Adiele Eberechukwu Afigbo is a historian known for the history and historiography of Africa, more particularly Igbo history and the history of South-eastern Nigeria. Afigbo was born at Ihube, Okigwe, in present day Imo State. His formal education began in 1944 at Ihube Methodist Central School, Ihube. He later went to St. Augustine's (CMS) Grammar School, Nkwerre Orlu in Imo State. From St. Augustine's Grammar School Afigbo gained admission to the University College Ibadan with a scholarship from the government of Eastern Nigeria to read history On obtaining the Ph.D. Adiele Afigbo was appointed a lecturer in his parent department of history, a position he held for two years before fleeing to the University of Nigeria, Nsukka in the wake of the Nigerian civil war. At different times in the following years he held the following public appointments among others – pioneer Director of Research at the National Institute for policy and Strategic Studies, Kuru, Jos; Commissi...
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