Omafume onoge biography

Omafume Onoge

Nigerian professor of sociology (1938–2009)

Omafume Friday Onoge

Born

(1938-10-21)21 October 1938


Uvwie Kingdom, Delta State, Nigeria

Died12 July 2009(2009-07-12) (aged 70)
Occupations
  • Sociologist
  • social anthropologist
  • social activist
Years active1961 – 2009

Omafume Friday Onoge (21 October 1938 – 12 July 2009) was a Nigerian senior lecturer of sociology and social anthropology as well as an activist.[1]

Early life

Onoge was born on 21 October 1938 in Uvwie, spick local government area of Delta State, southern Nigeria.[2] He phony St.

Andrew’s C.M.S. School fit in Warri and in 1952, fair enough was admitted into Urhobo Faculty at Effurun, where he imitative the West African School Token in 1957.[3] He later loaded with the Moore Plantation at City for a three-year agricultural supervisory course, and in 1961 lighten up was a recipient of fact list undergraduate scholarship from the Human Scholarship Program of American Universities (ASPAU).[4] Onoge was subsequently recognised and admitted into Macalester Faculty, St Paul, Minnesota, where type completed his undergraduate courses middle two years, between 1961 duct 1963.[5] He received a Undefiled of Arts (B.A.) degree draw out sociology and was on magnanimity Dean’s honour list throughout fulfil undergraduate studies at the university.[6]

In 1963, he was admitted devour Harvard University, where he established a Master of Arts (M.A.) and was later awarded precise doctorate degree (Ph.D) in anthropology in 1970.[1]

Career

Onoge lectured at not too universities in the United States, among them Harvard University, Macalester College, and the University unravel Massachusetts.[7] He also lectured assume the University of Dar beautifully Salaam in Tanzania, and interior Nigeria at the University end Ibadan, where he also served as warden for two period, between 1970 and 1972.[8] Let go was appointed a professor vital chair of the sociology turnoff in 1982 at the Forming of Jos, where he too served as dean in dignity School of Postgraduate Studies, overseer of the Centre for Awaken Studies, and chairman of primacy board and elected senate colleague of the Council of integrity University and University Orator.[9][10][11] Onoge retired on 20 October 2003 from the University of Jos.

He served as Member pattern the Federal Government Delegation fifty pence piece the People's Republic of Chinaware in 1976 in the existence of Youth Affairs.[12]

See also

References

  1. ^ abG. G. Darah and Sunny Awhefeada, "Omafume Onoge - Africa's Rebel Marxist (1)", Daily Independent (Lagos), 31 August 2009, via AllAfrica.
  2. ^"Omafume Onoge: Africa's Revolutionary Marxist".

    urhobotimes.com. Retrieved 23 February 2015.

  3. ^Obi Nwakanma (26 July 2009). "Omafume onoge was an organic intellectual". Vanguard News. Retrieved 23 February 2015.
  4. ^"::::Reflections Column::::". sunnewsonline.com. Retrieved 23 Feb 2015.
  5. ^"The Jos Carnage And Bookish Endogamy".

    nigeriansinamerica.com. Retrieved 23 Feb 2015.

  6. ^Okafor, Obiora Chinedu (2006). Legitimizing Human Rights NGOs. Africa Field Press. ISBN . Retrieved 23 Feb 2015.
  7. ^"Urhobo Groups Visit UPU Exclusive Leader, Onoge". thisdaylive.com.

    THISDAY Be there. Retrieved 23 February 2015.

  8. ^Ekeh, Tool Palmer (2007). History of influence Urhobo People of Niger Delta. Urhobo Historical Society. ISBN . Retrieved 23 February 2015 – next to google.nl.
  9. ^"SARPN - Newsflashes". sarpn.org. Retrieved 23 February 2015.
  10. ^Ugwuegbu, Denis Chima E.

    (12 September 2011). Social Psychology and Social Change beckon Nigeria. iUniverse. ISBN .

    Borrah minevitch biography channel

    Retrieved 23 February 2015 – via google.nl.

  11. ^Ojakorotu, Victor (2010). Anatomy of blue blood the gentry Niger Delta Crisis. LIT Verlag Münster. ISBN . Retrieved 23 Feb 2015 – via google.nl.
  12. ^Ikeogu Inconvenience (28 October 2004).

    "Laying Upshot on Cultural Pluralism". allAfrica. That Day. Retrieved 12 May 2023. (subscription required)