FOURTH
AND FINAL ANNOUNCEMENT
FOURTH ANNUAL CONFERENCE & MEETING
OCTOBER 31 - NOVEMBER 02, 2003
at
GOLDSMITHS COLLEGE OF
LONDON UNIVERSITY
New Cross, London SE14 6NW, UK
Telephone +44 (0) 20 7919 7171
Plus Old Hall, All Saints
Centre,
Monson Road, London SE14.
(Behind: All Saints Church, New Cross Road,
London, SE14)
and
Venues :
* Goldsmiths College of London
University
* Plus Old Hall, All Saints Centre,
Monson Road, London SE14. (Behind: All Saints Church, New Cross Road,
London, SE14).
*
Accommodation:
There are no standard hotels
in
the vicinity of the major venue of the Conference in southeast London.
The nearest hotel with reasonable prices appears to be the following:
LONDON-GREENWICH-A102(M)
Express By Holiday Inn
Bugsbys Way
GREENWICH SE10 0GD
UNITED KINGDOM
Local Phone: 44-20-82695000
Reservations: 0800897121
Watch out for sales and special
deals (internet only) which this hotel has advertised from time to
time. Several
Conference participants have already booked accommodation from its
facilities, taking advantage of special advertised sales in its web
site.
Directions to Conference Venue:
* Goldsmiths College of London University: Please consult advice offered on directions by (a) train, (b) bus, (c) car, and (d) bicycle to Goldsmiths College at http://www.goldsmiths.ac.uk/about/getto.html. For a local map of the Goldsmiths College neighbourhood, click Local Map of Goldsmiths College Area.
About Urhobo Historical Society
Established in August 1999, Urhobo Historical Society provides a forum for the publication of works in Urhobo history and culture. URHOBO WAADO, Web site of Urhobo Historical Society, also highlights issues of oil pollution and environmental degradation in Nigeria's Niger Delta. Besides its defence of Urhobo interests in general, Urhobo Historical Society has provided a valuable documentation of Urhobo history and culture hitherto unknown in cyberspace. Along with a smaller Web site http://www.urhobo.kinsfolk.com /, our main web site http://www.waado.org/Contents.html has emerged as an important reference point for Urhobo history and culture. Our publication of British "Treaties of Protection" in the Western Niger Delta in the 1880s and 1890s has compelled an opportunity for a fresh re-examination of the history of Warri City and of the Western Niger Delta. Through its web sites, Urhobo Historical Society has also become a powerful voice in defence of Niger Delta interests.
The first two Annual Conferences of Urhobo Historical Society were held in North America. We held our First Annual Conference and Meeting in Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada, on November 3-5, 2000 . Senator David O. Dafinone was the Keynote Speaker. Our Second Annual Conference and Meeting took place in Persipanny, New Jersey, USA, on November 2-4, 2001. Our Third Annual Conference was held in London on November 1-3, 2002. Chief D. A. Obiomah was our Special Guest of Honour in the Third Annual Conference and Meeting; Professor David Okpako gave the keynote address; and Olorugun Felix Ibru, first civilian Governor of Delta State, presided over the opening ceremonies.
The repetition of our Fourth
Annual Conference and Meeting in London is an affirmation of the
success of our Third Annual Conference in London in 2002 and a strong
indication of our determination to broaden participation in the affairs
of Urhobo Historical Society. We particularly want to reach out to
Urhobo women and youth in
England and Europe. We look forward to another successful Annual
Conference
in London in the first weekend of November, 2003.
We
invite and encourage all sons and daughters of Urhobo and friends of
Urhobo
to become active members of Urhobo Historical Society.
There are
two categories of membership: (a) Regular members pay annual dues of
£30.00 or $50.00 per member. (b) Charter members pay
£120.00 or $200.00, or more
(at their option).
* * *
AGENDA
Conference Theme: Leadership and the Future of the Urhobo
Week of October 28, 2003 through October
31,
2003 : Delegates arrive
and check into hotels.
Special Guest of Honour: Deacon Gamaliel Onosode, OFR, FNIM, FCIB, FCS, DSc (Hon.), DD (Hon.) Lagos-based Businessman.
Professor Peter Ekeh, Chair,
Urhobo Historical Society.
An Address By His
Excellency Chief James Onanefe Ibori,
Governor of
Chair, Chief Daniel A. Obiomah, Warri,
O. Igho Natufe,
Ph. D., Ottawa, Canada.
The Challenge of Leadership:
Towards a Resolution of the Urhobo-Itsekiri
Conflict in Warri
Victor
Ojakorotu, University of the
Oil, Arms proliferation and
Conflicts in the
Chair, Bruce Onobrakpeya, Lagos
Rose Aziza,
Ph.D.,
Wilson
Ometan, B.A., (Hons.) BBC,
Leadership and the Future of the Urhobo: United We Stand, Divided
We Fall
Urhobo Leadership and the Role
of an Urhobo
Institute
Urhobo Unity and Leadership
Chair: Deacon Gamaliel Onosode,
03:30
Panelists:
Olorogun Moses
Taiga,
Chief Daniel A.
Obiomah,
Ajovi Scott-Emuakpor, Ph.D., MD,
Professor
of Paediatrics and Human Development, Michigan State University, East
Lansing,
Michigan, USA
Mrs. L. O.
Obiomah, Warri,
Helen Ekeh,
Ph.D.,
Mrs.
F. Emesiri-Akusu, Brussels,
Belgium
Ms Alice Ukoko,
LLB (Hons., Lond.), London, United
Kingdom
10:30am
Perkins
Special Guest Presentation on
Urhobo Arts and Culture
Chair
Conference and Communique Committee