Gender: FEMALE
Race: Black
Profession: Historian
Status: Tenured Professor of History/African Studies
Area of Specialization: History of Africa and the Diaspora/ History of
Science and Technology
Institutional Work Address since 1991: History Department,
Central Connecticut State University, New Britain, CT06050, USA.
email: emeagwali@mail.ccsu.edu
website: www.africahistory.net
Telephone: 860-832-2815
6 BOOKS
51 Journal/Book Articles
Numerous Web Pages
37 Editorials in AFRICA
UPDATE, Newsletter of African Studies, Central Connecticut State University
BOOK PUBLICATIONS (edited)
1. Women Pay The Price: Structural Adjustment in Africa and the
Caribbean, Africa World Press, New Jersey, 1995. 2. Systems of Science, Technology and Art in Africa, Karnak
House,London, 1993. 3. Historical Development of Science and Technology in Nigeria,
Edwin Mellen,New York, 1992. 4. Science and Technology in African History, Edwin Mellen,
1992. 5. Africa and the Academy: Challenging Hegemonic Discourses on
Africa, Africa World Press,New Jersey, in press. 6. African Civilization, American Heritage,New York,1997
FIFTY ONE JOURNAL / BOOK ARTICLES 1. "BRAUDEL" in International Society for the Comparative Studies of
Civilization (ISCSC)no.47. Fall 2002 2. "African Indigenous Knowledge Systems" in Toyin Falola (ed)Ghana in Africa
and the World: Essays in Honor of Adu Boahen, Africa World Press, 2003 3."Technology in History: Africa" in Sal Restivo (ed) Science, Technology and
Society, Oxford University Press,forthcoming 2004
6. 'Feminism in Sub-Saharan Africa" in the International Encyclopedia of
Women's Studies Harvester Wheatsheaf. Simon & Schuster, UK ,1996. 7. "African Textiles" in Encyclopedia of The History of Science Technology
and Medicine in non-Western Cultures, Kluwer, 1997 8. "Colonialism and Science in Africa" in Encylopedia of the History of
Science Technology and Medicine in non-Western Cultures, Kluwer, 1995. 9. " Textile Technology in Nigeria in the 19th and early 20th centuries" in
African Systems of Science , Technology and Art, Karnak, London ,1993 10. "African Historiography, Gender and Technology" in The Historical
Development of Science and Technology in Nigeria, Edwin Mellen, New York,1992
11. "The Intersection of Gender and Technology in Nigeria" in The Historical
Development of Science and Technology in Nigeria, Edwin, NY, 1992
12."Glassmaking Technology in Nupeland, Central Nigeria: Some Questions" in
The Historical Development of Science and Technology in Nigeria, Edwin Mellen,
NY,1992
13." The control of water-based diseases in colonial Northern Nigeria" in
Science and Technology in African History, Edwin Mellen, NY,1992 14. Co-author, "Women and the Family," in A. Imam, N. Ngur and J.
Hendrickson, The Women in Nigeria Document , International Women's Conference,
Nairobi, Kenya, 1985 15. "The Historian and the Use of Models," Tarikh - A. Journal of Thematic
African History. Longman, Nigeria, Vol. 9, 1987. 16. "History and the Question of Technological Development, The Transfer of
Technology Revisited" in Afrique et Development ,CODESRIA, Senegal, Vol. XII.2,
1987. 17. "Islam, Structural Adjustment and Gender: The Nigerian Case" in El Solh
et alia, in Women in Muslim Communities, Religious Belief and Social Reality.
Oxford: Berg, 1994. 18. "The Intersection of Gender and Technology in Nigeria," Invited paper,
Cornell University, March 1992. Published in G. Thomas-Emeagwali, The Historical
Development of Science and Technology in Nigeria, Edwin Mellen 1992. 9. "Reflections in the Development of Science in the Islamic World - and its
diffusion into Nigeria before 1903" in Journal of the Pakistan Historical
Society, Karachi, July/October, 1987. 20. "Oral Historiography and the History of Technology in Nigeria" in MUNTU,
Review Scientifique et culturelle du CICIBA, Presence Africaine, Paris, 8.1,
1988. 21. "Perspectives on Women and the Development of Agricultural Cooperatives
in Nigeria" in Mohammed Suliman (ed.) Alternative Development Strategies for
Africa. Vol. 2, IFAA., London, 1991. 22. "Political Institutions in Pre-Nineteenth Century Nigeria: Some
Observations on the Groundwork of Nigerian History" in ODU, A Journal of West
African Studies, Ile-Ife, Nigeria, No. 26, July 1984. 23. G. Emeagwali/R.O. Lasisi , "The Food Crisis and Agro-based Technology:
Gari-processing technology in Nigeria." Review of African Political Economy.
