by admin | Jun 1, 2020 | Politics, Terrorism
What should Africa’s response be to George Floyd’s murder case? We have seen statements from American businesses such as the NFL and Apple. What they are doing is performative solidarity that doesn’t change anything. Before issuing a statement of...
by admin | Apr 24, 2018 | Politics, Terrorism
I extend my sincere condolences to the Govt and people of Benue State, the Mbalom community, and especially the Bishop, priests and members of the St Ignatius’ Catholic Church, whose premises was the unfortunate venue of the heinous killings of worshippers and two...
by admin | Mar 23, 2018 | Digital Humanities, History Pedagogy
I love visiting archives. I love to physically touch and smell these documents from the past. Yet, it is always a challenge to always make it to the archives that are most useful to my research. I find myself often relying on digital archives for some parts of my...
by admin | Mar 23, 2018 | Digital Humanities, History Pedagogy
All of history is a malleable instrument in my hands. Ohhh, I have accumulated all of these pasts and I possess every fact – yet the facts are mine to use as I will and, even using them truthfully, I change them. – Frank Herbert How do we understand the past?...
by admin | Mar 23, 2018 | History Pedagogy
I got this image from Flick Commons. It is posted by a man named Tony Murphy. It has the description: This is one of the Bedford lorries we worked on one weekend to convert into water tankers. An African driver turned it over 3 times and got out without a scratch....
by admin | Mar 23, 2018 | History Pedagogy
Images and film are very powerful visual aids for teaching and learning. I must confess that I have not always used them effectively in my teaching. I use PowerPoints for all my classes and I spend a considerable amount of time selecting images that go with my slides....
by admin | Mar 23, 2018 | History Pedagogy
On a flight from Beijing to Chicago last week, the man sitting by my right asked me what kind of history that I do? I told him I do development history. His next question was, “what is that? I have never heard of it!”His response is one I have heard fairly often....
by admin | Mar 22, 2018 | Digital Humanities
History is not simply the recalling of past events. It is more complex. It is an attempt to look into the past and to try to understand it with all its complexities. The procedures that historians use to make sense of the past is historical thinking. In the last...
by admin | Mar 22, 2018 | Digital Humanities
Each year, billions of US dollars are sent to Africa as aid from the US government, foundations, charities, etc. These dollars are intended to develop the continent. In my classes focused on development, I often ask the students on the first day of class to comment on...
by admin | Mar 22, 2018 | Digital Humanities
A substantial number of students come to my history classes telling me they are not good with history. There is always a sense of nervousness. If they could avoid taking the classes, they would gladly do but they have to because these are prerequisites for graduation....
