Emergent Themes And Methods In African Studies

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Emergent Themes and Methods in African Studies

Author : Toyin Falola
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781592216772
Total Pages : 679 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (167 download)

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Download or read book Emergent Themes and Methods in African Studies written by Toyin Falola and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 679 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Emergent Themes and Methods in African Studies honors one of Nigeria's pre-eminent historians, Adiele Afigbo, who has made numerous contributions to African history, Archeology, and African Studies over the course of the last forty years. The book reflects on Afigbo's career and contributions while offering chapters on a variety of historical and contemporary issues in Africa. Leading researchers in a wide range of disciplines contributed to the work with chapters ranging from religion, philosophy, economics, human rights, and women's studies among many other subjects. The volume is as diverse in subject matter as the contributions of Adiele Afigbo to the discipline of African history."--Publisher's website.

Qualitative Methods in Africana Studies

Author : James L. Conyers
Publisher : UPA
ISBN 13 : 0761867538
Total Pages : 454 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (618 download)

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Download or read book Qualitative Methods in Africana Studies written by James L. Conyers and published by UPA. This book was released on 2016-07-20 with total page 454 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This survey of methodology provides a framework for understanding Africana Studies. Correlating this book to research and writing in Africana Studies, helps to extend the perplexity, paradox, and parley of social science and humanistic research. This book attempts to answer, what is Africana Studies with reference to an interdisciplinary body of knowledge? Africana Studies is the global Pan-Africanist study of African phenomena interpreted from an Afrocentric perspective. Among those scholars who contribute to this interdisciplinary body of knowledge, perspective signals the commonality in the school of thought. This book offers general definitions and descriptions of the qualitative and quantitative research.

Trends in African Studies

Author : Jacob U. Gordon
Publisher : Nova Science Publishers
ISBN 13 : 9781634838627
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (386 download)

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Download or read book Trends in African Studies written by Jacob U. Gordon and published by Nova Science Publishers. This book was released on 2016 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book Trends in African Studies is a response to the challenge of the paucity of materials on the history and the development of African Studies in a global context. The available substantive materials on the subject are limited, thus creating a gap in related literature. Yet, the field of African Studies continues to generate global interest, academic recognition and respectability. This book documents the current state of African Studies and emerging trends in the field. It covers the development of African Studies in a global context: African Studies in Africa, Asia and the Middle East, Europe, Australia, the United States of America and Canada, South America and the Caribbean, and it analyses the trends present in each continent. An important contribution of this book to the field of African Studies is the development of an African Studies index designed for measuring the quality of African Studies and ranking. Useful information, suggested multidisciplinary research methods in African Studies and an appendix which includes a researched list of African Studies journals and organisations related to African Studies are found within its pages.

Africanizing Knowledge

Author : Toyin Falola
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351324381
Total Pages : 447 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (513 download)

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Download or read book Africanizing Knowledge written by Toyin Falola and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-11-30 with total page 447 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nearly four decades ago, Terence Ranger questioned to what extent African history was actually African, and whether methods and concerns derived from Western historiography were really sufficient tools for researching and narrating African history. Despite a blossoming and branching out of Africanist scholarship in the last twenty years, that question is still haunting. The most prestigious locations for production of African studies are outside Africa itself, and scholars still seek a solution to this paradox. They agree that the ideal solution would be a flowering of institutions of higher learning within Africa which would draw not only Africanist scholars, but also financial resources to the continent. While the focus of this volume is on historical knowledge, the effort to make African scholarship "more African" is fundamentally interdisciplinary. The essays in this volume employ several innovative methods in an effort to study Africa on its own terms. The book is divided into four parts. Part 1, "Africanizing African History," offers several diverse methods for bringing distinctly African modes of historical discourse to the foreground in academic historical research. Part 2, "African Creative Expression in Context," presents case studies of African art, literature, music, and poetry. It attempts to strip away the exotic or primitivist aura such topics often accumulate when presented in a foreign setting in order to illuminate the social, historical, and aesthetic contexts in which these works of art were originally produced. Part 3, "Writing about Colonialism," demonstrates that the study of imperialism in Africa remains a springboard for innovative work, which takes familiar ideas about Africa and considers them within new contexts. Part 4, "Scholars and Their Work," critically examines the process of African studies itself, including the roles of scholars in the production of knowledge about Africa. This timely and thoughtful volume will be of interest to African studies scholars and students who are concerned about the ways in which Africanist scholarship might become "more African."