ROAPE, London, No. 43, 1988. 24. "Islam, Structural Adjustment and Gender: The Nigerian Case" in El Solh
et alia, in Women in Muslim Communities, Religious Belief and Social Reality.
Oxford: Berg, 1994. 25. Awe/Awgu-Jones/Emeagwali. The Food, Energy and Debt Crises in Relation to
Women, Regional Paper, DAWN, Ibadan, Nigeria, 1989. 26. Bissrat/Mayoux/Emeagwali. "Role of Research" in African Women in
Co-operatives Conference Report, IFAA, London, 1989. 27. " Pre-colonial Nigeria: The Case of Eastern and Western Nigeria and the
Middle Belt," in D. Miller and C. Tilley, Domination and Resistance. Unwin
Hyman, London, 1989. 28. "Technology Transfer: Explaining the Japanese Success Story" in Journal
of Contemporary Asia, Vol. 21.4. 1991. 29. "Development at Risk" in The Woodstock Road Editorial, An Oxford Magazine
of International Affairs, Issue No. 7, 1991. 30.. "A Glimpse on Gender, The Food Crisis and Related Matters" in CODESRIA
Bulletin, No. 3, 1990. Interview with Scholars from Africa 31. "Towards Synchronized Resistance Against Apartheid." Excerpts of an
interview with Prof. Dennis Brutus, in CODESRIA Bulletin. Vol. 1, 1989. 32. "The Intersection of Gender and Technology in Nigeria," Invited paper,
Cornell University, March 1992. Published in G. Thomas-Emeagwali, 33. "African Cinema" Journal of Third World Studies, Fall 1994. 34. "Explanation in African History," in Journal of the Historical Society of
Nigeria, Vol. 10.3, 1980. 35. "Reflections on the Evolution of Science and Technology in Nigeria" in
Tarikh A. Journal of Thematic African History, Longman, Vol. II, 1989. 36. "Technology Transfer: Early Modern Europe and the Third World" in Science
and Public Policy, Journal of the International Science Policy Foundation, London, Vol. 16, June 1989 37. "Rethinking the Scientific Revolution: A critique of World History
texts", Comparative Civilisations Review, No. 31. Fall 1994. University of
Missouri at Rolla/ ISCSC 38. "The Pre-Capitalist Model and Early Society" in Proceedings of the World
Archaeological Congress, Southampton, (Allen and Unwin), 1986. 39. "Conceptual and methodological issues on Science and Technology in
Nigerian History" in African Systems of Science, Technology and Art, Karnak,
London,1993 40. "Alternative Perspectives on the Reconstruction of the African Past" in
Kiabara, Journal of Humanities, University of Port Harcourt, Nigeria, Vol. 4.2,
1981. 41. "Women in Pre-capitalist Socio-economic Formations in Nigeria" in Bappa
et alia, Women in Nigeria Today. Zed Books, London, 1985. 42. The Women Question in pre-Capitalist Socio-economic Formations: The Case
of Northern Igboland, Eastern Nigeria at the end of the 19th Century,
43. "Methodological Considerations in Women's Studies in Nigeria," in
Proceedings of the Workshop on Theoretical and Methodological Issues in Women's
Studies in Nigeria and Canada, held at Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife,
Nigeria, Jan. 6-8, 1988 - sponsored by the Canada 44. "Perspectives on the development of electronics technology: The
Implications for dependent capitalist economies" in Afrique et Development ,
CODESRIA, Senegal, Vol. XII.2, 1987. 45."Development Alternatives with Women: Food and Debt Crises"- Conference
Briefing in Review of African Political Economy, ROAPE, London, No. 43, 1988.
