Bright Alozie is an emergent scholar and ABD doctoral candidate in the Department of History at West Virginia University. He obtained his Bachelors (cum laude) and Masters degree(distinction) in History and International Studies (cum laude) at the University of Nigeria in 2009 and 2013 respectively. He teaches World Histoy, African history and African American history courses at West Virginia University. He also taught history courses at the University of Nigeria where he was automatically retained as faculty upon graduating first degree. Alozie's major research interest is colonial history/British imperialism in Africa with focus on petitions and "voices from below." Broad minor interests include women/gender history, African American history, civil war and memory, transnational history. Alozie's current research titled "'Voices on Ink': The Politics of Petitioning in Colonial Igboland, 1892-1960" redefines colonial relations in southeastern Nigeria with focus on the neglected aspect of colonial history that deals with the dialogues between British officials and ordinary subjects. "Voices on Ink" presents scholars the unique opportunity to "hear" the voices of non-elite subjects of the British Empire, who would otherwise remain silent. His research draws primarily from a collection of hundreds of original colonial petitions written between 1892 and 1960 collected at the National Archives in Nigeria, the United Kingdom and Ghana. Alozie is open to active and critical engagements in scholarship relating to underrepresented voices/histories and the development of African and African American histories.
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