Renowned scholar and professor of history, Obaro Ikime, is dead
The Delta state born scholar died at the age of 87 on Tuesday in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital.
His demise was made public through one of his friends A.M. Akpeiyi.
According to him, “I am deeply saddened to announce that my mentor, my Head of House and Head of School, internationally renowned Historian, Prof. (Venerable) OBARO IKIME (GCU 1950 SEPTEMBER SET) transited today to glory at about 05: 30pm in Ibadan.
“He is survived by his beloved wife of some 60 years, HANNAH, and his sons, MAZINO, MAINO and daughter, MAJIRO. May his soul RIPP
Obaro who authored who got his PhD at 29 and become a professor at 37
was born in 1936 in a village called Anibeze in Arohwa clan in the Isoko South Local Government Area of Delta State.
He attended Government College, Ughelli in Delta State. and later proceeded to University of Ibadan whrere he studied history at the and graduated with Second Class Hons (Upper Division).
Among the books that he authored are ‘Leadership in the 19th Century Africa’ and ‘The Fall of Nigeria’, published in 1974 and 1977 respectively. His 1980 edited seminal work, ‘Groundwork of Nigerian History’, is widely adjudged as a reference literature on Nigeria and her peoples
