He received the American Educational Research Association's Research Contribution to Education Award, and the Margaret Mead Award given by the Society for Applied Anthropology.
An avid researcher, Ogbu published several books, numerous articles and chapters in books, with his writings translated into French, German, Japanese, Italian, Mandarin, Spanish and Croatian.
"John Ogbu's humanity and warmth informed all of his intellectual work. He didn't avoid the controversial questions but always brought a fresh comparative perspective to the answers he sought. He will be missed as a scholar, but also as a mentor and a friend," says former Ogbu student, Angela C. Davies, now a visiting instructor in the UC Berkeley anthropology department.
Ogbu was born in 1939 in the small village of Umudomi in the Onicha Government Area in Nigeria. He will be buried in Nigeria later this month.
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