46. "Colonialism and African Indigenous Technology" African Technology Forum,
MIT -Cambridge, Mass. Vol. 7.2 1994 (co-author Nurudeen Abubakar) 47.Contributing co-author on the History of Science in Africa in Allchin and
Dekosky (eds) History of Science in Non-Western Traditions, History of Science
Society, Washington University, 1999. 48. "On the Slavery Issue in Wonders of the African World,' West Africa
Review .vol.1.2.2000 49. Interview with Opsile Npsoane on "African Indigenous Knowledge Systems"
in Johannesburg, South Africa published in IK Worldwide, Nertherlands
Organization for International Cooperation in Higher Education (NUFFIC),
Netherlands,April 2003
50. Interview on "African Cinema" with Mike Abiola at AfroHollywood, London-
published in CinemAction Paris. no.106. 2003
51. Interview with Souylemane Cisse at Harvard University on Malian Cinema
published in AfricaUpdate vol 1X. 3. Summer 2002 ELECTRONIC/OTHER PUBLICATIONS Editorship of a series of web pages on aspects of African Indigenous
Knowledge Systems and Science.
This resource has been given an award by the United Nations Educational and
Scientific Organisation (UNESCO) award for being one of the top 50 of African sites: http://www.africahistory.net (also "members.aol.com/afsci/africana.htm" Chief Editor, AFRICA UPDATE, A Newsletter of African
Studies, CCSU. 1993 to present: http://www.ccsu.edu/afstudy/archive.html HONORS/PUBLIC LECTURES AROUND THE WORLD/ CONSULTANCIES 1. Organizer and Chair of panel, 'Civilization Africana' at the Annual
Conference of the International Society for the Comparative Study of
Civilization ISCSC, 30 May 2002 to June 2, 2002, Montego Bay, Jamaica 2. Keynote Speaker, 15th Standing Conference of Southern, Central and East
Africa, on the theme of African Indigenous Knowledge Systems at the Gauteng Convention Resort, Convention Park, South Africa, 15 to 20
April 2002 3. Panelist and Panel Organizer on Reflections on Black Studies in Honor of
Black History Month, Founders Hall, CCSU, Tuesday Feb 26,2002 4. Interviewer of a series of specialists on African Cinema 2000 to present.
Interviewees include directors, producers and actresses in Nigeria, and Cote
D'Ivoire 5. Keynote Speaker, Third World Studies Foundation, March 2001, Swissotel,
Chicago on Globalization 6. Presenter at weekly seminar, CCCRW, International Development Centre, QEH,
Oxford University, United Kingdom May 18, 2000 on the topic of Nigerian Female
Entrepreneurs and Structural Adjustment 7. Invited Speaker/Public Lectures, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada,
October 18 -21, 2000 on African Science and Technology in the Pre-colonial era
8. Invited Speaker, Cultural Center, Halifax, Canada, 21 October, 2000 on
African Textiles 9. Invited Speaker, "The Nigerian Structural Adjustment Program," Department
of Political Science, Liverpool University, Liverpool, 25 January 1991. 10. Invited Speaker, "Debt, Structural Adjustment and Nigeria," at Lancaster
Polytechnic, Department of Historical Studies, Preston, United Kingdom, 1991.
11. Invited Speaker, "Systems of Science, Technology and Art in Africa,"
Electric Cinema, London, United Kingdom, May 23rd 1994. 12. Invited Speaker on African Technology, at the Fourth Annual International
Conference on Comparative Scientific Traditions, University of Massachusetts,, Amherst, April 8-10, 1994. 13. Invited Speaker, on "The Role of Science and Technology in the New World
Order," University of Arkansas at Little Rock, Arkansas, March 10-12 1994. 14. Invited Speaker, The Twentieth New England Medieval Conference,
University of Massachusetts, Amherst, November 13-14, 1993. 15. Chair/Panel Organiser, African Studies Association Meeting, Toronto,
Canada, November 1994. Topic: "Science, Technology and Medieval West Africa." 16. Invited Speaker, "African Technology," Lynchburg College, Virginia,
February 1993. 17. Paper presenter, 13th Annual Lilly Conference on College Teaching,
November 12-14, 1993, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio. 18. Coordinator of Conference on Conflict Resolution in the Horn of Africa in
conjunction with Members of the Somaliland Community based in Hartford, November 19, 1994. The keynote address was given by Ambassador
David Shinn, of the U.S. State Department. 19. Advisor of African Studies Student Club, CCSU. Members of the Club have
attended the Annual Meetings of the African Studies Association, Boston 1993.
