The Izon of the Niger Delta

The Izon of the Niger Delta
Author: Ebiegberi Joe Alagoa
Publisher: African Books Collective
Total Pages: 872
Release: 2009-12-29
Genre: History
ISBN: 9788195423

The Izon of the Niger Delta is a global history of the Izon, Ijo, or Ijaw people from their homelands in the Niger Delta, through Nigeria, the West and Central African coastlands, and in the Africa diaspora into Europe, the America's and the Caribbean. It is a preliminary study which raises questions and opens ground for further research. The book provides chapters that take an overview of issues on the environment of the Niger Delta, an analysis of the Ijo population, the language, culture, resources, history and linkage to the rest of Nigeria and the world. In effect these chapters provide a synopsis of the Ijo in the past and their situation in the present.

Ways of the Rivers

Ways of the Rivers
Author: Martha G. Anderson
Publisher: University of Washington Press
Total Pages: 370
Release: 2002
Genre: Architecture
ISBN:

The essays assembled in this lavishly illustrated volume are unique in considering issues of cultural convergence and divergence within a single region in Africa. They examine and celebrate the "water-related" ethos and the "warrior" ethos that are present throughout the Delta and explore the influence of its unique environment on beliefs and material culture.

Islam in the Niger Delta 1890-2017

Islam in the Niger Delta 1890-2017
Author: Egodi Uchendu
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Total Pages: 342
Release: 2020-08-10
Genre: History
ISBN: 3112209451

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A History of the Niger Delta

A History of the Niger Delta
Author: Ebiegberi Joe Alagoa
Publisher:
Total Pages: 256
Release: 2005
Genre: History
ISBN:

The first title in a planned series of classic texts, written and published in Africa, on the history and culture of the Niger Delta. Long out of print, this book brings together oral traditional evidence and all other available historical material including the work of the eminent historian of the Niger Delta, Kenneth Owuka Dike. The study is an attempt to reconstruct the early history of the Ijo people of the Niger Delta, from the nineteenth century, using their own mostly oral traditions. The work has been considerably revised and updated to include material and research conclusions from the ongoing Ijo History Project on Niger Delta history chaired by the author.

Ethnic Ambiguity and the African Past

Ethnic Ambiguity and the African Past
Author: Francois G Richard
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 297
Release: 2016-07
Genre: History
ISBN: 1315429004

Authors engage with contemporary anthropological, historical and archaeological perspectives to examine how ideas of self-understanding, belonging, and difference in ancient Africa were made and unmade in their intersection with other salient domains of social experience: states, landscapes, discourses, memory, technology, politics, and power.

Nigeria's Resource Wars

Nigeria's Resource Wars
Author: Egodi Uchendu
Publisher: Vernon Press
Total Pages: 900
Release: 2021-03-02
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1648891578

'Nigeria’s Resource Wars' reflects on the diversity of conflicts over access to, and allocation of, resources in Nigeria. From the devastating effects of crude oil exploration in the Niger Delta to desertification caused by climate change, and illegal gold mining in Zamfara, to mention a few, Nigeria faces new dimensions of resource-related struggles. The ravaging effects of these resource conflicts between crop farmers and Fulani herders in Nigeria’s Middlebelt and states across Southern Nigeria call for urgent scholarly interventions; with the Fulani cattle breeders’ onslaught altering the histories of many Nigerian families through deaths, loss of homes and investments, and permanent physical incapacity. Currently, there is an almost total breakdown of interethnic relations, with political commentators acknowledging that Nigeria has never been so divided as it presently is in its history. The struggles have now degenerated into kidnaps, armed robbery, and incessant targeted and random killings across the country; compounding the already complex problem of insecurity in Nigeria. The chapters in this volume engage with these issues, presenting the different arguments on resource conflicts in Nigeria. They draw insights from similar conflicts in Nigeria’s colonial/post-independence past and events from around the world to proffer possible solutions to resource-related confrontations in Africa. By offering a collection of different intellectual perspectives on resource conflicts in Nigeria, this volume will be an important reference material for understanding the diversity of thought patterns that underpin the struggle and policy approaches towards resolving conflict situations in Africa. This volume will be of considerable interest to scholars of Africa, researchers in the humanities, social sciences, and conflict studies, and policymakers interested in understanding the resource crisis in Africa.