Research Methods in Africana Studies

Author : Serie McDougal III
Publisher : Peter Lang Incorporated, International Academic Publishers
ISBN 13 : 9781433134739
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (347 download)

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Download or read book Research Methods in Africana Studies written by Serie McDougal III and published by Peter Lang Incorporated, International Academic Publishers. This book was released on 2017 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Research Methods in Africana Studies, Revised Edition is a major contribution to the discipline of Africana studies and social science involving people of African descent in general.

The Third Wave of Historical Scholarship on Nigeria

Author : Saheed Aderinto
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1443847127
Total Pages : 430 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (438 download)

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Download or read book The Third Wave of Historical Scholarship on Nigeria written by Saheed Aderinto and published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. This book was released on 2013-02-22 with total page 430 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This festschrift in honor of Professor Ayodeji Olukoju, one of Nigeria’s brightest historians, brings together scholarship representative of the third wave of historical scholarship on Nigeria. Olukoju, a pioneering historian of Nigerian maritime history, also produced significant revisionist scholarship in the areas of economic, urban, and infrastructure history. The contributions in this volume epitomize the groundbreaking directions of his career; they are marked by a search for new explanations and venture into uncharted terrain in Nigerian history. Aside from its critical engagement of Olukoju’s impressive scholarship, this volume presents chapters on such underresearched aspects of Nigerian history as sexuality, children and youth, crime, memory, and HIV/AIDS. It offers historical explanations of a host of development challenges confronting Nigeria, Africa’s most populous country, and resilient reinterpretations of the place of history in nation building. The contributors, pioneering experts in their various subfields, bring their research and teaching experience to the fore and deploy neglected data as they unfold topics that shed light on Nigeria, its peoples, and cultures. They show that history, both as a daily practice and as an academic endeavor, remains vital as Africans seek solutions to the continent’s critical development challenges.

The Igbo Intellectual Tradition

Author : G. Chuku
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1137311290
Total Pages : 342 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (373 download)

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Download or read book The Igbo Intellectual Tradition written by G. Chuku and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-04-27 with total page 342 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this groundbreaking collection, leading historians, Africanists, and other scholars document the life and work of twelve Igbo intellectuals who, educated within European traditions, came to terms with the dominance of European thought while making significant contributions to African intellectual traditions.

The Study of Africa Volume 2: Global and Transnational Engagements

Author : Paul Tiyambe Zeleza
Publisher : African Books Collective
ISBN 13 : 2869781989
Total Pages : 421 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (697 download)

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Download or read book The Study of Africa Volume 2: Global and Transnational Engagements written by Paul Tiyambe Zeleza and published by African Books Collective. This book was released on 2006 with total page 421 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Toyin Falola and African Epistemologies

Author : A. Bangura
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1137492708
Total Pages : 297 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (374 download)

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Download or read book Toyin Falola and African Epistemologies written by A. Bangura and published by Springer. This book was released on 2015-02-11 with total page 297 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While there are five important festschriften on Toyin Falola and his work, this book fulfills the need for a single-authored volume that can be useful as a textbook. I develop clearly articulated rubrics and overarching concepts as the foundational basis for analyzing Falola's work.

African Studies: Breakthroughs in Research and Practice

Author : Management Association, Information Resources
Publisher : IGI Global
ISBN 13 : 1799830209
Total Pages : 1022 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (998 download)

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Download or read book African Studies: Breakthroughs in Research and Practice written by Management Association, Information Resources and published by IGI Global. This book was released on 2020-04-03 with total page 1022 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Global interest in African studies has been rapidly growing as researchers realize the importance of understanding the impact African communities can have on the economy, development, education, and more. As the use, acceptance, and popularity of African knowledge increases, it is crucial to explore how this community-based knowledge provides deeper insights, understanding, and influence on such things as decision making and problem solving. African Studies: Breakthroughs in Research and Practice examines the politics, culture, language, history, socio-economic development, methodologies, and contemporary experiences of African peoples from around the world. Highlighting a range of topics such as indigenous knowledge, developing countries, and public administration, this publication is an ideal reference source for sociologists, policymakers, anthropologists, government officials, economists, instructors, researchers, academicians, and graduate-level students in a variety of fields.

Being and Becoming

Author : Chinyere Ukpokolo
Publisher : African Books Collective
ISBN 13 : 1942876386
Total Pages : 278 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (428 download)

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Download or read book Being and Becoming written by Chinyere Ukpokolo and published by African Books Collective. This book was released on 2016-02-25 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book illuminates the complex and constantly shifting social and cultural dynamics that shape peoples identity. Specifically, the volume focuses on the intersections of gender with, culture and identity, and at different historical epochs; on the way men and women define themselves and are defined by diverse peoples and cultures across time and space in sub-Saharan Africa. The discussions presented in this anthology primarily focus on being as a state or condition, defined by sex identity, and how this identity shifts, and hence becoming, assuming diverse meanings in disparate societies, contexts, and time. The discourse, therefore, moves from how the perception of the self in cultural and historical contexts has informed actions and at some other times shaped interpretations given to historical facts, to how changing economic realities also shape the definitions and constructions of social and relational issues in Sub-Saharan Africa. The historical trajectories of Islamic religion, colonialism and Christian missionary activities in sub-Saharan Africa have shaped the worlds of the peoples of the region and impacted on gender relations.

