Chief Nina Emma Mba (29 April 1944 – 14 January 2002) was a Nigerian-Australian author, academic historian and editor.
Based in Nigeria for most of her career, she taught at the University of Lagos, was a member of the Historical Society of Nigeria and a founding member of the Women's Research and Documentation Center at the University of Ibadan.
[4] Her father was born in Minsk, and he moved with his family to Germany during the Russian Revolution of 1917.
[8] She completed a PhD in History at the University of Ibadan and her thesis was later published in 1982.
In 2001, in recognition of her achievements, Mba was conferred with the chieftaincy title Odu of Umudei in Anambra State.