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Acknowledgments
Heartfelt appreciation is extended to all who contributed in one way or the other to the completion of this volume. We thank the history department of Marquette University for providing support toward the production of this book. We are especially grateful to Dr. Korieh’s research assistant at Marquette, Elizabeth Dillenburg, for her assistance during the production of this book.
A special note of gratitude is expressed to our colleagues at the Howard University School of Social Work for providing an environment for such cross-disciplinary collaboration among colleagues from around the globe to flourish. The recurring host played by the Howard University School of Social Work E. Franklin Frazier Center for Social Work Research for the Annual Conference of the Igbo Studies Association created the opportunity for the bond of friendship that was formed between the editors of this volume, which made it possible for a smooth production of this work.
We extend our thanks to the staff at the E. Franklin Frazier Center for Social Work Research at the Howard University for their unwavering