History | The Harriet Tubman Institute

Obebinaru Favour Obhuo

rebsl — Tue, 28 Jul 2026 15:56:33 +0000

Born in Kolo Town (Ogbia), Bayelsa State, Nigeria; Obebinaru Favour Obhuo holds a Master's degree in Sociology (Criminology and Penology) from the University of Ibadan and a Bachelor's degree in Sociology from the University of Port Harcourt (UniPort) all in Nigeria respectively. He also holds a Faculty position in the Department of Sociology (Criminology and Security Studies) where he lectures undergraduate students since 2023.

Mr. Obhuo is currently a doctoral candidate at the Department of Sociology (Criminology and Police Science), UniPort, where he focuses his research on female gangs and substance (drug) abuse in Ogbia, Bayelsa State. His interest are on gangs, African history/archives, politics, human rights, secular humanism, and cultural preservation.

Keywords: Sociology, Criminology, History, Secularism, Culture

Boniface Ifeanyi Orji

rebsl — Wed, 11 Feb 2026 16:44:22 +0000

Orji Boniface Ifeanyi, Ph.D, has established himself as a prolific and impactful scholar in African history, with a primary focus on migration studies, economic history, Igbo development, postcolonial conflicts, and contemporary socio-political dynamics in Nigeria. His research trajectory demonstrates consistent engagement with both historical depth and pressing current issues, contributing to national and international discourses on identity, security, migration, and cultural resilience.
Orji Boniface is a member of the Canadian Association of African Studies, the Economic History Society, United Kingdom, the Faculty Fellow of The Harriet Tubman Institute, 91��ɫ, Canada, the Historical Society of Nigeria (HSN), and the Lagos Studies Association (LSA). He has authored or co-authored over 40 peer-reviewed journal articles and book chapters, published in reputable outlets. His seminal works have been cited multiple times. He can blend archival rigor with socio-economic analysis, offering insights into informal economic networks as models for national integration.
Overall, his body of work advances rigorous historical inquiry while addressing Nigeria's developmental challenges, positioning him as a key voice in migration, economic history, and post-conflict studies

Keywords: History, Migration and Mobility Studies; Economic History of Nigeria

Juanita De Barros

rebsl — Wed, 24 Apr 2024 19:31:38 +0000

Juanita De Barros is a Professor in the Department of History at McMaster University and the director of the Centre for Human Rights and Restorative Justice. She is the former president of the Canadian Association of Latin American and Caribbean Studies. She did her PhD at 91��ɫ and was a DuBois-Mandela-Rodney fellow at the Department of Afro-American and African studies at the University of Michigan. She is the co-editor of two book series: “Histories of Slavery and its Global Legacies” (Cambridge University Press) and “Confronting Atrocity: Human Rights and Restorative Justice” (McGill-Queens University Press). Her research concentrates on the history of health, gender, and reproductive rights in the Caribbean within the context of imperialism and post-slavery societies. She has written two books, numerous articles and book chapters and has co-edited four essay collections. has co-edited three essay collections and two journal special issues. Her most recent publications are Reproducing the British Caribbean: Sex, Gender, and Population Politics after Slavery and the essay collection, Public Health and the Imperial Project. Her current research project explores the intersection of health and the law in the context of child incarceration in state institutions in the early 20th century Caribbean.

Rui Assubuji

rebsl — Tue, 26 Mar 2024 15:48:19 +0000

From Mozambique, Rui Assubuji is a research associate within the SARChI Chair of Visual History & Theory at the Centre for Humanities Research of the University of the Western Cape. He built his professional background in video and photography, working for Mozambican National Television from 1985 and free-lancing since 1992. His PhD dissertation titled ‘Visual Struggle for Mozambique. Revisiting narratives, interpreting photographs (1850 – 1930)’ opens new tracks of historical analysis and methodology through a critical discussion of Mozambique’s photographic archives. His interest in audiovisual evolves from its production, usages, the space of memories, debate, and knowledge creation, to its handling, management, conservation, archives, and public access.

Ransford Dugba Tei

rebsl — Mon, 03 Oct 2022 17:22:16 +0000

Ransford Dugba Tei is a doctoral student in the Department of History at 91��ɫ. He holds a B.Ed. in History from the University of Cape Coast, Ghana, and an MA in History from 91��ɫ. His research interests straddle African history, the history of education, curriculum, and instruction, and the history of technology and society in the twentieth century.

Keywords: Education; Technology; Curriculum; West Africa

Joe Konieczny

rebsl — Sun, 06 Mar 2022 01:29:26 +0000

Joe Konieczny is a writer, educator, and master’s student in the Art History and Visual Culture program at 91��ɫ. His research focuses primarily on the cultural history of the Swahili Coast, with a particular emphasis on postcolonial theory and archival epistemology. Joe’s thesis work focuses on emerging philosophies of representation in artist’s run centres on the continent, and the ways in which their affiliate staff and artists engage with a western academy and public that have resisted decolonization. Joe’s other writing has covered diverse topics, reflecting his numerous research interests. His peer-reviewed work includes analysis of the Kenyan-German performance artist Myriam Syowia Kyambi, a series of diatribes against apoliticism in academia, and a look at the curatorial legacy of Okwui Enwezor. Outside of the classroom, Joe works on curriculum at the Korean edu-tech company Ringle, where he is developing a series of advanced English language trainings for use by artistic professionals. He is the president of the Art History Graduate Students Association and the facilitator of a professional art writing group in the Toronto area.

Keywords: Visual culture; Swahili history; artist-run centres