Nwankwo Tony Nwaezeigwe is an Africanist scholar, Civil Rights Activist, and Political Affairs Analyst. He holds BA Hon in History, MA in African Political History and PhD in Transnational History and Diplomacy from University of Nigeria, Nsukka. His areas of specialization include pre-colonial African History, Contemporary Sub-Saharan Africa-Middle East Relations, and Ethno-Religious Conflicts. Until his current exile in Republic of the Philippines in response to religious persecution in Nigeria, he was a Senior Research Fellow with the Institute of African Studies, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, and pioneer Director, Centre for Igbo Studies, University of Nigeria, Nsukka. He is currently President, International Coalition against Christian Genocide in Nigeria, which is headquartered in Lawton, Oklahoma, USA. He is equally an Hon. Professor of Church Ministry, Triune Biblical University, Global Extension, Brooklyn, New York, USA; Member, Scientific Board, Asia-Africa Bandung-Spirit Scholars Institute; Editor, Integrity Journal of Arts and Humanities; Consultant Editor, Bluesland Journal of Arts and Social Science; and Member, Editorial Board, Misriqiya: International Journal of African Studies, Ain Shams University, Egypt. Among his publications include over forty research articles in scholarly journals; nine chapters in edited books; 13 books and over one hundred essays on public and political affairs; including Television discourses on national and international issues.
Books
1. MORT, ENTERREMENT ET SACRIFICE HUMAIN DANS LA RELIGION AFRICAIN, Africa Vivre (Edition Notre Savoire) https://www.laboutiqueafricavivre.com

2. FULANI ETHNO-ISLAMIC CONSPIRACY AND YORUBA SUBJUGATION—From Aare Afonja to Asiwaju Tinubu Lagos: Masterbuilder Communications, 2022

3. POVERTY OF YORUBA ISLAMISM AND FULANI ETHNO-ISLAMIC CONSPIRACY Chisinau: Lambert Academic Publishing, 2021(Published in Multiple International Languages)

4. DEATH, BURIAL AND HUMAN SACRIFICE IN AFRICAN RELIGION— Life after Death and the Act of Burying the Living with the Dead among the Igbo of N igeria Chisinau: Lambert Academic Publishing, 2021 (Published in Multiple International Languages)

5. NIGERIAN CONSTITUTIONAL REVIEW (With Funmilayo Adesanya-Davis and Ezekiel Nyenwegwe) Scholar Press, 2020, http;www.schoolarppress.com

6. POLITICS, CULTURE AND ORIGINS IN NIGERIA: The Igbo and their Nri Neighbors (2020) Washington D C and London: Academica Press

7. DELIVERED FROM THE MOUTH OF THE DRAGON: Face-To-Face Encounter With Islamist Terrorism (2020) Washington DC and London: Academica Press

8. THE AFRICAN THEATER OF THE MIDDLE EAST CONFLICT: Studies in Arab Neo-Colonialism in Black Africa (2019) Washington DC: Academica Press Inc.

9. Ngoni (An Historical Survey of the Ngoni People of Malawi) (1997) New York: The Rosen Publishing Inc.

10. THE IGBO AND THEIR NRI NEIGHBOURS (2007) Enugu : SNAAP Press Limited

11. THE HISTORY, CULTURE AND POLITICS OF IGBO LEADERSHIP: An Ethnic Keg of Bubbling Disunity Sitting on the Shifting Sand of National Politics (2014) Enugu: Eminota Press Limited

12. BEHIND YORUBA COWARDICE AND AGAINST IGBO QUISLINGS (1999) Lagos : Panaf Press

13. ETHNICITY AND THE POLITICS OF IGBO-YORUBA RELATIONS (1998) Lagos: Department of Political Science, University of Lagos Guest Lectures Monograph Series
Book Chapters
1. “THE POLITICS OF LANGUAGE AND ETHNIC IDENTITY AMONG THE WEST NIGER IGBO OF NIGERIA” ESSAYS IN ARTS AND ARTS AND HUMANITIES: A Festschrift in Honour of Professor Matthew O. Iwuchukwu, 2023, https://journals.ezenwaohaetorc.org/index.php/AFHOPMOI/issue/view/186/showToc

2. “AN AFRICAN BACKGROUND TO THE CONCEPT OF OPEN SOCIETY: Ikenga and Ofo Cultic Figures as Structural Representations of the Enterprising Spirit of the Igbo of Nigeria”, in Liviu Matei and Christof Royer (eds) FORGET OPEN SOCIETY? Probing the Contemporary Relevance of a Contested Concept Vienna: CEP (Central European University) Press, 2023

