Elizabeth Isichei

Elizabeth Allo Isichei (born 22 March 1939 in Tauranga, New Zealand) is a Nigerian author, historian and academic.[1][2] Her parents are Albert (an agricultural scientist) and Lorna Allo.[2] On 23 July 1964 she married Uche Peter Isichei (a chemical pathologist) and they have five children.[2] In 1959 she earned her BA from the University of Canterbury in New Zealand, B.A.[2] In 1961 she completed her M.A. at Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand, and in 1967 she completed her PhD at Oxford University.[2] She was a Professor of Religious Studies at the University of Otago.[3] She has been a professor in the Department of History, University of Jos in Jos, Nigeria since 1976.[2] She is the general editor for Jos Oral History and Literature Texts.[2]

Her works and books are centred on Christianity in Africa and the history of Nigeria particularly the Igbo people.[4]

Selected works

References

  1. Erik Lönnroth; Karl Molin; Ragnar Björk (1994). Conceptions of National History: Proceedings of Nobel Symposium 78. Walter de Gruyter. pp. 116–. ISBN 978-3-11-013504-6.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Contemporary Authors Online". Biography in Context. Gale. 2014. Retrieved 9 March 2016.
  3. Elizabeth Isichei (13 April 1997). A History of African Societies to 1870. Cambridge University Press. pp. 582–. ISBN 978-0-521-45599-2.
  4. Kalu Ogbaa (30 January 1999). Understanding Things Fall Apart: A Student Casebook to Issues, Sources, and Historical Documents. ABC-CLIO. pp. 66–. ISBN 978-1-57356-667-4.


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