About

Dr Danladi Abah obtained his MA and PhD degrees in History from Benue State University, Makurdi and a BA in History and International Studies from Kogi State University, Anyigba, Nigeria. A multiple award-winning researcher, Dr Abah has published in journals and book collectives, including three co-edited books. He was twice a Laureate of the Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa (CODESRIA) and a 2017 Ford and Rockdale Foundations-sponsored Research Fellow at the West Africa Civil Society Institute, Accra, Ghana. He was a 2022 Visiting Guest Research Fellow at Leibniz-Zentrum Moderner Orient (ZMO), Berlin, Germany and a 2023 A.G. Leventis Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Centre for African Studies, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, UK. He was recently a 2025 DAAD Teaching Fellow at the Institute of History, Paderborn University, Germany. His research interests straddle Economic History, Tax, Gender, Development and Conflict studies. Dr Abah is a Research Associate of the African Centre for International Trade and Development. He is a member of the African Studies Association (ASA: USA), International Society for Third Sector Research (ISTR), Lagos Studies Association (LSA) and Society for Peace Studies and Practice (SPSP).

Research Interest

Social History

Publications

Project Title: Preserving and Digitizing the Church and Burial Records of Lokoja, Northern Nigeria.
PI: Professor Kenneth Nwoko.
Funder: British Library, London
 

Project Title: The Contributions of Civil Society organization to the social, political and economic development of West Africa.  
PI: Dr. Solomon K. Amoah
Funder: West Africa Civil Society Institute, Accra and Ford Foundation West Africa.
 

Recent Publications:
Aondowase, H., & Abah, D. (2025). The Growth and Development of General Practice Operators in Modern Healthcare Provision in Tivland, Central Nigeria. The Journal of Research on the History of Medicine. Published by Shiraz University of Medical Sciences. 14(2)115-132. 
Abah, D., & Amoah, S.K. (2025). Philanthropy and Humanitarian Crisis in North-east Nigeria. In Roosa Lambi, Jonathan Roberts & Rebecca Surender, eds. Handbook on Philanthropy and Social Policy. Edward Elgar Publishing, Gloucestershire, UK. Pp 219-236. 
Abah, D., & Amoah, S.K. (2024). Activism Through Fashion: State Repression and the Politics of Fashion in Biafra, Southeast Nigeria. In: Kedrowski, K.M., Ortbals, C.D., Poloni-Staudinger, L., Strachan, J.C. (eds) The Palgrave Handbook of Fashion and Politics. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. 
Abah, D. & Adum-Kyeremeh, K. (2024). Umu-Ada (Ama’oma-Ada) Women Institution in Igala and Igbo Nsukka Communities: a Comparative Socio-cultural analysis: African Identities, 1-12. 
Adum-Kyeremeh, Kwame and Abah, Danladi (2024) "Social Movements and Democratisation in Nigeria since 1999: The Search for Good Governance and Justice," Journal of African Policy Studies: Vol. 30: No. 1, Article 6.