3. “THINGS FALL APART AND IGBO LEADRSHIP PAST AND PRESENT—Learning and Unlearning the Lessons of Okonkwo’s Life” in Chima J. Korieh and Ijeoma C. Nwajiaku (eds) CHINUA ACHEBE AND IGBO-AFRICAN WORLD: Between Fiction, Fact, and Historical Representation Lanham, Maryland: Lexington Books, 2022

4. “NIGERIAN NATIONALITY QUESTION AND THE FACTOR OF BENIN ETHNO-POLITICAL PATERNALISM IN THE UNITY OF SOUTHERN NIGERIA” in Chukkwuma C. C. Osakwe and Lemuel Odeh (ed) THE NIGER DELTA: Oil, Politics and Culture—Festschrift in Honour of Professor Samuel Ovuete Aghalino Kaduna: Nigerian Academy Press, 2020

5. ‘‘RETIRED GENERALS IN THE POLITICS OF UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND NIGERIA : Implications for the Democratic Process’ ’in Oyin Ogunba (2009) GOVERNANCE AND THE ELECTORAL PROCESS Lagos : American Studies Association

6. ‘‘IGBO ORIGINS? IDENTITY AND THE UNRESOLVED QUESTION OF CULTURAL IDENTITY: A Heritage So Defamed and Devalued’’, in T. Uzodinma Nwala ; Nath Aniekwe and Chinyere Ochiri-Aniche (eds) (2015) IGBO NATION : History and Challenges of Rebirth and Development Vol. 1. Ibadan: Kraft Books Ltd, 127-15

7. ‘‘UNDERSTANDING THE IGBO PREDICAMENT IN THE CONTEXT OF THE MIDDLE BELT RE-AWAKENING’’ in T. Uzodinma Nwala ; Nath Aniekwe and Chinyere Ochiri-Aniche (eds) (2015) IGBO NATION : History and Challenges of Rebirth and Development Vol. 1. Ibadan : Kraft Books Ltd, 242-26

8. ‘‘THE ETHNO-HISTORICAL BACKGROUND TO IGBO ENTERPRENEURIAL SPIRIT’’, in Emeka J. Otagburuagu (ed) (2009) AFRICAN ENTERPRENEURSHIP IN THE NEW MILLENNIUM Calabar: Paclem Publishers

9. “THE IGBO IDENTITY PROBLEM AND THE NIGERIAN DEMOCRATIC ORDER : The Cultural and Religious Bankruptcy Questions” in Emeka J. Otagburuagu (ed) (2009) GOVERNANCE IN AFRICA IN THE 21st CENTURY Nsukka : Institute of African Studies, University of Nigeria
Journal Articles
1. “THE SLAVE AS A MESSENGER TO THE DEAD: Continuality and Change in the Traditional Burial Rites of a Red-Cap Titled Chief among the West-Niger Igbo of Nigeria” Journal of Culture, History and Archeology (awaiting publication)
2. “POLITICS OF RELIGIOUS IDENTITY AND THE FALLACY OF IMMIGRANT MUSLIM INTEGRATION IN WESTERN WORLD: Ilhan Omar of U.S. Congress and the Contest between Muslim Identity and Westernization” Archives of Political Science Research (Awaiting Publication)

3. “THE AFRICAN QUESTION IN GLOBAL POLITICS AND THE DIPLOMATIC TRAJECTORIES OF THE RUSSIAN-UKRAINIAN WAR: Neutrality or Graveyard Diplomacy?” Archives of Political Science Research July 3, 2023, https://www.a2rsa.org/journal-article?article-number=64B9ED3CAF953&category=5db4cdcb25ea2

4. “FEMINISM, POWER, AND NIGER EXPLORATION: Accounts of memorable confrontations between the African woman and the Nineteenth Century European Explorer Mungo Park” Integrity Journal of Arts and Humanities Vol. 4 (2) April, 2023, https://integrityresjournals.org/journal/IJAH/edition/30_Apr_2023

5. “THE LANGUAGE FACTOR IN THE POLITICS OF ETHNIC IDENTITY AMONG THE WEST NIGER IGBO OF NIGERIA” Integrity Journal of Arts and Humanities, Vol. 4 (2) April, 2023, https://integrityresjournals.org/journal/IJAH/edition/30_Apr_2023

