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Name

Dr. Udida Albert Undiyaundeye

Department

History and International Studies

Designation

Associate Professor

Email

[email protected]


About Dr. Udida Albert Undiyaundeye

Dr. Udida Albert Undiyaundeye is a humble, articulate, humane, and affable Associate Professor of African History, deeply interested in positively impacting people who come into association with him. He holds a Bachelor of Arts (B.A Hons) degree in History (Lower Division) from the University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN, 1976), M.A. (1982) University of Ibadan, and Ph.D. In History (2005) University of Calabar. He teaches and lectures in the Department of History and International Studies, University of Calabar, Calabar. He was a lecturer at the University of Uyo, Akwa Ibom State. He teaches and lectures at both under and post-graduate levels. His former students are making their marks in their various callings of human endeavor and have to his credit a professor Professor O. Mgbada now at Ebonyi State University. He has attended local and international conferences and has published in reputed local and international journals and book chapters. He is a member of several professional associations like the Historical Society of Nigeria (HSN) African Student Association of Africa (ASAA). He was for thirteen years Secretary, Departmental Board of Studies (1989-’93 and 2005-2013), Exams Officer, 2005-2008; Secretary, Post Graduate Committee (2010-2016) and Chairman Project Allocation Committee (2016-2018). He is a two-term Vice President of the Historical Society of Nigeria, South-South Zone. He was a one-time General Secretary of his home community association that indulged the establishment of a secondary-commercial school in his community.


S/N Qualification School Atttended Started Finished
FSLCR.C.M Central School, Ohong Cross River State Nigeria.19561963
SSCEMary Knoll College, Okuku, Cross River State Nigeria.19651969
B.A. (Hons) History& International StudiesUniversity of Nigeria, Nsukka, Enugu State Nigeria.19721976
M.A in History& International StudiesUniversity of Ibadan, Ibadan, Oyo State Nigeria.19801982
Ph.D in Nigerian and African HistoryUniversity of Calabar, Calabar, Cross River State Nigeria.19932005

