ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

We wish to express our sincere appreciation to many persons whose efforts made possible the completion of this text. We acknowledge the contributions of various authors whose books served as materials in this work. Our profound gratitude goes to Professor I. V. O. Modo who sharpened our thoughts to a better understanding of the course, thus, laying the basic solid foundation on which this book stands.

As always, we are indebted to our academic colleagues in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology, and Lecturers in the Faculty of Social Sciences, Akwa Ibow State University, who have criticized constructively some ideas in the book in order to enhance the quality of work. We owe a lot of thanks to our students past and present. They deserve special commendation for their contributions and encouragement.

We cannot fail to appreciate the zeal and interest of our dynamic Deans of Social Sciences, Late Professor Godwin T. Umoette and Professor Mbuk Mboho whose inspiration, goodwill, encouragement and comments spurred us towards the completion of the book.

We also extend our thanks to the Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Nse U. Essien and Mr. John E. Udo, the Registrar, Prof. Nkanikpo I. Ibok, Head of Obio Akpa Campus and Dean, Faculty of Management Sciences; Prof. U. J. Ibok, Director of Academic Affairs and Dr. Usoro M. Etesin, Acting Director of Centre for General Studies of Akwa Ibom State University for their commendations. We thank you all for the good gesture. To God be the Glory, Amen.

Kingdom S. Mboho, Ph.D

Acting Head
Department of Sociology and Anthropology
Akwa Ibom State University