Research Keywords

• West Africa, Oral History, Women and Gender, Slavery.

Research Areas

• Comparative, Cultural, Political, Religious, Social, Women & Gender

Time Periods

• 19th Century, 20th Century/Contemporary

Affiliations

• African Studies Center
• African-American Studies
• Comparative Black History

Recent or current courses

• HST 829 - African Historiography (Spring 2010)
• HST 860 - Seminar in Women's History (Fall 2009)

Significant Scholarly Activities

Books

• Nwando Achebe, The Female King of Colonial Nigeria: Ahebi Ugbabe. Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press, 2010.
• Nwando Achebe, Farmers, Traders, Warriors and Kings: Female Power and Authority in Northern Igboland, 1900-1960. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann, 2005.

Awards, Fellowships & Grants

• Wenner-Gren Foundation Hunt Postdoctoral Fellowship
• Woodrow Wilson Dissertation Grant in Women's Studies
• Fulbright-Hays Dissertation Fellowship (top ranked candidate for Africa)