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The Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Administration) was born on 8th December 1972. He obtained his BA and MA from the University of Uyo in 1995 and 2004, respectively and later bagged a PhD in History in 2011 from University of Abuja. Afaha joined the services of the University of Abuja in January 2013 in the Department of History and Diplomatic Studies as a senior lecturer, rising to the rank of professor.
A consummate public speaker and administrator, he had a stint as Branch Manager of UACN Plc Uyo from 1997 to 2000. He also served as an Intern with the National Democratic Institute of International Affairs (NDI), Abuja in 2004, and was later appointed Personal Assistant to Senator Uche Chukwumerije at the National Assembly, Abuja between 2005 and 2007.
The professor of History and Inter-Group Relations was a former Deputy Director of Consultancy Services Unit, Head of the Department of History and Diplomatic Studies, and Director of the Institute for Legislative Studies of the University of Abuja. Prof Philip Afaha was appointed as an International Observer and Leader of the African Delegation to the General Elections in Venezuela in November 2021.
He is a member of many professional bodies including Historical Society of Nigeria, World History Association, and also a Senior Research Fellow of IFRA. He has contributed over forty scholarly publications in reputable local and international journals; chapters in books in addition to papers presented at conferences. His research interests include Inter-group Relations, Conflict Resolution and Diplomatic Studies. Afaha has convened and chaired several academic panels in several international conferences in reputable foreign universities such as Universitie-de-Lisboa Portugal (2013), Tennessee University, USA (2014), and the University of Cambridge, UK (2016).