EIGHTH ANNUAL
CONFERENCE AND
GENERAL MEETING
SECOND ANNOUNCEMENT
Urhobo
Historical Society's
Eighth Annual Conference & General Meeting
November 26 - 29, 2009
at
Ishaka Hotel, Refinery Road, Effurun, Delta State, Nigeria
Petroleum Training Institute, Effurun, Delta State, Nigeria
Ovu Community Hall, Ovu, Delta State, Nigeria
The Editorial &
Management
Committee of Urhobo
Historical Society cordially invites all Urhobo sons and daughters, as
well as
friends, scholars, and students of Urhobo history and culture, to
participate in
our Eighth Annual Conference and Annual General Meeting, which will be
held on November 26 - 29, 2009.
Venues:
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Ishaka Hotel,
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Petroleum Training Institute,
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Ovu Community Hall,
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
Urhobo
Historical Society also
propagates its mission of "Serving Urhobo History and Culture"
through its Annual Conferences. The first two Annual Conferences of the
Society
were held in
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 its keynote
address; and Olorogun Felix Ibru,
first civilian Governor of Delta State, presided over the opening
ceremonies.
Our Fourth Annual Conference
was also
held in
Our Fifth Annual Conference
was
held at
Petroleum Training Institute, Effurun, Ibru Centre, Agbarha-Otor,
and
Niger Delta Cultural Centre, Agbarha-Otor on October
29-31, 2004.
It was the
first convention of Urhobo Historical Society held in Urhoboland.
Attendance
was international, with Urhobos in North America and
The Sixth
Annual Conference of Urhobo Historical Society, October 20-23,
2005, was an expansive
undertaking. Presided over by retired Justice Akpiroro, its
opening ceremony featured an Isoko delegation whose leader, Chief James
Otobo, addressed the gathering on difficulties in Urhobo Isoko
relations. Professor Obaro Ikime gave the conference's keynote address
on Isoko-Urhobo
relations. A twelve-month calendar featuring Urhobo cultural themes
and episodes from past UHS conferences was launched, with Simeon Ohwofa
as its chief launcher. Also launched was a second book from UHS, Studies
in Urhobo Culture. It was reviewed by Dr. Hope Eghagha of the
University of Lagos. Olorogun Oskar Ibru served as its chief
launcher. On Sunday, November 6, 2005, following a moving
open-air Ecumenical Church
Service at Sapele Athletic Club, there was a memorable Women's Forum
that featured traditional Urhobo brides. Olorogun Moses Taiga was
recognized as the Conference's Chief Patron.
The Society's Seventh Annual Conference, held on November 3-6, 2006, was especially productive. The Opening Ceremony was presided over by Chief Johnson Ukueku. The presence of His Majesty Orhueh I Orodje of Okpe added an exceptional royal colour which had been absent from our previous Conferences. UHS launched its third major book: History of the Urhobo People of Niger Delta at a packed gathering. Two leading experts on the geography and agriculture of Urhoboland, Professor Albert Aweto and Professor Malachy Akoroda, both of the University of Ibadan, delivered two lectures on the rainforests of Urhoboland and on cassava farming in the region of Urhoboland. At the Thanksgiving Session on Sunday, November 5, 2006, an Ecumenical Service was conducted by Rev. Fr. Jude Obiunu.
Book
Fair
We strongly
urge publishers and
sellers of any types of books on Urhobo history and culture to
participate in a
book fair at the venues of the Conference. Space will be made available
at all
three designated venues of the Conference for the display and sale of
any type
of publication on Urhobo, including those on Urhobo's
twenty-two cultural units. We would like to publish information on
participants
and their book products in the Web sites of Urhobo Historical Society.
We
recommend that participants should provide such information in
electronic formats
(e.g., computer disks) to UHS Secretary, Mr. Andrew Edevbie,
at the venues of the Conference.
Call For Papers
Our conferences emphasize academic content of relevance to Urhobo affairs. The concerns of the Conference will be transacted in (a) round table panels featuring special topics; (b) academic sessions; and (c) Annual General Meeting for members of Urhobo Historical Society. We welcome papers on all aspects of Urhobo history and culture, especially those that relate to the main theme of the Conference. Please contact the Conference Chair, Dr. Isaac James Mowoe, at biss.1@hotmail.com with your thoughts and suggestions for a conference paper. Also copy all correspondence on the Conference to UHS Secretary, Mr. Andrew Edevbie, at kevtrics@juno.com.
