The Warrant Chiefs

The Warrant Chiefs
Author: Adiele Eberechukwu Afigbo
Publisher: Humanities Press International
Total Pages: 366
Release: 1972
Genre: Ethnology
ISBN:

Perspectives on Africa

Perspectives on Africa
Author: Roy Richard Grinker
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 713
Release: 2010-05-17
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1444335227

The second edition of Perspectives on Africa: A Reader in Culture, History, and Representation is both an introduction to the cultures of Africa and a history of the interpretations of those cultures. Key essays explore the major issues and debates through a combination of classic articles and the newest research in the field. Explores the dynamic processes by and through which scholars have described and understood African history and culture Includes selections from anthropologists, historians, philosophers, and critics who collectively reveal the interpenetration of ideas and concepts within and across disciplines, regions, and historical periods Offers a combined focus on ethnography and theory, giving students the means to link theory with data and perspective with practice Newly revised and updated edition of this popular text with 14 brand new chapters and two new sections: Conflict and Violent Transformations; and Development, Governance and Globalization

The Female King of Colonial Nigeria

The Female King of Colonial Nigeria
Author: Nwando Achebe
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Total Pages: 323
Release: 2011-02-21
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 0253222486

While providing critical perspectives on women, gender, sex and sexuality, and the colonial encounter, she considers how it was possible for this woman to take on the office and responsibilities of a traditionally male role.

The Untold Story of a Nigerian Royal Family

The Untold Story of a Nigerian Royal Family
Author: Joseph O Asagba
Publisher: iUniverse
Total Pages: 307
Release: 2005
Genre: History
ISBN: 0595341519

The Untold Story of a Nigerian Royal Family presents the story of the Urhobo ruling family of Okpe Kingdom and its political power in Nigeria. It traces the origins and history of the Okpe people and their social and political organization. Topics include: - The Okpe revolution of the sixteenth century and the assassination of Esezi I - British Colonial rule of the kingdom, late 1800s-1960 - Civil war between the Okpe and Olomu of Itsekiri and the palm oil trade rivalry - Urhobo-Itsekiri collaboration in the slave trade, and slavery in eighteenth- and nineteenth-century Okpe. - The political role played by traditional chiefs - Feminists who campaigned for women's rights to participate in the council of elders - The effort by HRH Esezi II to promote the democratic system of government within the Okpe council. - The story of the uncrowned king of Okpe Kingdom, including a brief history of the Nigerian Civil War of 1967-70 - The reign of HRH Orhoro I. - The story of the author's candidacy for Okpe King after the death of Orhoro I - Nigeria oil policy - Muslim-Christian strife and human rights abuses

Male Daughters, Female Husbands

Male Daughters, Female Husbands
Author: Professor Ifi Amadiume
Publisher: Zed Books Ltd.
Total Pages: 296
Release: 2015-03-12
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1783603348

In 1987, more than a decade before the dawn of queer theory, Ifi Amadiume wrote Male Daughters, Female Husbands, to critical acclaim. This compelling and highly original book frees the subject position of 'husband' from its affiliation with men, and goes on to do the same for other masculine attributes, dislocating sex, gender and sexual orientation. Boldly arguing that the notion of gender, as constructed in Western feminist discourse, did not exist in Africa before the colonial imposition of a dichotomous understanding of sexual difference, Male Daughters, Female Husbands examines the structures in African society that enabled people to achieve power, showing that roles were not rigidly masculinized nor feminized. At a time when gender and queer theory are viewed by some as being stuck in an identity-politics rut, this outstanding study not only warns against the danger of projecting a very specific, Western notion of difference onto other cultures, but calls us to question the very concept of gender itself.

The Making of Mbano

The Making of Mbano
Author: Ogechi E. Anyanwu
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Total Pages: 259
Release: 2021-08-10
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1793623910

Through in-depth, qualitative analysis of data from archives and research sites in Nigeria, the United Kingdom, and the United States, The Making of Mbano: British Colonialism, Resistance, and Diplomatic Engagements in Southeastern Nigeria, 1906-1960 argues that African people in Mbano consistently and fearlessly invoked their pre-colonial socio-cultural, political, and economic values in resisting, scrutinizing, and ultimately negotiating with the British colonial government. In investigating Africa’s complex and diverse engagements with the British through the lens of the Mbano colonial experience, Ogechi E. Anyanwu highlights the fascinating intersection of foreign and indigenous notions of community, culture, political economy, religion, and gender in shaping the Mbano colonial identity. Anyanwu carefully introduces readers to a wider variety of people in colonial Mbano who contributed to the historical experience of Southeastern Nigeria and whose names do not appear in history books.

Colonialism and Violence in Nigeria

Colonialism and Violence in Nigeria
Author: Toyin Falola
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Total Pages: 257
Release: 2009-09-25
Genre: History
ISBN: 0253003393

Colonialism and Violence in Nigeria looks closely at the conditions that created a legacy of violence in Nigeria. Toyin Falola examines violence as a tool of domination and resistance, however unequally applied, to get to the heart of why Nigeria has not built a successful democracy. Falola's analysis centers on two phases of Nigerian history: the last quarter of the 19th century, when linkages between violence and domination were part of the British conquest; and the first half of the 20th century, which was characterized by violent rebellion and the development of a national political consciousness. This important book emphasizes the patterns that have been formed and focuses on how violence and instability have influenced Nigeria today.

A Place in the World

A Place in the World
Author: Axel Harneit-Sievers
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 400
Release: 2002
Genre: History
ISBN: 9789004123038

"Readership: Historians and social anthropologists of Africa and India and all those interested in modern intellectual history, in the interactions between orality and literacy, and in local/global and local/state relationships."--BOOK JACKET.