Graduate Student, History
PhD Candidate
Social Science
Thesis Title: From Shrines to Prayer Houses: A Religious History of Igbo Women, 900-1970
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Walter Hawthorne
Laura Fair Mara Leichtman |
About
Winifred Uche Nwaefido is a PhD Candidate in African History at Michigan State University. Currently sponsored by the Harold G. Marcus Fellows Program, she works under the mentorship of Professors Walter Hawthorne and Laura Fair. Winifred's research interests are women, gender, oral history and religion in Africa. Focusing on West Africa, her dissertation “Female Hierarchs: From Indigenous Religion to Africanized Churches, 1900-1970” investigates female authorities in Igbo religion, gendered contestations within "mainline churches " and explores indigenous religious principles reincarnated in Africanized churches founded by Igbo women. Winifred speaks Igbo, Yoruba and West African Pidgin fluently.
Contact Information
| Homepage: | http://history.msu.edu/people/graduate-students/wi |
| Address: | 301 Morrill Hall
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