Histories of Independence in Côte d’Ivoire

Author : Konstanze N'Guessan
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004426337
Total Pages : 289 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (44 download)

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Download or read book Histories of Independence in Côte d’Ivoire written by Konstanze N'Guessan and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2020-03-17 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Histories of Independence in Côte d’Ivoire: an Ethnography of the Past, Konstanze N’Guessan deals with memory work in Côte d’Ivoire and bridges an ethnographic approach with the insights of newer theoretical approaches in historiography. Adopting a long-term perspective from the late 1950s to the present, she attempts to disentangle the condensation of meanings of the lieu de mémoire “Ivorian independence” and explores how different practices of recalling the past complement and/or contradict each other. Histories of independence in Côte d’Ivoire looks at national-day celebrations, academic historiography, oral tradition and memory politics in order to understand how (political) actors mobilize the past in order to produce pleasant presents and futures.

Entrepreneurship in Africa

Author : Moses E. Ochonu
Publisher : Indiana University Press
ISBN 13 : 0253032628
Total Pages : 359 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (53 download)

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Download or read book Entrepreneurship in Africa written by Moses E. Ochonu and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 2018-02-05 with total page 359 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A tapestry of innovation, ideas, and commerce, Africa and its entrepreneurial hubs are deeply connected to those of the past. Moses E. Ochonu and an international group of contributors explores the lived experiences of African innovators who have created value for themselves and their communities. Profiles of vendors, farmers, craftspeople, healers, spiritual consultants, warriors, musicians, technological innovators, political mobilizers, and laborers featured in this volume show African models of entrepreneurship in action. As a whole, the essays consider the history of entrepreneurship in Africa, illustrating its multiple origins and showing how it differs from the Western capitalist experience. As they establish historical patterns of business creativity, these explorations open new avenues for understanding indigenous enterprise and homegrown commerce and their relationship to social, economic, and political debates in Africa today.

Words for a Small Planet

Author : Nanette Norris
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 0739171585
Total Pages : 235 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (391 download)

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Download or read book Words for a Small Planet written by Nanette Norris and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2013 with total page 235 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ecocriticism has matured beyond nature writing, beyond writing about nature. The essays in this volume look at the broader cultural, historical, sociological, and psychological implications of ecology in written, visual, and sound culture. In keeping with our sense of a global community, these essays are representative of international scholarship on ecology and the environment, and display the range of insight of which this criticism is capable. Focusing on popular culture, this volume is in the vanguard of our collective reflections on the directions in which our various societies are going.

Critical Dimensions of African Studies

Author : Jennifer De Maio
Publisher : Lexington Books
ISBN 13 : 9781666917239
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (172 download)

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Download or read book Critical Dimensions of African Studies written by Jennifer De Maio and published by Lexington Books. This book was released on 2023 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Critical Dimensions of African Studies emphasizes a critique of power structures, the promotion of human liberation, a commitment to social justice and transformation, and critical reflection on the politics of the production and circulation of knowledge of Africa.

Research Methodology and African Studies

Author : Abdul Karim Bangura
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (889 download)

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Download or read book Research Methodology and African Studies written by Abdul Karim Bangura and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Nigeria

Author : Toyin Falola
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 565 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (161 download)

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Download or read book Nigeria written by Toyin Falola and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2015-02-24 with total page 565 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Written by leading experts in African studies, this broad introduction to Nigeria follows the history of the republic from the early period to the present day. As Africa's most populated country and major world exporter of oil, Nigeria is a nation with considerable international importance—a role that is hampered by its economic underdevelopment and political instability. This book examines all major aspects of Nigeria's geography, politics, and culture, addressing the area's current attempts at building a strong nation, developing a robust economy, and stabilizing its domestic affairs. Perfect for students of African history, geography, anthropology, and political science, this guidebook provides an overview and history of Nigeria from the early period to contemporary times. Chapters focus on each region in the country; the government, economy and culture of Nigeria; the challenges and problems Nigerians face since the country's independence; and topics affecting everyday life, including music, food, etiquette, gender roles, and marriage.