6. “THE RUSSIAN-UKRAINIAN WAR AS AN EYE-OPENER TO AFRICA: A Promenade into Western Hypocrisy in Global Conflicts” Bandung Spirit Bulletin (BSB) No. 3-4 / November 2021-June 2022

7. “THE AFRICAN ASYLUM-SEEKER AS AN ORPHAN— Reminiscences of a Roaming African-Scholar Asylum-Seeker” Art exhibition—‘Let’s Walk My Journey’ RDI-UREF, Jakarta, Indonesia, 6-20 August, 2022 www.rdiuref.org/art-exhibition; Artspaces.kunstmatrix.com https://artsspaces.kunstmatrix.com

8. “POLITICS OF CONVERSION AND INTER-FAITH MARRIAGES AMONG CHRISTIANS AND MUSLIMS IN NIGERIA: An Analysis in Religious Contest and Conflict” Integrity Journal of Arts and Humanities 10.31248/IJAH2022.051

9. “NNEBISI STRANGER FACTOR IN ASABA HISTORY AND THE CONFLICT OF IGBO IDENTITY: Origin, Migration, Settlement and Identity in a Nigerian Traditional Polity” (November 6, 2021). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3957649 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.39576 49

10. “BRITAIN COLONIAL ROOT OF ISLAMIC INSURGENCY AND THE POLITICS OF BOKO HARAM EMERGENCE” Journal of Culture, History and Archeology Volume 2, Number 1, February 2022

11. “POLITICS OF ARAB AID AND THE AFRICAN ECONOMIC PREDICAMENT IN THE POST YOM KIPPUR WAR ARAB OIL BOYCOTT OF 1973” Archives of Political Science Research VOL. 2, Number 3, November 2021, https://www.2rsa.org/journals

12. “ANCESTRAL ZOOPHILA: Satan and Traditional African Deities as Two Complimentary and Contradictory Spiritual Agents of Social Control among the Igbo of Nigeria” Journal of Culture, History, and Archaeology Volume 1, Number 3, July 2021, https://www.2rsa.org/journals

13. PARADOX OF INTELLECTUAL BOOTLEGGING IN PARADOX OF DAWN FOR ISLAM IN EASTERN NIGERIA: A Review” Archives of Political Science Research Vol. 2, No. 2, May 2021, https://www.2rsa.org/journals

14. “AN AFRICAN UNION WITHOUT MUAMMAR GADDAFI: Challenges and Prospects of Strong Arab-Black Africa Cooperation” Misriqiya: International Journal of African Studies https://misj.journals.ekb.eg Volume 1, Issue 2, Spring 2021, 1-18

15. “ARCHAEOLOGY, CULTURAL IDENTITY AND THE POLITICS OF INTERPRETATION AMONG THE IGBO OF NIGERIA: The Facts and Myths of Igbo-Ukwu Archaeological Excavations” Journal of Culture, History and Archaeology https://www.2rsa.org/journal March 2021, Vol. 1, No. 2

16. “BLACK AFRICA AND THE NASSER-GADDAFI NEO-COLONIAL PHENOMENON: A Historical Analysis of The Dynamics of Black Africa-Arab Relations” Archives of Political Science Research March 2021, Vol. 2, Number I

17. “PARADOX OF DAWN FOR ISLAM IN EASTERN NIGERIA: A Review” Academia
https://www.academia.edu/28441406/PARADOX_OF_DAWN_FOR_ISLAM_IN_EASTERN_NIGERIA_A_Review

18. “AMONG THE IGBO SATAN IS A JUST JUDGE” Academia
https://www.academia.edu/39912159/AMONG_THE_IGBO_SATAN_IS_A_JUT_JUDGE

19. “IGBO FACTOR IN YORUBA HISTORY RECONSIDERED’’ Ilorin Journal of History and International Studies Vol. 9, No. 2, 2019, 10-33

20. ‘‘DEMOCRATIZATION AND ISLAMIC LAW: The Sharia Conflict in Nigeria—A Review’’ Politics, Religion and Ideology (Accepted)

21. “THE EMERGING TREND OF BLACK AFRICAN ZIONISM: The Facts and Myths of Claims of Jewish Origins by the Igbo of Nigeria” Igbo Studies Review Vol. 8, No. 8, 2020, 51-84

