History of the Urhobo People of Niger DeltaPeter Palmer Ekeh, Urhobo Historical Society History of The Urhobo People of Niger Delta is the most comprehensive compilation and study of various aspects of the history of the Urhobo people of Nigeria's Niger Delta. It begins with an examination of the prehistory of the region, with particular focus on the Urhobo and their close ethnic neighbour, the Isoko. The book then embarks on a close assessment of the advent of British imperialism in the Western Niger Delta. History of The Urhobo People of Niger Delta also probes the arrival and impact of Western Christian missions in Urhoboland. Urhobo history is notable for the sharp challenges that the Urhobo people have faced at various points of their di?cult existence in the rainforest and deltaic geographical formation of Western Niger Delta. Their history of migrations and their segmentation into twenty-two cultural units were, in large part, e?orts aimed at overcoming these challenges. History of The Urhobo People of Niger Delta includes an evaluation of modern responses to challenges that confront the Urhobo people, following the onrush of a new era of European colonization and introduction of a new Christian religion into their culture. The formation of Urhobo Progress Union and of its educational arm of Urhobo College is presented as the Urhobo response to modern challenges facing their existence in Western Niger Delta and Nigeria. History of The Urhobo People of Niger Delta extends its purview to various other fragments of the Urhobo historical and cultural experience in modern times. These include the di?culties that have arisen from petroleum oil exploration in the Niger Delta in post-colonial Nigeria. |
Contents
Its Foundation | 37 |
Development of Okpe as Exemplar of Urhobo History | 53 |
The Establishment of British Administration | 67 |
British Treaties of Trade and Protection with | 87 |
The Origins of Sapele Township | 105 |
Planning for the First School in Sapele | 119 |
Beginnings of Christianity in Urhoboland | 127 |
Establishment of Roman Catholic Mission and Other | 159 |
Ethnicity and the Structure of Inequality in Warri Town | 409 |
Thoughts on IsokoUrhobo Relations | 427 |
I Can See Clearly Now F M A Ukoli | 451 |
In Defence of Frank Ukolis Honour | 461 |
OIL EXPLORATION AND ITS VICISSITUDES | 497 |
Some Solutions to Water Problems in the Niger Delta | 563 |
Political Reorganization as a PreCondition | 577 |
Urhobo Religious Leaders and the Urhobo Nation | 583 |
The Catholic Church in AgbonUrhobo 19222004 | 185 |
Evolution of the Urhobo Bible | 191 |
Anglican Communion Diocese of Ughelli | 219 |
Ownership of PreColonial Warri | 233 |
Who Owns Colonial and PostColonial Warri? | 259 |
Judgement on Warri Land Case between | 305 |
The Need for Peace in Warri | 317 |
URHOBO PROGRESS UNION | 329 |
Leader of the Urhobo | 361 |
The Place of Urhobo College Effurun in Urhobo History | 381 |
Mukoro Mowoe and Urhobo Destiny and History | 393 |
Urhobo Youth and the Urhobo Future | 595 |
Fifty Years After Mukoro Mowoe | 613 |
Whither Nigeria? | 627 |
The Place of the Elite in Urhobo Leadership | 647 |
An Autobiographical Statement | 657 |
Understanding Urhobo History through Obituaries | 663 |
Okpako Daniel Obiomah Dafe Omoko Francis DanielOkumagba | 689 |
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Biographical Notes on Contributors | 707 |
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