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23-666: Professor Kenneth Onwuka Dike did a survey of Nigerian public records from 1951 to 1953. Based on what was found, he made a recommendation to have a public record office. This led to the founding of the Nigerian Record Office on April 1, 1954. In 1957, the Public Archives Ordinance No. 43 was enacted and became effective on November 14, 1957. It changed the name of the archives to become the National Archives of Nigeria. The archive

46-615: A common eye. He was the first director of International School Ibadan . In 1965 he was elected chairman of the Association of Commonwealth Universities . Ebere Nwaubani argues that Dike was the first modern scholarly proponent of Africanist history. His publications were a watershed in African historiography. Dike has been described as first African to get a PhD in history. At the University College of Ibadan, he became

69-563: A multi-disciplinary approach in African historiography . He is credited with "having played the leading role in creating a generation of African historians who could interpret their own history without being influenced by Eurocentric approaches." He has been called the "father of modern African historiography". Dike was born in Awka , eastern Nigeria . He attended Fourah Bay College , Sierra Leone and also Durham University for his BSc ,

92-402: A small collection in 1986 when it was formerly Anambra State University of Technology (ASUTECH) before the creation of the new Anambra State in 1991. It became a full medical library that serve medical students, teaching staff, medical and paramedical personnel, and other health practitioners in 1992 in a temporary building. The library was relocated in the year 2000 to a Medical Library Complex in

115-715: Is a federal university in Nigeria . It consists of two campuses in Anambra State . Its main campus is in Awka (the capital of Anambra State), while its other campus is in Nnewi . There are also other campuses of Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka. These include Agulu in Anaocha local government area and Ifite-Ogwuari in Ayamelum local government area in Anambra State . This makes Nnamdi Azikiwe University to operate in

138-663: Is at Nnewi (NAUTH and Okofia) and the third campus is at Agulu (Faculty of Pharmacy). The University Library in Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Nigeria is named - Professor Festus Aghagbo Nwako Library. It is located on the main campus at the permanent site in Awka, the capital of Anambra State. However, there are libraries on the other campuses in Nnewi and Agulu. These libraries are managed by librarians and have internet availability and accessibility. They have

161-415: Is named after Dr. Nnamdi Azikiwe , the first president of Nigeria. The Awka Campus became Nnamdi Azikiwe University. In 1992, the national government took over funding and administration of the university, from state government. Nnamdi Azikiwe University has been a federal university since then. The main campus of the university is located along Onitsha – Enugu Expressway, Awka, while the second campus

184-495: The National Universities Commission . The university is named after late Dr. Nnamdi Azikiwe . The academic staff of the university belong to Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU). The staff union is known to grant scholarship to indigent students just like other philanthropists. It has a total population of about 34,000 students. Nnamdi Azikiwe University came into being as an offshoot of

207-883: The University of Aberdeen for his MA , and King's College London for his PhD . During the 1960s, as a member of the University of Ibadan's history department, he played a pioneering role in promoting African leadership of scholarly works published on Africa . As the head of the organizing committee of the First International Congress of Africanists in Ghana in 1963, he sought for a strengthened meticulous non-colonial focused African research, publication of research in various languages including indigenous and foreign, so as to introduce native speakers to history and for people to view African history through

230-579: The Anambra State Edict No.5 26 November 1991. Nnamdi Azikiwe University was taken over by the Federal Government by Decree No. 34 on 15 July 1992. In 1991, after the former Anambra State was split into Anambra and Enugu States, the Awka and Nnewi campuses of the former Anambra State University of Technology (ASUTECH) were combined into Nnamdi Azikiwe University, which was later taken over by Federal government. The university

253-712: The Ibadan School of African history and promoted the use of oral evidence by African historians. Dike was also the first president of ASUTECH (Anambra State University of Technology, now Nnamdi Azikiwe University ). His publications include the following: Report on the Preservation and Administration of Historical Records in Nigeria (1953), Trade and Politics in the Niger Delta 1830-1885 (1956), A Hundred Years of British Rule in Nigeria (1957), The Origins of

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276-472: The Niger Missions (1958). A biography entitled, Life and Thoughts of Professor Kenneth O. Dike , was authored by Professor Alexander Animalu . He and his wife, Ona, had five children. This biographical article about a Nigerian historian is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Nnamdi Azikiwe University Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka , fondly called UNIZIK,

