Died 2002 | ||
Nina Emma Mba (1944- 2002) was an Australian author, historian and editorialist who was based in Nigeria for most of her career. She was a member of the Historical Society of Nigeria and a founding member of the Women's Research and Documentation Centre at the University of Ibadan. she was an early contributor in the study of Nigerian women's history.
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Mba was born in Australia, her father was Jewish and a holocaust survivor. She met her husband at a university in Australia and the couple soon left Australia for Nigeria in 1966 right before the Nigerian civil war. She undertook graduate courses in history at the University of Ibadan and her theses was later published as a book titled, 'Nigerian Women Mobilized: Women's Political Activity in Southern Nigerian, 1900-1965'. She joined the history department of University of Lagos where she was a participator and writer in the field of women's history and studies. She contributed to the growth of research and teaching of women's history and studies in the country, opening up the issue of women participation in the historical development of the country.
She was also a columnist for Vanguard Newspaper and wrote a column titled "Insider/Outsider" before her death.