22. ‘‘BETWEEN MYTH AND REALITY IN THE ANALYSIS OF THE TRADITIONS OF ORIGIN OF NRI KINGSHIP AMONG THE IGBO OF NIGERIA’’, IGBO STUDIES REVIEW Vol. 7, No. 7, 2019, 121-146

23. ‘‘INTER-ETHNIC MIGRATIONS AND THE PROBLEM OF DEFINING UMUNRI ORIGINS AMONG THE IGBO AND IGALA OF NIGERIA’’ IGBO STUDIES REVIEW Vol. 6, No. 6, 2018

24. ‘‘A REVIEW’’, Robert A. Dowd (2015) CHRISTIANITY, ISLAM AND LIBERAL DEMOCRACY: Lessons from Sub-Saharan Africa New York: Oxford Universities Press, AFRICAN STUDIES QUARTERLY Vol. 17, Issue 2, June 2017, 92-93

25. “PARADOX OF DAWN FOR ISLAM IN EASTERN NIGERIA: A Review” Dados May 30, 2017 https://dadospdf.com/download/paradox-of-dawn-for-islam-in-eastern-nigeria-a-review-_5a4d2f7eb7d7bcab6734f6d3_pdf

26. “EUROPEAN PARTITION AS AN INTEGRATIVE FORCE : An Enigma of the West African Sub-Region’’, in Momar-Coumba Diop and Real Lavarge (eds)(1994) REGIONAL INTEGRATION IN WEST AFRICA : Proceedings of the International Conference Organized by IDRC, Dakar, Senegal, 11-15, January 1993, Otawa : International Development Research Center

27. ‘‘IKENGA CULTIC SYMBOL AND STRUCTURAL REPRESENTATION OF THE IGBO ENTERPRISING SPIRIT’’, Journal of Tourism and Heritage, Vol. 2, No. 1, 2014

28. ‘‘THE POLITICS OF IGBO ORIGINS AND CULTURE’’ NIGERIAN HERITAGE: Journal of National Commission for Museums and Monuments Vol. 19, 2013

29. “THE IGBO-UKWU AND NRI FACTORS RECONSIDERED” IKENGA: The International Journal of African Studies Vol. 15, No. 1, 284-304

30. ‘‘THE ARO AND THE CONCEPT OF ARO-OKIGBO : Facts and Fallacies of a Histrionic Igbo Hegemony’’ IKENGA : The International Journal of African Studies, Vol. 15, No. 2, 2013, 406-421

31. ‘‘THE HAMMOCK AND COLONIAL JOURNEY OF CONQUEST : Reminiscences of British Colonialism Among the Niger-Igbo of Nigeria’’, AKADEMISK QUARTERLY Vol. 4, Spring, 72-82, 2012

32. ‘‘IGBO FACTOR IN BAKASI DISPUTE: An Analysis of Micro-Group Interest in Nigeria-Cameroon Relations’’, ILORIN JOURNAL OF HISTORY AND INTERNATIONAL STUIDIES Vol. 3, No. 1. 2012, 34-4

33. ‘‘THE CHOICE FACTOR IN THE CONCEPT AND PRACTICE OF RITUAL AND FORCED MARRIAGE SYSTEMS AMONG THE WEST-NIGER IGBO OF NIGERIA’’, CONFLUX JOURNAL OF EDUCATION Vol. 1, Issue 11, April 2

34. ‘’ONYE RAPU IFE OJI ACHO MMA : A Reconsideration of Umunri Approach to the Position and Roles of the Adama-Umudiana in Nri History and Culture’’ ORIGIN Vol.1, No. 1,2012, 49-55

35. ‘‘THE NRI AND RIGHT OF BREAKING KOLA-NUTS : Resolving the Issue of Primogeniture Among the Igbo of Nigeria’’ AFRICANA MARBURGENSIA vol. XXIX, Nos. 1 and 2, 1996, 56-66 (Degruter, https://www.degruyter.com/database/IABO/entry/iab19982366/html)

36. ‘‘ORAL EVIDENCE AS SOURCE OF WRITING AFRICAN HISTORY : Problems and Prospects’’ THE NSUKKA HISTORIAN Vol. 1, No. 1, 1996

37. “NRI-ERI CULTURE AND IGBO WORLD-VIEW : A Re-Examination of Some Conflicting Notions” JOURNAL OF LIBERAL STUDIES Vol. Nos. 1 and 2, 1996
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