Prof. Dr. Ibrahim Maina Waziri

Profile

Academic positionFull Professor
Research fieldsOther Areas of History,Modern and Contemporary History,African Studies
KeywordsChadic oral history, Northeastern Nigeria

Current contact address

CountryNigeria
CityMaiduguri
InstitutionUniversity of Maiduguri
InstituteDepartment of History

Host during sponsorship

Prof. Dr. Dymitr IbriszimowLehrstuhl für Afrikanistik II, Universität Bayreuth, Bayreuth
Start of initial sponsorship01/07/2004

Programme(s)

2003Georg Forster Research Fellowship Programme

Publications (partial selection)

2007Ibrahim Maina Waziri: Oral traditions as a multiplex primary historical source: an overview of traditions of origin, legends, myth, songs, ritual and istallation ceremonies of some Chadic groups in south and south western Chad basin. In: Borno Museum society Newsletter, 2007,
2007Ibrahim Maina Waziri: The significance of Onomastics in understanding Bole oral traditions of origin and interpreting their migratory processes: the case study of toponyms, anthroponyms and hydronyms. In: Issues in World History and International Relations, Aboki Press, 2007, 187-201
2005Ibrahim Maina Waziri: Conflict in the history of migration and settlement of Chadic groups in south and south-western parts of Lake Chad. In: Issues in National Development, 2005, 101-111
2004Ibrahim Maina Waziri: The Unitiy in Diversity of Oral and Written Evidence in the History of Bole Fika. In: Frankfurter Afrikanistische Blätter, 2004, 133-144