The Study of Africa Volume 2: Global and Transnational Engagements

The Study of Africa Volume 2: Global and Transnational Engagements
Author: Paul Tiyambe Zeleza
Publisher: African Books Collective
Total Pages: 421
Release: 2006
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 2869781989

This is the second of a two-volume work taking stock of the study of Africa in the twenty-first century: its status, research agenda and approaches, and place. It is divided into two parts, the first entitled Globalisation Studies and African Studies, and the second, African Studies in Regional Contexts. Topics addressed in part one include: trans-boundary formations and the study of Africa; global economic liberalisation and development in Africa; African diasporas, academics and the struggle for a global epistemic presence; and the problem of translation in African studies. Part two considers: African and area studies in France, the US, the UK, Australia, Germany and Sweden; anti-colonialism and Russian/soviet African studies; African studies in the Caribbean in historical perspective; the teaching of African history and the history of Africa in Brazil; African studies in India; African studies and historiography in China in the twenty-first century; and African studies and contemporary scholarship in Japan.

The Study of Africa Volume 2: Global and Transnational Engagements

The Study of Africa Volume 2: Global and Transnational Engagements
Author: Tiyambe Zeleza
Publisher: African Books Collective
Total Pages: 421
Release: 2006-06-15
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 2869784236

This is the second of a two-volume work taking stock of the study of Africa in the twenty-first century: its status, research agenda and approaches, and place. It is divided into two parts, the first entitled Globalisation Studies and African Studies, and the second, African Studies in Regional Contexts. Topics addressed in part one include: trans-boundary formations and the study of Africa; global economic liberalisation and development in Africa; African diasporas, academics and the struggle for a global epistemic presence; and the problem of translation in African studies. Part two considers: African and area studies in France, the US, the UK, Australia, Germany and Sweden; anti-colonialism and Russian/soviet African studies; African studies in the Caribbean in historical perspective; the teaching of African history and the history of Africa in Brazil; African studies in India; African studies and historiography in China in the twenty-first century; and African studies and contemporary scholarship in Japan.

The Politics of Knowledge

The Politics of Knowledge
Author: David L. Szanton
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Total Pages: 440
Release: 2004-09-20
Genre: Education
ISBN: 9780520245365

The usefulness and political implications of Area Studies programs are currently debated within the Academy and the Administration, where they are often treated as one homogenous and stagnant domain of scholarship. The essays in this volume document the various fields’ distinctive character and internal heterogeneity as well as the dynamism resulting from their evolving engagements with funders, US and international politics, and domestic constituencies. The authors were chosen for their long-standing interest in the intellectual evolution of their fields. They describe the origins and histories of US-based Area Studies programs, highlighting their complex, generative, and sometimes contentious relationships with the social science and humanities disciplines and their diverse contributions to the regions of the world with which they are concerned.

Hausaland Divided

Hausaland Divided
Author: William F. S. Miles
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Total Pages: 389
Release: 2015-07-09
Genre: History
ISBN: 0801470102

How have different forms of colonialism shaped societies and their politics? William F. S. Miles focuses on the Hausa-speaking people of West Africa whose land is still split by an arbitrary boundary established by Great Britain and France at the turn of the century.

Power Relations in Nigeria

Power Relations in Nigeria
Author: Ann O'Hear
Publisher: University Rochester Press
Total Pages: 366
Release: 1997
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9781878822864

This is the first study of slavery and its legacy in the Yoruba and incompletely Islamicised periphery of the Sokoto caliphate and of northern Nigeria. It shows the decline of slavery and the emergence of a small-scale peasantry at the end of the nineteenth century, and takes the story into the late-colonial and post-independence periods. Focusing on Ilorin, the city and emirate on the southern fringe of the caliphate, now in Nigeria, it shows how relations between the city elite and the ex-slaves and peasants they controlled have fluctuated during the long process of oppression and reaction.ANN O'HEAR is Co-ordinator of Intercultural Studies at Niagara University, New York.

Imperialism

Imperialism
Author: P. J. Cain
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Total Pages: 392
Release: 2001
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 9780415206297

The philosopher W.B. Gallie argued many years ago that there could be no simple definition of words such as 'freedom' because they embodied what he called 'essentially contested concepts'. They were words whose meaning had to be fought over and whose compteting definitions arose out of political struggle and conflict. Imperialism, and its close ally, colonialism, are two such contested concepts. This set will give readers an insight in to the main lines of debate about the meanings of imperialism and colonialism over the last two centuries.

Religion and Political Culture in Kano

Religion and Political Culture in Kano
Author: John N. Paden
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Total Pages: 480
Release: 2023-11-10
Genre: History
ISBN: 0520337131

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1973.

Historical Dictionary of Nigeria

Historical Dictionary of Nigeria
Author: Toyin Falola
Publisher: Scarecrow Press
Total Pages: 472
Release: 2009-07-01
Genre: History
ISBN: 0810863162

Since independence in 1960, Nigeria has undergone tremendous change shaped by political instability, rapid population growth, and economic turbulence. The Historical Dictionary of Nigeria introduces Nigeria's rich and complex history. Readers will find a wealth of information on important contemporary issues like AIDS, human rights, petroleum, and faith-based conflict.