Claude AKE

Biographical record

Title

Prof.

Surname

AKE

First Name

Claude

Gender

Male

Source of Publication

OSSDATA Style

Date of Birth

February 18, 1939,

Status

Died

Date of Death

7 November 1996

State of Origin

Rivers

Place of Birth

Omoku

Father's Name

Geoffrey Ake

Father's Status

Deceased

Mother's Name

Christiana Ake;

Mother's Status

Deceased

Marital Status

Married

Name of Spouse

Anita Ake,

Number of Children (Male)

3

Names of Children

Mela, Ibra & Brieri

Profession

University Lecturer
political economist

Working Experience

Assistant professor of political science, Columbia University, 1966-69
associate prof, Carfeton Univ., Canada, 1969-72;
prof, of political economy, dean of faculty of social sciences, Univ. of Port Harcourt, Nigeria, mid-1970s-1989
founder and director, Center for Advanced Social Science, Port Harcourt, 1991-96;
1972 to 1974, Ake was a visiting professor at the University of Dar-Es-Salaam in Tanzania.
University of Port Har-court

Education Level

Tertiary

Schools Attended with Dates

King's College, Lagos, Columbia University, "New York, USA

Educational Qualification

B.Sc (Hons), Ph.D,

Membership of Professional Bodies/Professional Qualifications

Social Science Council of Nigeria (vice president, beginning in 1982; Nigerian Political Science Association (president, 1980-82); National Universities Commission; .

Previous Appointments

Assistant Professor, Columbia University, New York, USA, 1966-68; Professor of Political Economy, Carleton University, Canada, 1969-77; Visiting Professor, University of Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania; Visiting Professor, University of Nairobi, Kenya; appointed Professor of Political Economy and Dean, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Port Harcourt, 1977; Research Director, African Association for Political Science; Consultant, Economic Commission for Africa; Chairman, Rivers State Housing Corporation, 1978; President, Nigerian Political Science Association, 1980-82; President, Council for Economic and Social Research in Africa, 1985-88; editor, African Journal of Political Economy, since 1986; member, Board of Directors, Institute of Labour Studies, Geneva, 1987; member, International. Social Council, UNESCO, 1987;

Have you ever been a member of any political party?

N/A

Membership of International Organizations

International Development Research Center, Canada; United Nations Economic Development Program; The African Development Bank; the World Bank.

Awards and Honours

1. Nigerian National Merit Award;

International/Foreign Decorations

1. Martin Luther King Award
2. Rockefeller Scholar, 1962-66
3. National Science Research Council of Canada Award for the Study of the Indigenization of African Economies, 1975;
4. Woodrow Wilson Scholar, 1985-86;
5.Choice Book of the United States, for Political Economy of Africa, 1987.

Creative Work/Major Exhibitions

A Theory of Political Integration, 1967; Revolutionary Pressures in Africa, 1978; Social Science as Imperialism: A Theory of Political Development 1979; A Political Economy of Africa, 1981; The Political Economy of Crisis and Underdevelopment in Africa: Selected Works of Claude Ake, 1989; The New World Order: A View from the South, 1992; Democratization of Disempowerment in Africa, 1994; The Marginalization of Africa: Notes on a Productive Confusion, 1996; Democracy and Development in Africa, 1996. Edited Contemporary Nigeria: A Political Economy 1984. 1978, Ake published Revolutionary Pressures in Africa,

Notable Quotes

1. “In Nigeria, companies like Shell are struggling between greed and fear,”

Hobbies

tennis

Official Address

Department of Political Science, University of Port Harcourt, Port Harcourt, Rivers State.

Source

www.encyclopedia.com, wikipedia

Source

www.encyclopedia.com, wikipedia