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Article: THE ROLE OF N.C. EJITUWU IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF NIGER DELTA HISTORIOGRAPHY
- Article from:
- History In Africa
- Article date:
- January 1, 2008
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The history of history-writing in the Niger Delta was first developed by E.J. Alagoa.1 However, his work, which covers the periods from 1508 to 1988, does not go into the twenty-first century. This is the case as well for N.C. Ejituwu, who extended the Delta historiography to 1999 but without including his own innovations.2 For this reason, this paper discusses the innovations brought by Ejituwu's role in the development of Niger Delta historiography. These are his contributions to the training of historians, the introduction of feminist history, biographical writing, and history concourse. Others include his reconstruction of the settlement histories of many Eastern and Central Niger ...