Omafume Onoge
{{Short description|Nigerian professor of sociology (1938–2009)}}
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Omafume Friday Onoge (21 October 1938 – 12 July 2009) was a Nigerian professor of sociology and social anthropology as well as an activist.G. G. Darah and Sunny Awhefeada, [http://allafrica.com/stories/200909010409.html "Omafume Onoge - Africa's Revolutionary Marxist (1)"], Daily Independent (Lagos), 31 August 2009, via AllAfrica.
Early life
Onoge was born on 21 October 1938 in Uvwie, a local government area of Delta State, southern Nigeria.{{cite web|url=http://www.urhobotimes.com/individual_news.php?itemid=1438&itemType=Post|title=Omafume Onoge: Africa's Revolutionary Marxist |work=urhobotimes.com|accessdate=23 February 2015}}
He attended St. Andrew’s C.M.S. School in Warri and in 1952, he was admitted into Urhobo College at Effurun, where he obtained the West African School Certificate in 1957.{{cite web|url=http://www.vanguardngr.com/2009/07/omafume-onoge-was-an-organic-intellectual/|author=Obi Nwakanma|title=Omafume onoge was an organic intellectual|work=Vanguard News|date= 26 July 2009|accessdate=23 February 2015}}
He later attended the Moore Plantation at Ibadan for a three-year agricultural superintendent course, and in 1961 he was a recipient of an undergraduate scholarship from the African Scholarship Program of American Universities (ASPAU).{{cite web|url=http://archive2.sunnewsonline.com/webpages/columnists/reflections/2009/reflections-july-23-2009.htm|title=::::Reflections Column::::|work=sunnewsonline.com|accessdate=23 February 2015}}
Onoge was subsequently accepted and admitted into Macalester College, St Paul, Minnesota, where he completed his undergraduate courses within two years, between 1961 and 1963.{{cite web|url=http://www.nigeriansinamerica.com/the-jos-carnage-and-intellectual-endogamy/|title=The Jos Carnage And Intellectual Endogamy|work=nigeriansinamerica.com|accessdate=23 February 2015}}
He received a Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) degree in sociology and was on the Dean’s honour list throughout his undergraduate studies at the university.{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2uw79zvQu04C&q=Professor+Omafume+Onoge&pg=PA81|title=Legitimizing Human Rights NGOs|isbn=9781592212866|accessdate=23 February 2015|last1=Okafor|first1=Obiora Chinedu|year=2006|publisher=Africa World Press }}
In 1963, he was admitted into Harvard University, where he received a Master of Arts (M.A.) and was later awarded a doctorate degree (Ph.D) in anthropology in 1970.
Career
Onoge lectured at several universities in the United States, among them Harvard University, Macalester College, and the University of Massachusetts.{{cite web|url=http://www.thisdaylive.com/articles/urhobo-groups-visit-upu-factional-leader-onoge/201833/|title=Urhobo Groups Visit UPU Factional Leader, Onoge|publisher= THISDAY LIVE|work=thisdaylive.com|accessdate=23 February 2015}}
He also lectured at the University of Dar es Salaam in Tanzania, and in Nigeria at the University of Ibadan, where he also served as warden for two years, between 1970 and 1972.{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fFdeYB1lIPwC&q=Professor+Onoge+retired+from+University+of+Jos&pg=PA709|title=History of the Urhobo People of Niger Delta|via=google.nl|isbn=9789780772888|accessdate=23 February 2015|last1=Ekeh|first1=Peter Palmer|year=2007|publisher=Urhobo Historical Society }}
He was appointed a professor and chair of the sociology department in 1982 at the University of Jos, where he also served as dean in the School of Postgraduate Studies, director of the Centre for Development Studies, and chairman of the board and elected senate member of the Council of the University and University Orator.{{cite web|url=http://www.sarpn.org/newsflash.php?news_id=2220&archive=1|title=SARPN - Newsflashes|work=sarpn.org|accessdate=23 February 2015}}{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Nocfsl66LRgC&q=Professor+Onoge&pg=PA143|title=Social Psychology and Social Change in Nigeria|via=google.nl|isbn=9781462013272|accessdate=23 February 2015|last1=Ugwuegbu|first1=Denis Chima E.|date=12 September 2011|publisher=iUniverse }}{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VRl5qx1IBfMC&q=Professor+Onoge&pg=PA109|title=Anatomy of the Niger Delta Crisis|via=google.nl|isbn=9783643106391|accessdate=23 February 2015|last1=Ojakorotu|first1=Victor|year=2010|publisher=LIT Verlag Münster }}
Onoge retired on 20 October 2003 from the University of Jos.
He served as Member of the Federal Government Delegation to the People's Republic of China in 1976 in the area of Youth Affairs.{{cite news |author=Ikeogu Oke |title=Laying Emphasis on Cultural Pluralism |url=http://allafrica.com/stories/200410280711.html |access-date=12 May 2023 |work=allAfrica |agency=This Day |date=28 October 2004}} (subscription required)
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Category:People from Delta State
Category:Harvard University alumni
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Category:Macalester College alumni