Biography
Oghenetoja Okoh received her Ph.D. from New York University. She is the author of the book, published by Cambridge University Press. Her research interest include minority identities, citizenship debates, and African post-colonial migration. She teaches 20th century African and African diaspora history, with expertise on questions of ethnicity, gender, citizenship, and decolonization. She serves of the editorial boards of the Contemporary Journal of African Studies and History in Africa (starting in the spring of 2027)
Courses Taught
- HS 100 Encountering the Past - The Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade
- HS 200 Colonial Africa
- HS 221 Africa in the Age of Globalization
- HS 300 The Historian's Craft
- HS 389 Gender and Power in Modern Africa
- HS 373 Contesting empire: Nationalism & Decolonization in the Afro-Atlantic World
- HS 481 Seminar: Ethnicity & Political Violence in Modern Africa
- HS 492 Seminar: Minority Identity and Citizenship in the Modern World