Born in Nigeria more than seventy years ago and raised by a single parent, my mother after the passing away of my father three years after birth. I trained and worked in the Seventh-day Adventist M...view moreBorn in Nigeria more than seventy years ago and raised by a single parent, my mother after the passing away of my father three years after birth. I trained and worked in the Seventh-day Adventist Mission which sponsored my movement to the U.S. in 1962 for further studies.
Attended Andrews U. in Berrien Springs, Mich. obtaining my first degree in 1966––a historical year in Nigeria. At Howard U. in Washington, D.C. I obtained in 1969 and 1973, Master’s and the Ph.D. degrees respectively in African Studies and History
From 1971 to June, 1977, I lectured at Towson State U. in Baltimore, MD, on European and African Civilization. Promoted to Associate Professor in 1978 while serving in Nigeria as Asst. Chief Ed. Officer.view less