found: UCLA website, In memoriam, undated, viewed June 17, 2024(Boniface I. Obichere, Professor of History, Los Angeles, 1933-1997; Boniface Obichere, former director of the James S. Coleman African Studies Center and professor of history, died in Los Angeles on March 14, 1997, age 64; a native of Nigeria; his interest included African history, West Africa and the kingdom of Dahomey; doctorate in African history 1967, Oxford University; after receiving his Ph.D. he began a 30-year careeer at UCLA as a champion of African and diasporan causes, values and traditions)
found: The Slave Rebellion website, Holloway, Joseph E. The significance of Dr. Boniface I. Obichere within African Studies U.S. higher education revisited and beyond, viewed June 17, 2024(Professor Boniface Ihewunwa Obichere; specialist in the study of West Africa; worked for many years as a primary school teacher in Nigeria before receiving his B.A. and M.A. from the Univrsity of Minnesota; also attended the University of California at Berkeley in the early 1960s; director of the UCLA African Studies Center 1972-1978; a Pan-Africanist; born in Awake, Owerri, Nigeria, 4 November 1932, the only child of his father's fourth wife)
