Emeka Esogbue

A Review of Diplomatic Soldiering: The Conduct of Nigerian Foreign Policy, 1975-1979 By Emeka Esogbue Book: Diplomatic Soldiering: The Conduct of Nigerian Foreign Policy, 1975-1979 Author: Major-General Joe Garba Publisher: Spectrum Books Limited Year of publication: 1987 Revised: 1991 Reprinted: 2015 Reviewer: Emeka Esogbue It is a 268-page book divided into 12 chapters that are all titled. The book analytically touches on diplomacy and Nigerian foreign policy within West Africa in particular and the African continent in general but most importantly, the personal experiences of the Author, Major-General Joe Garba, a renowned Nigerian soldier and seasoned Diplomat who was to incidentally serve under the regimes of General Yakubu Gowon, General Murtala Muhammed and General Olusegun Obasanjo, three Heads of State of the Nigerian state at one time or the other. The book opens with a preface, acknowledgment and also contains a prologue that enriches what is to be ex...

Group Advises On Inclusion of Anioma History in School Curriculum ·          Donates Anioma Books to Delta Library By Felicia Ngozi Ofili June 9, 2017 Asaba A group simply identified as Welfare Department, under the auspices of Igbuzo Singles Meet (ISM), an umbrella body of singles and unmarried youths of Ibusa, a community in Oshimili North Local Government Area of Delta State has donated books to Delta State Library, Ibusa. The group led by Miss Josephine Isioma Nwannabuogwu who delivered a welcome address to the management of the library appealed to them to work towards ensuring that Anioma history is taken with seriousness as a way of understanding the heritage of the people. She said that the Anioma culture is beautiful and rich with cultural norms and values and also complete with requisite cultural standard for societal development. Miss Nwannabuogwu who is also the Head of Department (HOD) of the Welfare Group emphasize...

ABOUT EMEKA ESOGBUE   Emeka Esogbue has been working as Research Editor of Anioma Essence Magazine, a publication of the Organization For the Advancement of Culture (OFAAC) since 2008. He was an undergraduate and postgraduate student at the Lagos State University, Ojo, Lagos, Nigeria from where he received his B.A. (Hons) in History and International Studies and M. A. in History and Diplomacy. He is an intellectual historian, writer, researcher and Anioma Advocate. His areas of research include history of Anioma communities and pre-literate and literate history of the Anioma people, history of Igbo with particular reference to Isu and Nri, colonialism in Nigeria, study of traditional institutions, war and diplomacy in Anioma and biographies of living and deceased persons. He is currently completing research on “Ekumeku and Resistance to Colonialism: Aspect of History of Anioma”, with special emphasis on the response to imperialism; social and economic development, Christian...