigerian professor of pharmaceutics of the University of Nigeria. He was the Dean of the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences,University of Nigeria,Nsukka,and the Director of International Collaboration of the university,in which time he supervised the production of the first indigenous laptop assembly line of a Nigerian university. He was also the chairman,Senate Ceremonials of the University of Nigeria. He was awarded the Alexander von Humboldt Fellowship in 2006. Ofokansi delivered the 140th Inaugural lecture of the University of Nigeria on August 16,2018.
