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Szvetlana Acs is a Researcher in Agricultural Economics at the Institute of Prospective and Technological Studies, Joint Research Centre, European Commission, in Seville, Spain. She got her PhD degree in the field of Agricultural Economics at Wageningen University in the Netherlands, after she was a post-doc researcher in the field of Environmental Economics at the University of Stirling in UK. She has published extensively in peer-reviewed journals such as Land Use Policy, Agricultural Systems, Biological Agriculture and Horticulture, Biology Letters, Journal of Applied Ecology and Ecological Economics. She also contributed to a chapter in F. Brouwer and M. van der Heide, Multifunctional Rural Land Management: Economics and Policies (Earthscan, London, UK, 2009). Ezinwanyi Adam is a PhD student at Babcock University where she also works as an Assistant Lecturer at the Department of Languages and Literary Studies. She holds an MA degree in English from University of Ibadan (2007) and a BA (Hons.) degree in English from Babcock University (2003). Her areas of interest, as drawn from her works so far, include comparative literature, poetry, sociology of literature (novel), literary theory and criticism and literary classics. She is currently aiming at bagging a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Literature-in-English. She is married with two children, a girl and a boy. She enjoys reading, writing, teaching, singing and traveling. Opeyemi Adeniyi is a reader in Economics, American University of Nigeria, Yola, Adamawa State, Nigeria and is also undertaking a minor in international and comparative politics in the same school. He is currently an editor in Economics on the move (EOTM), a scholarly organization that teaches economics using both theoretical and practical measures and has being presented a student scholarship by EOTM to attend the Africa Conference on Poverty and Empowerment in Texas. He has been a coordinator of economic field trips and outing to the central bank of Nigeria and other organizations in Nigeria. He is a very active member of the Economics club of the American University of Nigeria and has contributed a lot through rigorous researches. He co-edited sustainable development in Cameroon and intends to still improve the article as time goes on. Moses Aderibigbe is a Lecturer in the General Studies Department, Federal University of Technology, Akure, Nigeria. He obtained his PhD in Philosophy from the University of Ibadan, Nigeria. His research area includes the following: Social and Political Philosophy, African Philosophy, Ethics, and Philosophy of Science and Technology. He has published in some peer-reviewed journals, and had made contribution to Book. Some of his publications are; "The Moral Implication of Human Cloning: A Discussion" (2006), "Ethics, Science and Technology" (2007), "The Contribution of Philosophy to the Cultural Development of Contemporary African Society" (2011). He is currently doing research on Africa and the Question of Distributive Justice. He is also a member of Nigerian Philosophical Association (NPA), and International Society for African Philosophy and Studies (ISAPS). Olubukola Stella Adesina obtained her doctorate in Political Science from the University of Natal (now University of KwaZulu-Natal) Pietermaritzburg, South Africa. She is currently a lecturer at the Department of Political Science, University of Ibadan, Nigeria. Joshua Olusola Akande received his Ph.D from the University of Ibadan and he is Associate Professor at Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife. He has several publications in the area of adult education and community education/development. He is also an Assistant Editor for the Nigerian National Council of Adult Educator (NNCAE). Olabanji Akinola is a Nigerian citizen and currently a PhD student in Political Science and International Development Studies at the University of Guelph, Ontario in Canada. He holds a Bachelor of Science (B.Sc) degree in Political Science from the University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria; a Master of Arts (M.A) in International Studies with specialization in Political Science from the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Geneva, Switzerland; and a Master of Arts (M.A) in Political Science with International Development Studies from the University of Guelph, Ontario, Canada. He has also studied on exchange at the Graduate School of International Studies (GSIS), Seoul National University. His research interests include (but are not limited to): Development and politics in Africa; Energy poverty and development in Nigeria; International Relations of