299-441: The collection of medical libraries. The libraries in Nnamdi Azikiwe University in Awka, Nnew and Agulu still face challenges in delivering effective and efficient services. These include, difficulty in accessing resources, computer hanging, erratic power supply, inadequate financial support and low ICT literacy. ASUU is the umbrella that holds all the academic staff in the government universities in Nigeria. It has influence over

322-567: The defunct Anambra State University of Technology (ASUTECH). ASUTECH which was established through Law No. 7 of 30 July 1980 by the Government of the old Anambra that operated as a multi-campus university, with campuses in Abakiliki , Enugu , Awka and Nnewi. In 1991, following the split of the old Anambra State into Anambra and Enugu States, the Awka and Nnewi campuses of the former ASUTECH were constituted into Nnamdi Azikiwe University by

345-669: The first African professor of history and head of a history department. He founded the Nigerian National Archives , and helped in the founding of the Historical Society of Nigeria. His book Trade and Politics in the Niger Delta 1830-1885 dealt with 19th-century economics politics in the Niger Delta . He focused on internal African factors, especially defensive measures undertaken by the delta societies against imperialist penetration. Dike helped create

368-1036: The library and information access in Awka campus, Agulu campus and Nnewi Teaching hospital, respectively. The Medical Library in Nnewi Campus is for the College of Health Sciences of Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka. It is a connection of three libraries which are the Main Library the Nnamdi Azikiwe University Teaching Hospital, Nnewi, the Pre-Clinical Campus at Okofia also in Nnewi and the Diagnostic and Healthcare Centre at Neni in Anaocha Local Government Area of Anambra State. The medical library started operations with

391-435: The members of Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) of the institution. Each beneficiary was given N50,000 each to help in sustaining them in the institution. The ASUU NAU branch was revived in 2012. Prof Ike Odimegwu was the first ASUU NAU branch chairman after the inauguration in 2012. The university has a population of 24,706 for the regular students and 12,476 students for the part-time programme' students during

414-519: The sole responsibility of making information resources and facilities accessible to the students, staff, other institutions, and all the members of the academic community. The University library facilities are used for other activities by members of the academic community like cultural festivals. In 2020, the Vice Chancellor of Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Professor Charles Esimone upgraded the internet bandwidth to internet 3-STM-1 which improved

437-623: The teaching hospital. Then, it had18,547 books and 568 journal titles which provided literature and other information-related resources. The library creates awareness, provides physical and e-resources and services to the users. There are also provision of current awareness services, references, databases, reprographic services, Selective Dissemination of Information, Document Delivery Services, online customer services and document delivery services. The Medical Library of Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka has benefitted from individuals and organizations who donated information resources. These have increased

460-568: The tertiary educational system in Nigeria. However, the Unizik Chapter of the Academic Union of Universities (ASUU) has been impacting indigent students' lives in ensuring that those students do not drop out of school. In 2019/2020 academic session, 30 indigent students of the Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Anambra State, were selected from different faculties in the university. They benefited from N1.5million scholarship awards by

483-694: The three Senatorial Districts in Anambra State , Nigeria having Awka campus, in Anambra Central Senatorial District , Nnewi in Anambra South Senatorial District and Ifite-Ogwuari in Anambra North Senatorial District , respectively. These campuses have libraries and information services that serve the students, academic and non-academic staff. It is one of the federal universities which are overseen and accredited by

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506-578: Was a Nigerian educationist, historian and the first Nigerian Vice-Chancellor of the nation's premier college, the University of Ibadan . During the Nigerian civil war , he moved to Harvard University . He was a founder of the Ibadan School that dominated the writing of the History of Nigeria until the 1970s. Dike was a pioneer in the movement towards utilising oral traditions in

529-737: Was housed at the University of Ibadan until 1958. The Federal Government provided £51,000 to create the first permanent building in Ibadan in the First Economic Programme, 1955–60. This building officially opened on January 9, 1959. The National Archives of Nigeria has fifteen offices. The three main archive locations are zonal offices. Each location keeps records of colonial administration relating to its particular region, along with newspapers and official government publications. Kenneth Dike Kenneth Onwuka Dike // (17 December 1917 – 26 October 1983 )

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