Thought Leadership
Historian, researcher, health advocate and scholar of maternal health, reproductive politics, and African medical histories
Press
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Meet our New Faculty
University at Buffalo
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Placenta and Umbilical Cord: Gịnị mere ichi na eriri otubo jiri dị mkpa n'omenaala ndị Igbo?
BBC
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![Book cover titled 'Birth Politics' by Ogechukwu Ezekwem Williams, featuring an illustration of pregnant women and healthcare workers in Nigeria.]()
New book “Birth Politics” explores colonial power & maternal health in Nigeria
The Lagos Review
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Trumper and Williams Awarded Research Funding through UB Humanities Institute Initiative
University at Buffalo
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18 Books to read from 2025
This Week in Africa
Speeches & Presentations
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![Presentation slide titled 'Medical Legitimacy' by Oge Williams, PhD from the Department of History at Creighton University, discussing childbirth, authenticity, and pluralism in Nigeria's faith-based Aladura birthing homes, with four people participating in a video conference.]()
Critical Research on Africa
Medical Legitimacy in Nigeria’s Faith-Based (Aladura) Birthing Homes
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![Event announcement slide featuring a portrait of Ogechukwu Williams, PhD with event details and logos. The slide promotes a lecture on maternal healthcare advancements in Nigeria, scheduled for 2 PM ET.]()
Assailed at Home; Champions Abroad
The ACNM’s Push for Maternal Healthcare Advancements in Nigeria
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Creighton University Speech
Dr. Williams introduces the acclaimed author of New York My Village, Uwem Akpan
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Visualizing Public Health
Critical Perspectives on "A Stain of Red,” a film about menstruation and menstrual health
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African Culture Connection Kubatana 2024 Preshow
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2025 IBBG Summit on Reproductive Justice
Childbirth Advocacy: Lessons from Africa
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Childbirth, Faith Healing, and African Agency
18th Annual Chris Gray Memorial Lecture
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Birth Politics Book Celebration
University at Buffalo
Blogs & Op-Ed
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Assailed at Home; Champions Abroad
The ACNM’s Push for Maternal Healthcare Advancements in Nigeria
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![Title page of a research report titled 'From Population Control to Reproductive Health Campaigns? Family Planning in Nigeria' by Ogechukwu Ezekwem, published by Rockefeller Archive Center, dated 2017.]()
From Population Control to Reproductive Health Campaigns?
Family Planning in Nigeria
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ACNM Maternity Initiatives in Africa:
Lessons for Safe Motherhood Campaigns
Podcasts & Radio
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Women and Healing in Africa: The Secular and the Religious/Africa Simplified Podcast
Dr. Williams joins Dr. Emmanual Ossai to discuss maternal health care and the history/persistence of faith delivery homes in Nigeria
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