African states; Global Energy Governance; Modernity, Post-modernity and Multiculturalism. Chika Charles Aniekwe is a Doctoral Candidate at the School of Social and International Studies, University of Bradford, United Kingdom. Prior to his postgraduate programme, he was an international development practitioner and held several positions such as Deputy Team Leader; Electoral Violence Education and Resolution (EVER) Project with the International Foundation for Electoral Systems (IFES-Nigeria) and Governance Programme Officer with ActionAid Nigeria. He is currently writing up his thesis on Smallholder Farmers and Market: Rural Politics Versus Collective Action. He has participated in conferences and presented papers at the International Studies Association Conference in Porto Portugal in August 2011 titled Broken Bond: Collective Action and Smallholder Rice Farmers in Ugbawka, Enugu, South-East; Nigeria and Second Africa rice Congress on Bamako Mali titled Agricultural Trade Liberalization and Smallholders’ Development: West African Rice Farmers in Perspective. He is an Allen and Nester Ferguson Scholar and a recipient of Bradford Centre for International Development Book Price Award in 2008. Alexius Amtaika teaches political theory and governance at the University of the Free States, South Africa. He is currently the Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of African & Asian Local Government Studies. He is also currently the President and the Executive Director of the International Association of Local Government Scholars. He has published widely in areas of human rights, governance, local government, and political changes in Southern Africa. His latest book, entitled "Local Government in South Africa since 1994: Leadership, Democracy, Development and Service Delivery" is currently in Press for 2012 with Carolina Academic Press. Reindorf Amponsah holds a bachelor’s degree in Political Science (Major) and Sociology (Minor) from Ghana’s premier university, University of Ghana, Legon. He was a Teaching Assistant at the Department of Political Science, University of Ghana, Legon from August 2009 to August, 2010. He has served in other several capacities including being a member of the Housing Audit Team of the office of the Pro-vice chancellor, 2009 University of Ghana; participant on the Coca-Cola research team on the study of the Economic impact of the Coca- Cola industry in Ghana, 2010; and a participant on the research team for the study of the assessment of the Telecommunication Networks services in Ghana, 2011. He is also a co-founder of Otra Educational and Travel Consult, Achimota-Accra, Ghana. Frank Amugo is a lecturer at the Rivers State College of Arts and Science, Rumuola, Port Harcourt in the Department of Arts and Law. He teaches history in the General Studies unit. He studied at the University of Port Harcourt Choba, where he obtained Bachelors and Masters’ degrees in General and Economic history; and Imo state university where he bagged doctor of Philosophy (PhD) degree in History and International studies. He has carried out several researches and published articles on the Niger Delta, especially on the subject of environmental pollution and political restiveness. Nyambati Aori is a Master’s Student (MA International Relations, 2012) who specializes in International Development and Global Governance (FDI, Energy, Climate Change, Anti-Poverty Strategies and Ethics of Foreign Aid). His most recent presentations include: Energy and Socio- Economic development in Sub-Saharan Africa (March, 2011); Climate Change and Sub Saharan Africa (April, 2011); Kenya’s FDI Inflows Trends Between 2000-2010: What Does the Future Hold? (Sept. 2011). He is currently preparing for an International Conference on Energy and Climate Change in London (December 16th-20, 2011), where he plans to present his policy paper titled, The IMF and Global Climate Change Policy. James Olabisi Ayodele trained as a sociologist with bias for criminology. He is a Lecturer I at the Department of Sociology & Anthropology, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile Ife, Nigeria. He has published in major national and international peer-reviewed journals, including: Nigerian Sociological Review (NISOS, Nigeria); African Sociological Review (CODESRIA, Kenya); Indian Journal of Gerontology (India); Journal of Applied Security Research (Taylor & Francis, USA); Ife Studies in African Literature and Arts; Nigerian Journal of Social Research and African Studies Abstract (Leiden: African Studies Centre). He contributed a chapter in Olufayo, O. O.’s (2005) Methodological Problems in Sociological Investigations (Lagos, Nigeria: Bolabay Publishers); two chapters in Akinwumi, O. et al.’s (2006) Inter-group Relations in Nigeria during the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries (Nigeria: Aboki Publishers, pp618-630 & 641-655); and three articles in Immanuel Ness’s (forthcoming) Wiley-Blackwell Encyclopedia of Global Human Migration. He is a Ph.D. student in the University of Jos, Nigeria. Tokunbo Aderemi Ayoola teaches African and African Diaspora History. He has taught at the Administrative Staff College of Nigeria, Bexley College, UK, Tulane University, USA, and Ohio State University, USA. He received his doctorate from the University of Manchester, UK. He specializes in 19th and 20th century history of Africa, focusing on economic, political, social, and cultural history of Nigeria and West Africa. His scholarly writings have appeared in international journals and in edited volumes. Abiodun Oladele Balogun is an Associate Professor of Philosophy at Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ogun State, Nigeria. His papers have appeared in international journals such as: African Identities 3 (2) (2005), Nordic Journal of African Studies 16(1) (2007), The Journal of Pan African Studies 2 (3) (2008), Philosophia: International Journal of Philosophy 38 (1) (2009), Thought and Practice: A Journal of the Philosophical Association of Kenya 1 (2) (2009) among other numerous scholarly journals. His research interests are in African Philosophy, Philosophy of Education, and Philosophy of Law. Balogun has attended international philosophical conferences in Ghana, Leicester (U.K.), South Africa, Korea, Singapore and Minnesota in America. When not engaged in deep thought and writing, he enjoys hanging out with his marvelous children, and lovely wife, Temitope. Temitope Abiodun Balogun lectures at Osun State University, Nigeria, in the Department of Languages and Linguistics. Her research areas are Pragmatics, Stylistics, Discourse Analysis and Functional Linguistics. She has attended international conferences in Ghana, Leicester (U.K.) and Minnesota in America. She has published articles in reputable journals both home and abroad. Elijah Baloyi has been a Reformed church minister for twelve years and is a senior lecturer of department of practical theology at the University of South Africa. His study includes amongst others, pastoral counseling, gender studies (Particularly women's rights in African context) marriage issues as well as the integration of theology and psychology. He is a publisher of books and articles. Dr Baloyi is also happily married to one wife blessed with two daughters and one son. Arne Bialuschewski is an assistant professor of history at Trent University in Peterborough, Ontario. He has published two books and numerous articles on early modern piracy, overseas migrations, Madagascar, and the English publishing business in the age of Defoe. He is currently working on various projects about cross-cultural relations involving pirates. Lohna Bonkat is presently a PhD student with the Bayreuth International Graduate School of African Studies (BIGSAS), University of Bayreuth Germany. She holds a Master of Science degree in International Relations and Strategic Studies from the University of Jos, Nigeria in 2010. She has been a lecturer in the department of Political Science, University of Jos, Nigeria since 2005. Her areas of interest include conflict studies, gender studies, women and development and good governance. Plangsat Dayil, a lecturer in the Department of Political Science, University of Jos. She studied Political Science at the University of Jos and obtained her Masters degree in Public Administration from the same institution. She is currently pursuing a PhD at the University of Birmingham, Centre for West African Studies. Her areas of research interest include; Minority Politics in Nigeria, Women and the Informal Sector, Post-Conflict re-integration and Development in Nigeria. Ademola Omobewaji Dasylva is a poet and biographer, literary theorist and critic, co-coordinates Ibadan Cultural Studies Group with Prof. Adedotun Ogundeji, former Dean of Arts, University of Ibadan; he is Board Chairman, the Toyin Falola Annual International Conference on Africa and the African Diaspora (TOFAC), and the convener of TOFAC 2011; he was the convener of 2008 Ibadan International Conference on African Literature (IICAL); a Fellow of the Salzburg Seminar, Session 374, Austria, 2000. He is a native of Ado-Ekiti (Ekiti State), of Aduloju family extraction. He attended Our Lady & St. Kizito’s Catholic Minor Seminary, Ede, Osun State. He has his B.A. Hons, (English) and M.A. (African Literature), University of Ife (now Obafemi Awolowo University) Ile-Ife. He obtained his Ph.D in African Literature, from Nigeria’s premier University