Monday Benson ABASIATTAI

Biographical record

Title

Prof.

Surname

ABASIATTAI

First Name

Monday

Other Names

Benson

Gender

Male

Source of Publication

NIBC Who's Who (2nd Edition)

Date of Birth

Sunday, March 12, 1939

Status

Alive

Place of Birth

Afaha Ikot Akpan Mkpe, Eket, Akwa Ibom State;

Father's Status

N/A

Mother's Status

N/A

Marital Status

Married

Name of Spouse

Affiong Sam Ekpoh (1967)

Profession

Historian
University teacher

Education Level

Tertiary

Schools Attended with Dates

Afaha Group School, Ikot Idem Udo, 1949; Mbieto Central School, Mbieto, 1950-52; Qua Iboe Mission Secondary School, 1953-57; Hope Waddell Training Institution, Calabar, 1958-59; University College, Ibadan,1960-67; The American University, Washington DC,1974 - 75

Educational Qualification

BA (Hons), Ph.D

Membership of Professional Bodies/Professional Qualifications

Member, Historical Society of Nigeria, since 1971;
Member, Liberian Studies Association, USA, since 1973;
Member, African Heritage Studies Association, USA, since 1973;
Associate of the National Archives of the USA, since 1973;
Member, Liberia Working Group, West Germany and member of its Editorial Board, since 1985;

Previous Appointments

Protocol Officer, Federal Ministry of External Affairs, Lagos, 1963;
Administrative Officer, Federal Ministry of Transport and Trade, 1967-69;
Lecturer, University of Lagos, 1969-73;
Assistant Professor of History, Howard University, Washington DC, USA, 1973-75;
Senior Lecturer, University of Calabar, 1975;
Reader in History, University of Calabar, 1980;

Have you ever been a member of any political party?

N/A

Creative Work/Major Exhibitions

The Role of the Arts in Nation Building, (Editor, Calabar, MAP Publishers, 1987), Akwa Ibom;
Cross River States: The Land, The People and Their Culture, (Editor, Calabar, Wusen Press, 1987);

Hobbies

football, reading, mathematics

Phone Number

(087) 222855, extension 39

Residential Address

House QC 19, Staff Village, University of Calabar, Calabar, Cross River State.

Official Address

Department of History, University of Calabar