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Acknowledgments
Special Thanks
to:
Prof. Jeffner Allen, honors thesis
supervisor. I would like to thank her for her support and for allowing
and giving me the space to creatively do this project
Prof. Nkiru Nzegwu
Prof. Isidore Okpewho
Special
thanks to:
Prof. Nkiru Nzegwu and Nneka
Ifejika. Nkiru played an instrumental role in my project. I am
very grateful for her insights, challenge, support, and encouragement
both as a scholar and as a parent.
In Nigeria, I am
also very grateful to Nneka Ifejika, who reacquainted me to Lagos
after a ten-year absence. She helped start my project in Nigeria.
It was with her that I experienced Lagos, its way of life and
its people. Many of the initial experiences I had gone through
in Lagos were with her. I am very grateful to her.
Special thanks
to:
I am
very grateful to get the opportunity to speak with these women
and their willingness to share their war stories and experiences
with me. They are:
Mrs. Odua Uwechia
Mrs. Chinwe Uwatse
Mrs. Matilda Osakwe
Mrs. Josephine Obika
Mrs. Olikeze Egbunike
Mrs. Regina Madiebo
Mrs. Omekenyi Muotune
Special thanks
to:
Mrs. Olikeze Egbunike for her stories and knowledge.
Chineze Egbunike for introducing me to Mrs. Regina Madiebo and
Mrs. Matilda Osakwe, her mother-in law.
Tagbo Egbunike for taking me to the interview venues in Lagos.
Ifeyinwa Egbunike for her funny stories.
Chineze and Ifeyinwa provided housing when I stayed in Ajao Estate.
Housing
in Lekki, Special thanks to:
Mrs. Chinwe Uwatse for her support
and her hospitality.
Stay in Ajao
Estate, Special thanks to:
Ifeoma Obianwu,
my co-conspirator, for we both kept each other laughing the entire
time.
Nnonyem Obianwu for being there.
Nneka and Chubi, you guys are the best.
Project Assistance
and Transportation, Special Thanks to:
Eze, who insisted on walking with me down Awolowo Road.
Tony for driving me from Surulere to Ajao Estate.
Bawa Danjuma at the Red Cross for his assistance.
Africa Resource
Center,
Special Thanks to:
Nkiru Nzegwu, Founder of Africa Resource Center Inc
Multimedia Resource
Group
(SUNY Binghamton),
Special Thanks to:
Ina Brownridge
Steve Perkins
Research Support,
Thanks to:
Thanks to these organizations for their financial support for
the field research in Nigeria (Summer 2000)
McNair Scholars Program
Office of International Student and Scholar Services
Department of Africana Studies
Harpur College Dean's Office
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