of Ibadan, Nigeria. Prof. Dasylva teaches Drama, Poetry, the African Novel, and Oral Literature/Folklore Studies at the Department of English, University of Ibadan, Nigeria. He is currently the Director of General Studies Programme Unit. His scholarly publications include, Understanding Wole Soyinka: Death and the King’s Horseman; Studies in Drama; Classificatory Paradigms in African Oral Narrative (a monograph), and co-edited with Prof. Kola Owolabi Forms and Functions of English. His collection of poems, Songs of Odamolugbe won the 2006 ANA/Cadbury National Award for Poetry. In March 2009, Prof. Ademola Dasylva won the 2009 Distinguished Africanist Research Excellence Award, University of Texas at Austin, USA. Between 7th and 29 September 2011, he was the guest of three universities in United States: University of Texas at Austin, Indiana University, Indianapolis, and the University of Georgia, Athens, where he delivered public lectures on i) Nigeria’s Nollywood, and ii) Yoruba Omoluwabi Concept of the Ideal Persona. He is widely published in local and international scholarly journals. Meskerem Debele received her B.Ed in Pedagogical Sciences-Geography composite major from Bahir Dar University in Ethiopia. She came to the United States under the Fulbright Student Exchange Program and received her MAE from the University of Northern Iowa in Educational Psychology. Currently, she is a doctoral candidate at the University of Cincinnati in the Curriculum and Instruction Program, with an emphasis on elementary social studies. Her research interests include children’s social identity and social literacy development, children’s literature in elementary curriculum, and the role of women elementary teachers as children’s socialization agents. She hopes to work on enriching children’s academic, social, and self-learning through social studies curricula which include literacy materials pertinent to children’s issues in the contemporary socio-political context of Ethiopia. Alicia C. Decker is an Assistant Professor of History and Women’s Studies at Purdue University. She received her Ph.D. in Women’s Studies from Emory University in 2007. She also holds an M.A. in Gender Studies from Makerere University (Uganda) and a B.A. in Anthropology from the University of Minnesota. Her work has recently appeared in the International Journal of African Historical Studies, Perspectives on History: The Newsmagazine of the American Historical Association, and Narrating War and Peace in Africa, edited by Toyin Falola and Hetty ter Haar (University of Rochester Press, 2010). She is currently completing a book manuscript titled, Beyond the Barrel: Women, Gender, and Militarism in Idi Amin’s Uganda, 1971-1979. Francis Duah is a graduate from University of Ghana, Legon. He currently works with the Sunyani Municipal Health Insurance scheme, a sub-unit of the Ghana Health Insurance scheme as a data entry clerk. His primary research interest focuses on the political economy of reforms. He has several scholarly unpublished works to his name. Duah wants to pursue his masters in the political economy of Africa’s development. Dorcas Enyonam Dzanta holds a B.A Honours degree from the University of Ghana in Information Studies and French as well as a Diploma in French language (DELF B1 and DELF B2) from University of Caen (France). Dorcas has previously worked as an intern with the Public Information Unit (PIU) of the Immediate Office of the Prosecutor, International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague, The Netherlands. At this post she was involved in research, monitoring and analysis of both English and French media reports on the work of the ICC. She has also previously been involved with research at the Family and Development (FADEP), a small research unit at the University of Ghana interested in the promotion of women’s rights. Currently Dorcas works with the Marketing and Research Unit of Toyota Ghana Limited where she is involved with market research among others activities. Chinyere S. Ecoma is an accomplished historian, researcher and a seasoned administrator. She holds Master of Arts and Doctor of Philosophy degrees in History all from the University of Calabar, Nigeria. In pursuit of excellence in academics, Dr. Chinyere Ecoma carried out extensive research overseas in the Public Record Office, Kew Gardens, Richmond, Surrey in England in 1995. After a stint in the Civil Service, she joined the academia. She has taught history in many universities in Nigeria and authored articles in scholarly journals on African History among which include "The Interplay of Trade and Culture in the Upper Cross River Region of Nigeria to 1800". Given her outstanding performance and numerous