The Toronto Meeting of the ASA November 1994 was attended by 11 members of the
African Studies Club. 20. Invited Scholar, International Conference on Science, sponsored by
COMSTECH, Standing Committee on Scientific Technological Cooperation, Karachi,
Pakistan, March 26-30 1995 21. Invited Scholar, and Presenter of Key Note Address, West African Studies,
Central Lancashire University, Preston, United Kingdom, 1-3 September, 199 22. Invited Scholar, Women"s Studies Conference, The College at New Paltz,
New York, October, 1995 23. Paper presentation at the Biennial Conference on African Studies, Bristol
University, United Kingdom, September 1996 24. Paper presentation at the Annual Conference on Philosophy and African
Studies, Global Studies, Binghamton University, Nov. 1997 25. Paper presentation at the Weekly Seminar, The Buttery, St. Antony's
College, Oxford University, March 7,1998 26. Invited Scholar/Paper Presenter, Conference on African Studies,
University of Mass.' Dartmouth, May, 1998 27. Invited Scholar/Paper Presenter, Conference on Matrices of Scientific
Knowledge, on the theme- Colonialism and Science -the African Case, Oxford University, UK, March 1998 28. Invited Scholar /paper presenter, Conference on Globalization and Africa,
University of Lancashire, Preston, UK, April 23-25,1998 29. Participant at the Conference on Nubian Studies, MFA, Boston August 22-24
1998 (Extensive commentary on methodological issues related to Nubian History)
30. Invited Speaker ( Plenary Session), Annual Meeting, AHA, Cornell
University, New York November, 1999 on African Development in the 21st century
31. Panel Chair and Paper presenter, African Studies Association, November
1999- University of Pennsylvania on Africa and the World History Textbook. 32. Panel Chair and presenter at the European Social Studies Conference,
Amsterdam, 11-14 April 2000 on Nigeria's structural adjustment program: crisis
and contradiction 33. Paper Presenter, "Gender and Islam in Nigeria" Queen Elizabeth House,
Oxford University, Oxford, UK. 28 February 1991. 34. External Assessor, History, University of Guyana, South America, 1991 to
1994. 35. Coordinator, Conference on "Gender Issues and Structural Adjustment in
Africa," Institute for African Alternatives, London, 23 March 1991. 36. Public Speaker, Royal African Society, on "The Nigerian Economic Crisis,"
Bristol University, UK 25 March 1991. 37. Public Speaker, Institute for African Alternatives, London on "Nigeria
and the Debt Crisis," UK. 24 November 1990. 38. Paper Presenter, "Perspectives on Methodology in Women's Studies in
Nigeria," Queen Elizabeth House, Oxford University, Oxford,UK 22 November 1990.
39 . Paper Presenter, "The Structural Adjustment Program in Nigeria,
Implications for Development Strategy," St. Antony's College, Oxford University,
UK, November 1990.
40. External Assessor, Women's Studies Program, Antioch University, U.S.A. at
Regent's College, London, 4 December 1990. 41.Public Lecture, on African Indigenous Knowledge Systems, University of
Pretoria, South Africa, April 2002
MISCELLANEOUS ADMINISTRATIVE AND COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES Founding Coordinator of African Studies at Central Connecticut State
University, 1992 to 1997 Member of the Central Connecticut State University Promotion and Tenure
Committee 2001-2003
Member of the Department Evaluation Committee, History Department, 2000-2003
Member of the Central Connecticut State University Senate 2003
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crisis in Somalia Consultant/Africa Specialist WFSB TV 3 11:00 p.m. News Program, Interviewed by M. Brezinski 5 mins. 6th December 1992 Consultant/Africa Specialist Radio WTIC 8:40-8:50 Tuesday 5th October 1993: 10 mins. Consultant/Africa Specialist Radio WTIC 8:40-8:50 a.m. News Monday 7th December 1992: 10 mins. Monday 28th December 1992: 5 mins. Consultant/Africa Specialist Radio WTIC 8:40-8:50 a.m. Tuesday 5th October 1993: 10 mins. Consultant/Specialist WFSB Channel 3 11:00-11:05 News Hour Consultant/Specialist WTIC 3 10:00 a.m. - 3:25 p.m. Commentary on U.S. Foreign Policy, WTIC Friday 8th October 1993 Consultant/Commentator on Crisis in Central Africa, Voice of America, Feb
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