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AGENDA
Conference Theme: Peace and Personal
Security
in Urhoboland
THURSDAY, November 26, 2009
Venue:
| 12:00n -- 3:00 p.m. | Annual
General Meeting
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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 2009
Venue: Petroleum Training
Institute,
12:30--1:30p.m. Chairman:
Isaac
Ikoyo-Eweto, Ph.D., Former Registrar,
DELSU, Abraka; National
President, Association of Fish
Farmers and Aquaculturists of Topic: “Preservation
of Some Common Urhobo Foods”
09:00
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12:30
Opening
Ceremonies:
Chairman:
Olorogun Moses Taiga
Special Guest of Honour: Deacon
Gamaliel Onosode
Royal Guest of Honour:
His Majesty Orhueh I, Orodje r' Okpe
Chief Guest of Honour: Olorogun Felix Ibru,
President General, Urhobo
Progress Union
Review
of UHS Publication: T. E. A. Salubi:
Witness to British Colonial Rule in Urhoboland & Nigeria
Launching of T. E. A.
Salubi: Witness to British Colonial Rule in Urhoboland & Nigeria
Chief
Launcher: (To be announced.)
Plenary Address:
Lecturer:
Solomon Ovie, Ph.D., Assistant Director, Water
&
Fisheries
Research, NIFFER, New Bussa, Nigeria
Topic: "Fish
and Fisheries of Urhoboland: An Investment Option"
2:00
--
Lunch
Luncheon
Lecture:
Chairman:
Professor Bright Ekuerhare, Former
Deputy Vice-Chancellor and Professor of Economics, DELSU, Abraka
Lecturer:
Bernard
J. O.
Efiuvwevwere, Ph.D., Professor
Microbiology & Deputy Vice-Chancellor, University of Port Harcourt,
Nigeria
3:30
-- 5:00 p.m.
Group
Photographs
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER
28, 2009
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09:00
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Plenary
Session on Peace and Personal Security in Urhoboland Chair:
Chief General Patrick Aziza, Deputy President-General, Urhobo Progress
Union
Lecture
(Topic to be announced)
First Roundtable -- Scope of the Personal Security Crisis in Urhoboland |
12:30 -- 2:00 p.m. |
Lunch Break |
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02:00 -- 5:00 p.m. |
Plenary
Session on Current Methods for Combatting Violence in Urhoboland:
Chairman:
Dr. Peter Obakponovwe, President-General, Agbon
Panel
(To be announced).
Second Roundtable -- Community Efforts at Combatting Violence and Crime |
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 29,
2009
Thanksgiving
Service & Urhobo Language Matters
Chief Guest of Honour: Olorogun Felix Ibru, President General,
Urhobo Progress Union
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09:00 --
12:00n |
Ecumenical
Thanksgiving
Service Officiating Priests: Monsgr.
Anthony Erhueh & Professor Reverend Samuel Erivwo
Remembering
UPU's Founding Fathers and UHS
& Urhobo
Service Awards Chairman: Major-David General Ejoor
Toast of Three Ovu Presidents of Urhobo
Brotherly Society and Urhobo Progress Union by Chief Dr. F. O. Esiri,
one of the longest-serving officers, including President-General, of
Urhobo Progress Union.
UHS & Urhobo
Service Awards |
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12:00 -- 1:00 p.m. |
Lunch Break |
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1:00 -- 2:45 p.m. |
First
Urhobo Language Roundtable: The Role of Schools and Delta State
Government Policy Chairwoman: Mrs. C. Bakpa, Warri
Presentation by UHS London Branch led by Chief S. S. Obruche (Panel Discussion follows. Panelists to be announced later.) |
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Break |
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Second Urhobo
Language Roundtable: Practical Measures for Regaining Command of
Urhobo Language Co-Chairs: Mrs. V. O. Akpobome (School Proprietor and former Principal of several girs' secondary schools) and Mrs. Emuobo Ibru (Sponsor of Urhobo Culture and Language Group, Lagos)
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