contributions to humanity, she received an award as Fellow of the Institute of Corporate Administration in 2004. She is widely travelled and has been to countries like England, Switzerland, Canada and Germany. Jonathan Chidomere Egesi is a senior lecturer and a priest in Church of Nigeria Anglican Communion Aba. Until recently, he held the position of Director, Religious matters and the chaplaincy, Imo state polytechnic. A past recipient of Education Trust Fund (ETF) scholarship and sponsorship to United States of America (USA) for conferences on changing norms and values in Igbo nation in Diaspora in 2011 among many others. Jonathan has written four books: two co-authored titled Perspective and Socio-cultural Institutions (2009); Introduction to Citizenship Education (2011); Contemporary sociology for Tertiary Institutions; and Citizenship Education for Nigerian Students; The Fundamental Approach for Tertiary Institutions are sole-authored. Jonathan has also contributed chapters and articles in various national magazines. Olumide Ekanade teaches Economic History at the Department of History and International Relations, Redeemer’s University, Nigeria. He earned his M.Sc. in Political Science (with specialization in International Relations) at the University of Ibadan, Nigeria in 1998 and his doctorate in Economic History from the same University in 2008. His research interests include international relations, economic history, and comparative fiscal studies. He has several publications in learned journals and he is also an active member of the Historical Society of Nigeria. His latest articles have appeared in Journal of Global Initiatives and Africana: A Journal of Ideas on Africa and African Diaspora. Mfon Umoren Ekpo-otu is a lecturer in the department of History and Diplomatic studies at the University of Port Harcourt. Her main research interests address historical, social policy and legal questions on gender, sexuality, and children’s labor. In particular she focuses on female sexuality in Africa, child labor and gendered migration. One strand of her research has been on female prostitution. This formed part of her PhD dissertation. She is a recipient of the SEPHIS Research fellow [2004] at the Centre for Studies in Social Sciences, Calcutta, India and a laureate of the CODESRIA Child and Youth Institute [2004] Dakar. Some of her publications include: ‘Getting Them Young: Child Labour in Ikot Ekpene from a Historical Perspective’ Osita Agbu [ed.] Children and Youth in the Labor Process Dakar: CODESRIA, 2009; ‘The Child Labor Debate: Another View through the Lens’ AFE, Journal of Minority Studies Vol. 8(1) 2006; The Body as a Tool: Negotiation of the New Global Order by Female Youths in Nigeria [forthcoming]; Interrogating Policies on Human Trafficking in Nigeria [forthcoming]. Bojor Enamhe is a lecturer affiliated with the Cross River State University of Technology (CRUTECH), Calabar. She teaches Art Appreciation, Art History and Art Management in the department of Visual Arts and Technology. Her research focuses on traditional/contemporary art history and globalization. She is currently working on Arts Management entrepreneurial style with the aim of promoting and developing art. Isaac Olugbenga Fadeyibi is a lecturer and researcher from Nigeria. He has authored some business management textbooks and has also presented papers at international academic conferences both in Nigeria and overseas. He has also published both in local and foreign journals. He is a member of ECOMOD Group with headquarters in Brussels Belgium, Associate Member; Nigerian Institute of Management (AMNIM) to mention a few. He had been privileged to win scholarship awards from ECOMOD and participated in ECOMOD Training School Americas in 2007 and Aegis Business School India in 2008. He is presently a Lecturer at the Department of Business Administration, Joseph Ayo Babalola University, Nigeria as well as a PhD student with special focus on Entrepreneurship development and Business Performance in Nigeria. His areas of interest include entrepreneurship, business economics, and general management. Ike Fayomi holds a Ph.D in Public Administration. She lectures in the Department of Public Administration, Faculty of Administration, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile Ife, Osun State. Nigeria. She has a number of international and local publications to her credit. Her research focuses on poverty, empowerment and sustainable development. She teaches management and organization theory, advanced human resources management and local government administration at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels. She coordinated the African in Diaspora programme between Skyline