{"id":159,"date":"2025-02-17T13:18:33","date_gmt":"2025-02-17T13:18:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.allegraayida.com\/?page_id=159"},"modified":"2025-02-17T15:31:14","modified_gmt":"2025-02-17T15:31:14","slug":"research","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.allegraayida.com\/?page_id=159","title":{"rendered":"Research"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"159\" class=\"elementor elementor-159\" data-elementor-settings=\"{&quot;element_pack_global_tooltip_width&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;element_pack_global_tooltip_width_tablet&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;element_pack_global_tooltip_width_mobile&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;element_pack_global_tooltip_padding&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;top&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;right&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;bottom&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;left&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;isLinked&quot;:true},&quot;element_pack_global_tooltip_padding_tablet&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;top&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;right&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;bottom&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;left&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;isLinked&quot;:true},&quot;element_pack_global_tooltip_padding_mobile&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;top&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;right&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;bottom&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;left&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;isLinked&quot;:true},&quot;element_pack_global_tooltip_border_radius&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;top&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;right&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;bottom&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;left&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;isLinked&quot;:true},&quot;element_pack_global_tooltip_border_radius_tablet&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;top&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;right&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;bottom&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;left&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;isLinked&quot;:true},&quot;element_pack_global_tooltip_border_radius_mobile&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;top&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;right&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;bottom&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;left&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;isLinked&quot;:true}}\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4a31ccc e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"4a31ccc\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1788e7a e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"1788e7a\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ea35bf3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"ea35bf3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-af45988 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"af45988\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"font_9 wixui-rich-text__text\"><span class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\">My current research focuses on the longue dur\u00e9e environmental history of coastal West Africa, specifically port cities in the NigerDelta region of Nigeria. \u00a0My dissertation project focuses on the economic &amp; environmental history of the port city of Warri and traces successive waves of capitalist accumulation. From the slave trade between the fifteenth and eighteenth century, the palm oil economy of the nineteenth and early twentieth century to oil and gas from the mid twentieth century.\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e875d26 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"e875d26\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c638c20 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"c638c20\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Past Dissertations<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b5c9b29 e-grid e-con-full e-con e-child\" data-id=\"b5c9b29\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c6bd4e6 ui-e-top ui-e-align-center ui-e-align-tablet-center ui-e-align-mobile-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-uicore-icon-box\" data-id=\"c6bd4e6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" 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https:\/\/www.allegraayida.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/2f8ba7_43cbe76a690b461abef4b23555d77121mv2-e1739799576286-600x601.avif 600w, https:\/\/www.allegraayida.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/2f8ba7_43cbe76a690b461abef4b23555d77121mv2-e1739799576286-100x100.avif 100w, https:\/\/www.allegraayida.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/2f8ba7_43cbe76a690b461abef4b23555d77121mv2-e1739799576286.avif 1102w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ui-e-title-wrp\"><h4 class=\"ui-e-title\">The Gendered Dynamics of Authority Among Itsekiri Elites ; pre-colonial to post-colonial<\/h4><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ui-e-box-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ui-e-description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.allegraayida.com\/?page_id=182\"class=\"ui-e-readmore\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tRead 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