Moses Ochonu
Moses Ebe Ochonu is a Nigerian academic, historian, author and professor of African History at Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee. He has been the Cornelius Vanderbilt Chair in History since 2017.Early life
Ochonu was born in Benue State, and he attended Bayero University Kano graduating with B.A History in 1997. He received his Ph.D from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan.
He was twice a fellow of the American Council of Learned Societies ACLS. His research has also received support from the Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation, the British Library, the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Ford Foundation and the American Historical Association.Published work
Books
- Colonial Meltdown: Northern Nigerian in the Great Depression,
- Colonialism by Proxy: Hausa Imperial Agents and Middle Belt Consciousness in Nigeria,
- Africa in Fragments: Essays on Nigeria, Africa, and Global Africanity,
Book reviews
- Wale Adebanwi, Yoruba Elites and Ethnic Politics in Nigeria: Obafemi Awolowo and Corporate Agency
- Andrew Barnes, Making Headway: The Introduction of Western Civilization in Colonial Northern Nigeria,
- Toyin Falola and Ann Genova, Historical Dictionary of Nigeria, by Toyin Falola and Ann Genova
- Alvin O. Thompson,Economic Parasitism: European Rule in West Africa 1880-1960,