College California United States of America and Obafemi Awolowo University in 2009 which resulted in a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) been signed between the two institutions. Sati Fwatshak is a lecturer in the Department of History and International Studies, University of Jos, Nigeria, where he has been faculty member since 1990. He obtained his Ph.D in 2003 also from the same University. He was Fulbright Fellow at New York University (NYU), in the 2000/2001 academic session. Between 2003 and 2009, he was a member of international teams that carried out research on Sharia implementation in Nigeria sponsored by Volkswagen Foundation of Germany and CORDAID of the Netherlands and became Nigeria Country Coordinator of the Volkswagen Project between 2007 and 2009. His research publications and interests span African social and economic history including the history of African entrepreneurship, African development, African politics and conflicts. Rhonda M. Gonzales is an Associate Professor of History at the University of Texas at San Antonio. Her research and teaching interests are in pre-colonial social and religious history in Africa and the African Diaspora in México. Her first book, Societies, Religion, and History: Central East Tanzanians and the World They Created, c. 200 BCE to 1800 CE, was published by Columbia University Press in 2008 (e-book) and 2009 (print). http://www.gutenberg-e.org/gonzales/ Her current research project centers on the history of African and Afro-Mexican women healers and entrepreneurs in 16th and 17th century Mexico. Mustapha Gwadabe is an Associate Professor of Political History at the Department of History Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Nigeria. He did his graduate and post graduate studies in the Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria and Bayero University, Kano, Nigeria. A fellow of the Leventis/Nigeria Research Cooperation, Gwadabe received his training on colonial history of Northern Nigeria and produced a thesis that is published (2010) with the title “Kano Emirate under Colonial Rule: a Study of the Administration of Land, Labour and Taxation in Kumbotso (DanIsa) District 1915-1953.” He has taken part in researches and published in Journals nationally and internationally. He was part of the SADC Project that document the history of the contributions of countries and organizations outside South African Development Community that helped in the Liberation of Southern Africa. He is currently working, with support from IFRA-Nigeria on Medical Research, Development and Memory in Postcolonial Kano. Adetunji Adesanya is a Season System Electrical Operations Engineer in the Transmission Section of Power Holding Corporation of Nigeria (PHCN) Plc. Adesanya is a graduate of Electrical Electronics Engineer from Lagos State Polytechnic, Ikorodu, Lagos. His area of expertise is Electrical Generation, Transmission and Distribution. Adesanya has carried out installation of both single and three phase meters to new living environments including rural electrification in different parts of south western Nigeria. He has participated in the commissioning of transmission sub-stations. Adesanya has also served as resource person for the PHCN Kainji Training School New-Bussa Niger State since 1997. He teaches electrical operation, protection, control and system analysis and trains PHCN sub-station electrical operators. He has received various awards from the PHCN for his active engagements and achievements within the establishment. Yetunde Adedoyin Ajibade holds a Ph.D. in Language Education. A recipient of the Federal Government of Nigeria Scholarship Award in 1982 and the Macmillan Nigeria Publisher’s Award in 2009, she is presently a Senior Lecturer and the current Acting Head of the Department of Curriculum Studies, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria. Her research interests are in curriculum development, instructional processes and second/foreign language acquisition, learning and assessment. Her research has enriched both theory and practice in teaching and learning generally, and language teaching and learning in particular within and outside Nigeria. She has about 30 publications in reputable national and international journals, and books; she has co-authored two books in education for university students and three sets of communicative French teaching books for Nigerian primary school pupils and teachers. She serves as board member, external examiner and consultant to educational establishments and has attended close to 40 conferences and workshops in and outside Nigeria. Dele Ashiru is a Doctoral Candidate in the Department of Political Science, University of Lagos, Nigeria. A