birth_place nationality ethnicity work_institutions birth_date known_for image article_title citizenship alma_mater
ekwe-orlu , imo state , nigeria nigerian igbo bowling college , providence green state university , ohio , rhode island 24 april 1960 colonial , historiography history , history of education , intellectual history apollos okwuchi nwauwa.jpg apollos okwuchi nwauwa
 nigeria - canada dalhousie university , halifax , nova scotia ,
apollos okwuchi nwauwa

apollos okwuchi nwauwa -lrb- born april 24 , 1960 -rrb- is a nigerian-born historian and professor of africana studies .
he is currently the director of africana studies , college of arts and sciences , bowling green state university , bowling green , ohio .
nwauwa earned his bachelor of arts -lrb- b.a. -rrb- degree from the then bendel state university -lrb- later renamed -lsb- https://www.aauekpoma.edu.ng/ ambrose alli university -rrb- ekpoma , edo state , nigeria .
he received his m.a. and ph.d. in history at dalhousie university , halifax , nova scotia , canada , in 1989 and 1993 respectively .
nwauwa is a members of many learned societies and served as president of the igbo studies association from 2010-2014 .
he is the current editor of ofo : journal of transatlantic studies .
nwauwa is author and editor of many book and scholarly journal articles .
