Colonial Niger Delta and Intra-Regional Conflict in Selected Nigerian Plays

Dr Obari Gomba the TORCH/ All Souls Global South Visiting Professor in 2021 - 22 has published his first research as a result of his Fellowship in Oxford.

Dr Gomba's article, 'Colonial Niger Delta and Intra-Regional Conflict in Selected Nigerian Plays' has been published in Acta Universitatis Danubius. 

This article is based on work undertaken while in Oxford, including research presented during events such as the African Studies Research Seminar. To read the full article, please click here.

Dr Gomba is Associate Professor of Literature at University of Port Harcourt, Nigeria. His work explores the impact of oil production on the social, political, and ecological context of the Niger Delta. His 2018 play, 'Guerrilla Post', won the Association of Nigerian Authors Drama Prize, and he was instrumental in in Port Harcourt being awarded the UNESCO Book Capital of the Year in 2014. His collection of polemical essays, FREE TROUBLES: A Writer's Eyes on the World, will be published in 2023.

The Global South Visiting Professorship, which sits in TORCH, is part of a wider aim to diversify the curriculum in Oxford’s humanities departments. The scheme is funded by All Souls College and is part of TORCH’s wider International engagement.

This scheme was originally set up and supported by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.