Ebiegberi J. ALAGOA

Biographical record

Title

Prof.

Surname

ALAGOA

First Name

Ebiegberi J.

Gender

Male

Source of Publication

Newswatch Who's Who (1st Edition)

Date of Birth

April 14, 1933,

Status

Alive

State of Origin

Rivers

Place of Birth

Okpoama, Brass

Father's Status

N/A

Mother's Status

N/A

Marital Status

Married

Name of Spouse

Mercy Gboribusuotc Nyananyo 1961

Number of Children (Male)

1

Number of Children ( Female)

2

Profession

historian

Education Level

Tertiary

Schools Attended with Dates

St Luke's School, Nembe, Rivers State, 1943-48, Government College, Umuahia, 1948-54, University College, Ibadan, 1954-59, American University, Washington, D.C, USA, I960, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, USA, 1962-65;

Educational Qualification

BA (Hons), Ph.D,

Previous Appointments

Senior Archivist, National Archives of Nigeria, 1959-62; Lecturer in African History, University of Lagos, 1965-66; Senior Research Fellow, Oral Traditions Institute of African Studies, University of Ibadan, 1966-72; Chairman, Rivers State Council for Arts and Culture, 1972-75; appointed Pro fessor of History and Founding Director, Cen tre for Cultural Studies, University of Lagos 1972-77; Founding Dean, School of Humani ties, University of Port Harcourt, 1977-80; First Deputy Vice-Chancellor and acting Vice- Chancellor, University of Port Harcourt, 1980-82; Founding Dean, School of Graduate Studies, 1982-83, 1985-87;

Have you ever been a member of any political party?

N/A

Creative Work/Major Exhibitions

The Small Brave City-State (Madison and Ibadan, 1964), Jaja of Opobo: The Slave Who Became a King (London, Longman, 1970), A History of the Niger Delta: A Historical Interpretation of Ijo Oral Tradi tions (Ibadan, 1972), A Chronicle of Grand Bonny (with A Fambo), (Ibadan, 1972), Ancestral Voices: Oral Historical Texts, co author, (Jos, 1983), More Days, More Wisdom: Nembe Proverbs (University of Port Harcourt Press, 1986);

Hobbies

Sound and Video Recording of Oral History, Traditional Festival, swimming

Residential Address

4 George Town Street, Gambia Ama, University of Port Harcourt, Choba, Port Harcourt, Rivers State.

Official Address

Department of History, University of Port Harcourt, PMB 5323, Choba, Port Harcourt