S/N Publication
Undiyaundeye, U. A.(2021) African and African Diaspora History: The Nkrumah Connection, 1945-1966, Dele Layiwola (edt) forthcoming
Undiyaundeye, U. A. (2018). “Oil and the Nigerian Civil War”, International Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences. IOSR Journal Humanities and Social Science, 23, (1), 1-12.
Undiyaundeye, U. A. (2018). Kwame Nkrumah and Pan African Consciousness; 1957-1966, Historical Research Letter, 14, 1-10
Undiyaundeye, U. A. (2018). Political Leadership and the Paradox of African Economic Underdevelopment 1960-2010. A Historical Analysis of Nigeria as a case study, Global Institute for Research & Education, 7, (1), 13-20.
Undiyaundeye, U. A. (2017). Black Leadership on Black Liberation: the Influence of Marcus Garvey and Kwame Nkrumah 1914-1966”, International Journal of History and Philosophical Research, 5 (4), 23-33. U
Undiyaundeye, U. A. (2017) “Okon Edet Uya: Pioneer African Diaspora Scholar, 1968-2012”, Samuel O. Oloruntoba (edt) Africa and Its Diasporas, Pan Africa. University Press, Austin, Texas, 49-62 ISBN 194-353-3210
Undiyaundeye, U. A. (2017). African Diaspora and the Quest for Democracy in Nigeria: The June 12, 1993 Presidential Election Experience”, Gashawbeza Bekele and Adebayo Oyebade (edt) Africa in the 21st Century: The Promise of Development and Democratization. ISBN 978-1-4985-6451-9
Undiyaundeye, U. A. (2016). “The Nigerian Civil War and Revolutionary Change: The Obudu People Experience”, Donald Omagu and Sandy Onor (edt) The Nigeria Civil War: Narratives from some Borders Communities, Bahiti and Dalila Publishers, London. 224-238
Undiyaundeye, U. A. (2016). Pan Africanism in Thought and Action: African-Americans and the Italo-Ethiopian War”, David Imbua and Yakubu Ochefu (edt) Okon Uya at 70: Issues in Historiography, National Building and the African Diaspora, Aboki Publishers, Markurdi. ISBN 978-978-8512-39-4
Undiyaundeye, U. A. (2015). “Robert Mugabe and the Human Rights Question in Zimbabwe, 1980-2010”, in Weiss, Ben (edt) Human Rights, Identity Dislocation and Development.
Undiyaundeye, U. A. (2015). Agitation for the Creation of the Calabar Ogoja-Rivers (COR) State, the 1st Phase”, in Afaha, Philip (edt) Witness to History in Honour of Sir Sebastian J. Umoren. ISBN: 978-978-947-319-9
Undiyaundeye, U. A. (2015). The Establishment of Colonial Rule in Obudu, Crises and Reforms, 190-1958”, Michael Ugiobe Adie (edt) Groundwork of Obudu History, 1600- 1959, University of Calabar Press, Calabar, 322-356. ISBN 978-007-282-9
Undiyaundeye, U. A. (2015). “The Impact of Colonial Rule on Traditional Political Institutions in Obudu” in Michael Ugiobe Adie, Groundwork of Obudu History, 1600-1959, University of Calabar Press, Calabar. 357-376. ISBN 978-007-282-9
Undiyaundeye, U. A. (2012). The Duel between Nnamdi Azikiwe and A. C. Nwapa for the soul of the NCNC Party “Maiduguri Journal of Arts and Social Sciences (MAJASS), 10, (2), 85-90
Undiyaundeye, U. A. (2012). The Genesis of State Agitation in Nigeria: The Formation of Calabar-Ogoja-Rivers (COR) State Movement; Maiduguri Journal of Peace, Diplomatic and Development Studies, IV (1).
Undiyaundeye, U. A. (2012). “The National Independence Party (NIP), the 1953 Constitutional Conference and the Foundation of a Flaw Federation”, Maiduguri Journal of Peace, Diplomatic and Development Studies, IV, (2).
Undiyaundeye, U. A. (2012). “Colonialism and Nation Building Problems in Nigeria”, in Mangut, Monday and Wuam, T. (edt) Colonialism and the Transition to Modernity. ISBN 978-978-8441-34-2
Undiyaundeye, U. A. (2011). “The 1953 Motion of Vote of No Confidence: Nigeria’s First Constitutional Coup d’ etat”, Ibom Journal of History and International Studies, 13, (1), 223-42. ISSN 199-006X
Undiyaundeye, U. A. (2011). Patriotism or Enlightened Self Interest: A Causal Analysis of Nigeria’s First Coup d’ etat, “The Calabar Historical Journal, 5, (1&2), 131-57.
Undiyaundeye, U. A. (2011). “Mental Slavery versus Cultural Renaissance: whither Obudu People”, Joseph A. Ushie & David L. Imbua (edt) Essays on the History, Language and Culture of Bendi, Kraft Books Ltd; Ibadan, 298-314. ISBN: 978-978-918-007-3
Undiyaundeye, U. A. (2010). “The 1951 Elections and the Origins of Electoral malpractices in Nigeria”, Lapai Journal of Humanities, 4, (5), 214-52. ISSN 2006-2826
Undiyaundeye, U. A. (2009). The Pre-Colonial Government of Obudu People, Calabar Journal of Liberal Studies, (CAJOLIS), 12, (1), 36-57. ISSN 1115-2087
Undiyaundeye, U. A. (2008). “Issues and Causes of the Nigeria Civil War” in Adejo, Matiu A. (edt) The Nigeria Civil War Forty Years After What Lessons, Aboki Publishers, Makurdi. 1-37. ISBN 978-8098-90-8
Undiyaundeye, U. A. (2005). Continuity and Change: Obudu under Colonial Rule, 1914-1918, The 1st Phase, Ibom Journal of History and International Studies, 12, 113-125. ISSN 199-006X
Undiyaundeye, U. A. (2005). Continuity and Change: Impact of American Education on Nigeria in Ikechukwu Amadi, Ini Udoka and Yakubu Ochefu (edt) History and Citizenship: Essays in Honour of Okon Edet Uya, 22-45. ISBN 978-007-151-2
Undiyaundeye, U. A. (1999). Continuity and Change: Obudu under Colonial Rule, 1909-1913, The 1st Phase, Ibom Journal of History and International Studies, 8, 88-101. ISSN 199-006X
Undiyaundeye, U. A. (1997). Matrilineal Descent in Bette-Bendi Clan: A Critique of Stoddart’s Intelligence Report, Innovation, 1 (1), ISSN 1118-9037
Undiyaundeye, U. A. (1994). The History of Obudu People, The Obudu Student, 1(1), 1-8