scholar activist, he teaches The History of Political Thought, Political Economy, Political Behavior, Methodology of Comparative Politics and the Politics of Development and Underdevelopment in the same Department and University. His recently published articles include “The Judiciary and the Democratization Process in Nigeria”, and “Chieftaincy Institution and Grassroots Development in Nigeria.” His current research interest includes Political Islam, Fundamentalist Pressures in Africa and the Political Economy of Development. He has participated and presented scholarly papers in several local and international conferences. Bonaventure Chizea is a lecturer in the Department of Political Science Ambrose Alli University, Ekpoma Nigeria. He holds an M.sc degree in Political Science from the University of Ibadan, Nigeria His research interests are in the fields of Labor and the state in Africa and Human rights. His publications includes Bona Chizea and Tony Iyare, Nigeria’s Raging Ethnic Conflict; The role of small Arms and Private Military companies in the Constitution, A Journal of Constitutional Development Vol. 6, No. 1, March 2006, Felix Omo Okokhere and Bona Chizea, Overcoming Development Crisis in Africa: A challenge in the 21st Century, in IRCAB Journal of Social & Management Sciences, Vol. 1 No. 1 Sept. 2011 and Sylvester Odion Akhaine and Bonaventure Uche Chizea (eds) State of Human Rights in Nigeria, CENCOD 2011 Report, supported by Mac Arthur Foundation. Chizea’s research interests are development studies and human rights in Africa. Mildred Ekot is a lecturer in the Department of Home Economics, University of Uyo, Nigeria. She holds a Master of Science in Home Economics and presently on Staff Development at Okpara University of Agriculture, Umudike, Nigeria for a PhD in Human and Family Development. She has several publications in peer- reviewed Journals including Nigerian Journal of Home Economics, Journal of Home Economics Research, and Lagos Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies. She has contributed book chapters in Women and Power in Africa in the 20th and 21st Century (Nigeria: Fragrance communications Publishers, 2009), and Early Childhood Education in Nigeria (Umuahia: Atlas Publishers, 2010). Her research interests are in home and family life issues (family survival and Development of family members), and issues concerning the welfare of less privilege family members - the elderly and children. Catherine Cymone Fourshey is Associate Professor of History and Director of International Studies at Susquehanna University. Her current research focuses on precolonial Tanzania, with special interests in the topics of agriculture, hospitality, migration, gender, and the intersections of environment, economy, and politics. Her current book project is entitled, Strangers, Immigrants, and the Established: Hospitality as State Building Mechanism in Southwest Tanzania 300-1900CE. In addition to research on ancient Eastern Africa, Fourshey has also done research on global flows in the Indian Ocean world over the longue durée of the first through second millennia of the common-era, particularly related to questions of diaspora and transnational identities, pre-modern notions of ethnicity and diversity, and the political economy of port cities. Most recently Fourshey started research on colonial education in The Gambia. Nwaiwu James Chima is a post-graduate scholar in the field of community development studies and also a graduate assistant/tutor under Dr. Hanina Hamsan of faculty of human ecology, University Putra Malaysia. He Acquired a Bachelor’s degree in sociology and Anthropology from Imo state University Owerri, Nigeria and has served as a volunteer to the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) Nigeria on AMucha gully erosion and flood disaster in July 2007. A community leader who has led his community’s youths association to be part of community development programs in Ifakala Autonomous community through which he inculcated the spirit of responsibility and participation of youths in contributing to community development programs. Mr. Nwaiwu has struggled to get back to the academic world after serving an NGO for more than a year where his interest about community development studies sprang up. He has been working on two publications recently on (1) August meeting as an Institution that champions sustainable development in Igbo land and (2) Illusion of Nigeria’s Development, A call for civil awakening. Also, he is at the verge of defending his M.Sc. dissertation which centers on "Corporate social responsibility in action through micro-credit for youths community development."
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