Uzairue, Etsako West Local Government Area of Edo State
Died
April 26, 2021(2021-04-26) (aged 84)
Benin City
Nationality
Nigerian
Board member of
University of Benin Teaching Hospital (1980–1983)
Academic background
Education
University of Ibadan
Academic work
Main interests
History of Edo people of the precolonial Kingdom of Benin
Philip Aigbona Igbafe (15 December 1936 – 26 April 2021) was a Nigerian historian, professor and public administrator noted for his work on the history of the Edo people of the precolonial Kingdom of Benin. He belonged to the Ibadan History School and his major works examine the motives[1] for colonialism and highlight the political, social and economic consequences of British rule for the African kingdom.
^Kwame Opoku. "Ile-Ife Triumphs In The British Museum, London: Who Said Nigerians Were Incapable Of Looking After Their Cultural Artefacts?". Modern Ghana. Retrieved 12 April 2019.
Philip Aigbona Igbafe (15 December 1936 – 26 April 2021) was a Nigerian historian, professor and public administrator noted for his work on the history...
the history of slavery in Africa?', Daily Telegraph, 18 February 2022 PhilipIgbafe, Benin under British Administration: the Impact of Colonial Rule on...
them as actually being executed criminals". Edo historian Professor PhilipIgbafe states that in pre-colonial Benin, the tradition was that only slaves...
Obaseki and Benin Politics 1897-1956' authored by Nigerian historian PhilipIgbafe. Igbafe 1972, pp. 1–5. "Chief Agho Obaseki". www.edoworld.net. Retrieved...
were driving British foreign policy in the region. Others, such as PhilipIgbafe, consider that the annexation of Benin was driven largely by economic...
roles that free members had. However, Nigerian historian Professor PhilipIgbafe says that until the late 19th Century, slavery in the Kingdom of Benin...
archived from the original on 26 December 2022, retrieved 26 December 2022 PhilipIgbafe, Benin under British Administration: the Impact of Colonial Rule on...
Kenneth Onwuka Dike. There were also his colleagues – Obaro Ikime and PhilipIgbafe who not only read history with him, but with him went on to pioneer...
p. 97. Igbafe 1991, p. 123. Igbafe 1991, p. 129. Igbafe 1991, p. 121. Igbafe 1991, p. 122. Igbafe 1991, p. 125. Sklar 1963, p. 253. Igbafe 1991, p. 127...
Kingdom of Benin in West Africa. Benchmark Books. ISBN 978-0-7614-0088-2. Igbafe, Philip Aigbona (1972). Obaseki of Benin. Heinemann Educational. ISBN 978-0-435-94469-8...
empire and inspired later rebellions such as the Mau Mau of Kenya. Igbafe, Philip A. (July 1971). "Western Ibo Society and its Resistance to British Rule:...
Modernity. Routledge. ISBN 978-0-415-27319-0. Retrieved 10 October 2023. Igbafe, Philip (1967). "British Rule in Benin 1897-1920: Direct or Indirect?". Journal...
City Pilgrimage Stations. Aisien Publishers. ISBN 978-978-31533-5-6. Igbafe, Philip A. (July 1970). "The fall of benin: A Reassessment". The Journal of...
Geographical Journal. 162 (3): 295–312. doi:10.2307/3059652. JSTOR 3059652. Igbafe, Philip A. (1970). "The fall of Benin: A Reassessment". The Journal of African...
Chicago: University of Chicago Press. p. 45. ISBN 978-0226467900. Igbafe, Philip A. "Slavery and Emancipation in Benin, 1897-1945". The Journal of African...
England: New York Cambridge University Press. p. 48. ISBN 9780521563505. Igbafe, Philip A. (1970). "The fall of Benin: A Reassessment". The Journal of African...
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