INSTITUTE OF AFRICAN STUDIES – HISTORY
Original Mandate or Vision of the Institute:
To operate as a research and Post-graduate teaching center with emphasis on all aspects of life and the culture of Africans.
Specific Aims or Mission of the Institute:
- A serious study of Nigerian societies and cultures with particular emphasis on the peoples of the south-eastern states.
- Providing research opportunities and experience to young Nigerian scholars and others.
- Providing an institutional base for visiting Africans from other universities.
- Creating and sustaining an academic environment in which scholarly enterprises can flourish and interdisciplinary efforts promoted and regarded.
- Building up institutional resources such as a research library, museum, art gallery, Cinema studio and visual library etc, in support of the University’s research and teaching functions.
- Supporting a publications programme that gives visibility to the works of the Institute and also other activities sponsored by it.
List of Directors (1963-2012):
| Name | Tenure |
| Prof. W.L. Hansberry (non-resident Director) | 1963-64 |
| Prof. E.W. Blyden III (Political Scientist) | 1964-66 |
| Dr. S.N. Nwabara (Historian) acting | 1966-71 |
| Dr. A.E. Afigbo (Historian) acting | 1971-72 |
| Prof. S.N. Nwabara | 1972-81 |
| Prof. D.I. Nwoga (English) | 1981-84 |
| Prof. Uche Okeke (Fine/Applied Arts) | 1984-86 |
| Prof. C.C. Aniakor (Fine/ Applied Arts) | 1986-88 |
| Prof. S.A. Ekwelie (Mass Communication) | 1988-89 |
| Prof. A.E. Afigbo | 1989-92 |
| Prof. I.T.K. Egonu | 1992-96 |
| Prof. O.U. Kalu (Religion) | 1996-98 |
| Prof. O.O. Enekwe (Theatre Arts/ Film Studies) | 1998-04 |
| Prof. Aloy Ohaegbu | 2004-06 |
| Prof. Emeka Otagburuagu (English) | 2006-10 |
| Prof. Sam Onuigbo (English) | 2010- |
History of the Directors of the Institute of African studies, University of Nigeria Nsukka
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