Abel Ugba
Biographic Data
| ID | 2030258 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Abel Ugba |
| GIVEN NAMES | Abel |
| FAMILY NAME | Ugba |
| SIGNATURE | UGBA A |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Leeds |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-1650-9069 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 5 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 5 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2011 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Innovation or Competition? A Critical Analysis of Contemporary Divine Healing Practices of Pentecostal Africans in Africa and the Diaspora
This article examines current practices of divine healing of Pentecostal Africans. It provides insights into current developments by using the explanatory concepts of innovation, competition, and agency. The article draws on data obtained through an interdisciplinary, transnational, and multisite investigation of eight Pentecostal churches in Kampala, Nairobi, Cape Town, and London. Methods used included ethnographic observation, visual ethnograp…
African Traditional Religion Encounters Christianity
Focusing on the experiences of the Shona people of Zimbabwe, this monograph explains and complexifies the suspicion, resistance and accommodation that have characterized the interactions between European Christian missionaries and adherents of African traditional religion. The account begins with the arrival of Fr. Gonzalo da Silveira from Portugal to Shona land in the seventeenth century, but includes more recent encounters and their implication…
Digital technologies and the evolving African newsroom – towards an African digital journalism epistemology
Additional informationNotes on contributorsAbel UgbaABEL UGBA is a senior journalism lecturer at the University of East London, London. His journalism career began in Nigeria in the 1980s when he worked as a reporter with the Observer, a regional daily newspaper. He has also worked with the Evening Herald in Dublin and the Ireland.com website of the Irish Times. He was co- publisher and pioneering editor of Metro Eireann, Ireland's most popular m…
The African Christian Diaspora
Media and technology in emerging African democracies
(2011). Media and technology in emerging African democracies. Ecquid Novi: African Journalism Studies: Vol. 32, No. 3, pp. 80-82
Digital technologies and the evolving African newsroom – towards an African digital journalism epistemology
Additional informationNotes on contributorsAbel UgbaABEL UGBA is a senior journalism lecturer at the University of East London, London. His journalism career began in Nigeria in the 1980s when he worked as a reporter with the Observer, a regional daily newspaper. He has also worked with the Evening Herald in Dublin and the Ireland.com website of the Irish Times. He was co- publisher and pioneering editor of Metro Eireann, Ireland's most popular m…
The African Christian Diaspora
Media and technology in emerging African democracies
(2011). Media and technology in emerging African democracies. Ecquid Novi: African Journalism Studies: Vol. 32, No. 3, pp. 80-82
Digital technologies and the evolving African newsroom – towards an African digital journalism epistemology
Additional informationNotes on contributorsAbel UgbaABEL UGBA is a senior journalism lecturer at the University of East London, London. His journalism career began in Nigeria in the 1980s when he worked as a reporter with the Observer, a regional daily newspaper. He has also worked with the Evening Herald in Dublin and the Ireland.com website of the Irish Times. He was co- publisher and pioneering editor of Metro Eireann, Ireland's most popular m…
The African Christian Diaspora
Innovation or Competition? A Critical Analysis of Contemporary Divine Healing Practices of Pentecostal Africans in Africa and the Diaspora
This article examines current practices of divine healing of Pentecostal Africans. It provides insights into current developments by using the explanatory concepts of innovation, competition, and agency. The article draws on data obtained through an interdisciplinary, transnational, and multisite investigation of eight Pentecostal churches in Kampala, Nairobi, Cape Town, and London. Methods used included ethnographic observation, visual ethnograp…
African Traditional Religion Encounters Christianity
Focusing on the experiences of the Shona people of Zimbabwe, this monograph explains and complexifies the suspicion, resistance and accommodation that have characterized the interactions between European Christian missionaries and adherents of African traditional religion. The account begins with the arrival of Fr. Gonzalo da Silveira from Portugal to Shona land in the seventeenth century, but includes more recent encounters and their implication…
Sociology (5 works) · Political science (3 works) · African history and culture studies (2 works) · Anthropology (2 works) · Christian Theology and Mission (2 works) · Christianity (2 works) · Diaspora (2 works) · Gender Studies (2 works) · History (2 works) · Journalism (2 works)