About Author

Chima J. Korieh is an associate professor of history at Marquette University. He holds a PhD from University of Toronto, an MA from University of Helsinki, an MPhil from University of Bergen, and a BA from University of Nigeria. Dr. Korieh’s previous publications include The Land Has Changed: History, Society and Gender in Colonial Eastern Nigeria. He has published in several journals such as History in Africa, Dialectical Anthropology, Canadian Journal of African Studies and African Economic History. Dr. Korieh was a British Academy Fellow at Oxford University in 2008.