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Name

Mr. Anthony Okon Ben

Department

Religious and Cultural Studies

Designation

Lecturer II

Email

[email protected]


About Mr. Anthony Okon Ben

Mr Anthony Okon Ben was employed into the University of Calabar on the 20th of December, 2013. His area of specialization is Cultural Anthropology of Religion. He obtained his B.A (Hon.) in Religious and Cultural Studies and M.A. in African Traditional Religion and Culture from the University of Calabar, Nigeria in 2011 and 2016 respectively. Mr Ben is a beneficiary of the Pro-Chancellors prize for the best behaved student in the 2009/2010 graduating class, Papa and O’Abang Memorial Prize for excellent academic and best graduating student in Religious and Cultural Studies in 2009/2010 and Most Rev. (Dr.) Brian D. Usanga’s prize for excellent Academic and best graduating student in Religious and Cultural Studies in 2009/2010. He has published in both international and local journals. He is a member of several learned academic organizations such as Society for Peace Studies and Practices, African Society for the Study of Sociology and Ethics of Religion, Faculty of Arts/Humanities Association of Nigerian Universities now Faculties of Arts/Humanities Scholars Association of Nigerian Universities. He is a dedicated researcher who is interested in using research findings, results and recommendation to proffer solutions to the problems of humanity.


S/N Qualification School Atttended Started Finished
First School Leaving CertificateSacred Heart International Nursery and Primary School Calabar.19931999
SSCE National Examinations Council (NECO) National Comprehensive Secondary School, Oron 19992005
B. A. (Hons.) Religious and Cultural Studies University of Calabar, Calabar20062011
M.A. African Traditional Religion and CultureUniversity of Calabar, Calabar20122017

S/N Publication
Anthony Okon Ben, “Religion and Justice: Studies in Afi Obio Traditional Shrine in Oron, Nigeria” Gnosi: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Human theory and Praxis, 2.1 2019:40-48
Anthony Okon Ben “Religion and Women Sexuality: A Study of Ekpo Nkaowo among the Ibibios in Akwa Ibom State” Ndunode:Calabar Journal of Humanities, 15.1 2019:204-212.
Anthony Okon Ben & Elizabeth O. John, "Religion and Women Sexuality:A Study of Ekpo Nkaowo among the Ibibios in Akwa Ibom State", Ndunode: Calabar Journal of Humanities, 15.1 2019:204-212
Anthony Okon Ben. “Religion and Museology” International Journal of Humanities Theoreticus, 1.2 2018:92-102
Anthony Okon Ben, “Factors that inhibit tourism development: A Case Study of Ababa (festival) Religio-Cultural Carnival in Oron” Gnosi: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Human theory and Praxis, I.2 2018:24-29
Anthony Okon Ben and Ibebidamiobhedo B. Okon, “Religion, Power and the Social Order in Traditional African Society” International Review of Religion, Education and Psychology, 8.1 2017:39-48.
Ben, Anthony Okon, “The Influence of Culture on Gender equality: A Study of Iban Isong in Efik Society” Ndunonde, 12.1 2017:342-350.
Anthony Okon Ben.“The Socio-Cultural Encounter of Christianity with African Traditional Religion” African Journal of Religion, Culture and Society, 5.2 2016:21-25
Anthony Okon Ben and Ibebidamiobhedo Benanthony Okon, “The Role of Iban Isong in Preserving the Moral order in Efik Traditional Society” African Journal of Religion, Culture and Society, 5.1 2015:34-39.

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S/N Conference Description Started Finished
The Premier Edition of A 4-Day Faculty of Arts International Conference held at the University of Calabar, Calabar, Nigeria. "The Influence of Culture on Gender Equality: A Study of Iban Isong in Efik Society"2016-04-122016-04-15
Faculty of Arts International Conference (FAICON) 2016.“The appropriation of Power in the Maintenance of Social Order in African Society: A Religio-Historical Analysis”2016-07-132016-07-15
10th International Conference of the Society for Peace Studies and Practice (SPSP) Asaba .“The Shrine as a Traditional Institution for Curbing Corruption: Studies in Oron Afi/Obio Shrine” 2016-08-152016-08-17
4th International Conference of Researchers International Network 18th – 20th October, 2017. 2017-10-182017-10-20