Ernest Sisei Ikoli
7 Aug
Title: Ernest Sisei Ikoli: 1893-1960 Authors: Ebiegberi Joe Alagoa and John Horace Enemugwem Publication: 2015 Genre: Non-fiction Subject Matter: Biography/Nigerian Nationalist Movement, 1908-1960 Price: Not Stated Publishers: Onyoma Research Publications. www. onyomaresearch.com. Pages: 476 Reviewer: Kabowei Akamande. [email protected]. World-renowned Professor Ebiegberi Joe Alagoa was twice President of the Historical Society of Nigeria, Fellow of the…
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