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S/N Conference Description Started Finished
Regional Conference on Oil Exploration, Internal Imperialism and Niger Delta Crises,“Oil and the Nigerian Civil War” presented at the First Regional Conference on Oil Exploration, Internal Imperialism and Niger Delta Crisis 2006-07-262006-07-28
The 52nd National Congress of the Historical Society of Nigeria, held at University of Calabar.2007-10-102007-10-14
International Conference on 50 Years of Pan Africanism in Africa, 1958-2008, held at University of Uyo, Uyo.“Pan Africanism, The League of Nations and the Italian Invasion of Ethiopia” presented at the Conference on 50years of Pan Africanism in Africa2008-09-012008-09-02
The 53rd National Congress of the Historical Society of Nigeria, held at Gombe State University, Gombe“The Attempted Secession of Nigeria as a panacea of the National Security Question: A Casual Analysis” presented at the 53rd Annual Historical Conference at Gombe,2008-10-132008-10-15
National Conference on a Decade of Democracy in Nigeria 1999-2009 held at IBB University, Lapai, Niger State,“Issues and Causes of the Nigerian Civil War” presented at a Conference on Lessons on the Nigeria Civil War2009-09-182009-09-20
The 55th Annual Congress of the Historical Society of Nigeria, held at ABU, Zaria,The 1953 Motion of Vote of no confidence: Nigeria’s first constitutional coup d’ etat presented at the 55th Annual Congress of the Historical Society of Nigeria 2010-10-102010-10-12
International Conference on Colonial Africa and its legacies, An Appraisal, IBB University, Lapai, Niger StateColonialism and Nation building problems in Nigeria” presented at the International Conference on Colonial Africa and its legacies: An Appraisal at IBB University, Lapai, Niger State,2010-11-302010-12-02
Kwame Nkrumah 2nd Biennial International Conference, University of Technology, Kumasi, Ghana,Kwame Nkrumah and Pan African Consciousness,2012-09-012012-09-03
Africa 2014 International Conference, held at University of Texas, at Austin, Texas, USA,Okon Edet Uya: Pioneer African Diaspora Scholar 1968-2012,2014-04-042014-04-06
First International Conference of the Africa Studies Association of Africa (ASAA), African and African Diaspora History: The Nkrumah Connection, 1945-1966, 2015-10-132015-10-17
The 2016 Africa Conference, held at Austin, Texas, USACreativity in Traditional Healing and Music in Obudu. An exploration of History of Rituals in a Traditional Nigerian Polity”, 2016-03-242016-03-27
The 4th Annual Africa Conference, Tennessee State, University, Nashville, USA. "African Diaspora and the Quest for Democracy in Nigeria: The June 12, 1993 Presidential Election Experience,” 2016-03-312016-04-01
The 6th Toyin Falola International Conference (TOFAC), “African History and African Underdevelopment: A Revisit of the Rodney Thesis,2016-07-042016-07-06
The 17th Annual Africa Conference at University of Texas at Austin, USA.“Carter G. Woodson, Kenneth O. Dike and the Decolonization of Black History;2017-03-312017-04-02
The 5th Annual Africa Conference at Tennessee State University, Nashville, USA“Abdullahi Smith, Adiele E. Afigbo and the Reconstruction of the Africa Past”2017-04-062017-04-07
An International Conference at the University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Oyo State Nigeria.Political Leadership and the Paradox of African Economic Under-development 1960-2010: A Historical Analysis of Nigeria as a Case study,2017-07-052017-07-09
A conference in honour of Profess J.A. Atanda at Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ago Iwoye, Ogun State, Nigeria2017-10-092017-10-11
Toyin Falola @ 65 Conference, Ibadan, Oyo State Nigeria.“Yoruba-Igbo Rivalry, 1937-1970: A Historical Analysis of the Birth of Nigeria’s Political Dilemma”2018-01-292018-01-31