About: E. U. Essien-Udom     Goto   Sponge   NotDistinct   Permalink

An Entity of Type : yago:WikicatPoliticalScientists, within Data Space : dbpedia.demo.openlinksw.com associated with source document(s)
QRcode icon
http://dbpedia.demo.openlinksw.com/describe/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fdbpedia.org%2Fresource%2FE._U._Essien-Udom&invfp=IFP_OFF&sas=SAME_AS_OFF

Professor Essien Udosen Essien-Udom (October 25, 1928 – May 27, 2002) was born in Ikot Osong, Eastern Provinces, Nigeria (now Akwa Ibom State), the first son of Timothy and Adiaha Essien. He was educated in the local primary school and Holy Family College, Abak, Eastern Nigeria; Oberlin College, Oberlin, Ohio (1951–55); and the University of Chicago (1955–61). The University of Maiduguri awarded him an honorary Doctor of Letters (D. Litt.) for his service in 1986.

AttributesValues
rdf:type
rdfs:label
  • Essien Udosen Essien-Udom (de)
  • E. U. Essien-Udom (en)
rdfs:comment
  • Essien Udosen Essien-Udom (* 25. Oktober 1928 in , Nigeria; † 27. Mai 2002 in Washington, D.C.) war ein nigerianischer Politikwissenschaftler, Soziologe, Historiker und Panafrikanist. Essien-Udom erhielt seine Ausbildung an der örtlichen Grundschule und dem Holy Family College in Abak. Die höhere Ausbildung absolvierte er am Oberlin College in Ohio (1951–1955) und an der University of Chicago (1955–1961), wo er sein Studium in Politikwissenschaft und abschloss. Er lehrte an verschiedenen Universitäten weltweit und nahm auch administrative Posten an, u. a. Harvard University, Brown University, University of Birmingham und University of Ibadan. (de)
  • Professor Essien Udosen Essien-Udom (October 25, 1928 – May 27, 2002) was born in Ikot Osong, Eastern Provinces, Nigeria (now Akwa Ibom State), the first son of Timothy and Adiaha Essien. He was educated in the local primary school and Holy Family College, Abak, Eastern Nigeria; Oberlin College, Oberlin, Ohio (1951–55); and the University of Chicago (1955–61). The University of Maiduguri awarded him an honorary Doctor of Letters (D. Litt.) for his service in 1986. (en)
dcterms:subject
Wikipage page ID
Wikipage revision ID
Link from a Wikipage to another Wikipage
sameAs
dbp:wikiPageUsesTemplate
has abstract
  • Essien Udosen Essien-Udom (* 25. Oktober 1928 in , Nigeria; † 27. Mai 2002 in Washington, D.C.) war ein nigerianischer Politikwissenschaftler, Soziologe, Historiker und Panafrikanist. Essien-Udom erhielt seine Ausbildung an der örtlichen Grundschule und dem Holy Family College in Abak. Die höhere Ausbildung absolvierte er am Oberlin College in Ohio (1951–1955) und an der University of Chicago (1955–1961), wo er sein Studium in Politikwissenschaft und abschloss. Er lehrte an verschiedenen Universitäten weltweit und nahm auch administrative Posten an, u. a. Harvard University, Brown University, University of Birmingham und University of Ibadan. Seine Schriften befassen sich intensiv mit den Bewegungen des Panafrikanismus und des von Marcus Garvey begründeten . Sein bekanntestes Werk, die Studie Black Nationalism: A Search for Identity in America, handelt vom Aufkommen der Muslim-Bewegung in den USA und die Natur und Ausdehnung ihrer Attraktion für die unterschichtigen Afroamerikaner. Essien-Udom sammelte dafür über zwei Jahre Informationsmaterial in enger Zusammenarbeit mit Führern und Mitgliedern der Bewegung. (de)
  • Professor Essien Udosen Essien-Udom (October 25, 1928 – May 27, 2002) was born in Ikot Osong, Eastern Provinces, Nigeria (now Akwa Ibom State), the first son of Timothy and Adiaha Essien. He was educated in the local primary school and Holy Family College, Abak, Eastern Nigeria; Oberlin College, Oberlin, Ohio (1951–55); and the University of Chicago (1955–61). He was a primary school teacher (1949) and later interpreter for the Eastern Provinces of Nigeria (1949–51) before receiving a for undergraduate study in the United States. On completion of his studies in political science and international relations, he taught and held administrative offices in various universities: teaching assistant and research associate, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts (1960–62); visiting lecturer, University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont (summer 1962); assistant professor, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, (fall 1962); lecturer/senior lecturer, University of Ibadan, where he became professor (1965–88), head of department (1965–72), and dean of the Faculty of the Social Sciences (1966–68); Cadbury Visiting Professorial Fellow, University of Birmingham Center for West African Studies, Birmingham, UK (1972–73); founding vice chancellor, University of Maiduguri, Borno State, Nigeria (1975–79); visiting professor and head of department; dean, Faculty of Social Sciences and Director of the Center for Development Studies; and member of the Governing Council, all of the University of Cross River State, Uyo, Nigeria (1984–86). With a political perspective inspired by Garveyism and Pan-Africanism, Essien-Udom (dubbed the "black power professor" by University of Ibadan students) was intensely public spirited and committed to institution building. He was involved in public service outside the university: executive secretary (1957/58) and then president (1960/61), ; leader of a delegation to the in London, 1960; non-resident tutor, Dunstan Hall, Harvard University; Master of Independence Hall, University of Ibadan (1967–72); University of Ibadan representative to the West African Examinations Council (1963–65) assistant and chief examiner in Government GCE examination (1966–69); and external examiner to universities in Nigeria and Ghana. He was Secretary to the Military government and Head of Service, South Eastern State, Nigeria (1973–75); member and chairman, National Universities Commission, Nigeria (1986–92). He is the author of Black Nationalism: a Search for Identity in America and many journal articles and conference papers; co-editor with Amy Jacques Garvey, More Philosophy and Opinions of Marcus Garvey; general editor of the Frank Cass Africana Modern Library Series and the Ibadan University Press Political and Administrative Studies Series. The University of Maiduguri awarded him an honorary Doctor of Letters (D. Litt.) for his service in 1986. He is survived by his wife, Ruby; his son Nkeruwem; his brother Ikpong; his sisters Arit, Enoh and Ester; and a host of nephews, nieces, and other relatives. (en)
schema:sameAs
prov:wasDerivedFrom
page length (characters) of wiki page
foaf:isPrimaryTopicOf
is Link from a Wikipage to another Wikipage of
Faceted Search & Find service v1.17_git139 as of Feb 29 2024


Alternative Linked Data Documents: ODE     Content Formats:   [cxml] [csv]     RDF   [text] [turtle] [ld+json] [rdf+json] [rdf+xml]     ODATA   [atom+xml] [odata+json]     Microdata   [microdata+json] [html]    About   
This material is Open Knowledge   W3C Semantic Web Technology [RDF Data] Valid XHTML + RDFa
OpenLink Virtuoso version 08.03.3330 as of Mar 19 2024, on Linux (x86_64-generic-linux-glibc212), Single-Server Edition (378 GB total memory, 52 GB memory in use)
Data on this page belongs to its respective rights holders.
Virtuoso Faceted Browser Copyright © 2009-2024 OpenLink Software