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Author : April A. Gordon
Publisher : ABC-CLIO
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 328 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Nigeria's Diverse Peoples written by April A. Gordon and published by ABC-CLIO. This book was released on 2003-11-19 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Table of contents
Author : April A. Gordon
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 1576076830
Total Pages : 318 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (76 download)
Download or read book Nigeria's Diverse Peoples written by April A. Gordon and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2003-11-19 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Exploring the history of ethnic, regional, and religious diversity in Nigeria, this volume traces most of the country's current problems to its colonial exploitation. Plagued by ethnic divisions, economic inequality, and corruption, Nigeria appears to conform to the stereotypical view that Africa's problems are mostly the result of primitive tribalism. But as Nigeria's Diverse Peoples demonstrates, most of Nigeria's problems today were set in motion by Europeans during the slave trade and colonial eras. Focusing on three main ethnic groups (Hausa-Falani, Yoruba, and Igbo) and ranging from precolonial times to independence in 1960 to the present, this breakthrough study portrays a Nigeria now striving to make a unified nation of itself. Offering a fresh understanding not just of Nigeria but of Africa as well, readers will enter the richly complex world of Nigeria's ethnic history.
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 456 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (31 download)
Download or read book Nigerian Peoples and Culture written by and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 456 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : G. C. Unachukwu
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 340 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book Nigerian Peoples and Culture written by G. C. Unachukwu and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Anne Rosenberg
Publisher : St. Catharines, Ont. : Crabtree Pub.
ISBN 13 : 9780865052499
Total Pages : 40 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (524 download)
Download or read book Nigeria written by Anne Rosenberg and published by St. Catharines, Ont. : Crabtree Pub.. This book was released on 2001 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The religions, festivals, clothing, music, language, arts, and crafts of the culturally diverse African nation of Nigeria are introduced to readers in this volume. Full-color photos and illustrations.
Author : John N. Paden
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 0520337131
Total Pages : 480 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (23 download)
Download or read book Religion and Political Culture in Kano written by John N. Paden and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2023-11-10 with total page 480 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Author : Marcellina Ulunma Okehie-Offoha
Publisher : Africa Research and Publications
ISBN 13 : 9780865432826
Total Pages : 156 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (328 download)
Download or read book Ethnic and Cultural Diversity in Nigeria written by Marcellina Ulunma Okehie-Offoha and published by Africa Research and Publications. This book was released on 1996 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An unprecedented survey of the diverse ethnic groups that make up Nigeria, exploring the nature and nuances of the diverse culture.
Author : Alain Klarsfeld
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
ISBN 13 : 0857939319
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (579 download)
Download or read book 9.78E+12 written by Alain Klarsfeld and published by Edward Elgar Publishing. This book was released on 2014-05-30 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The second edition of this important reference work provides important updates and new perspectives on the cases constituting the first edition as well as including contributions from a number of new countries: Australia, Finland, Japan, New Zealand, N
Author : Carlyn Dawn Anderson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 406 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (555 download)
Download or read book Nigeria, a Country Study written by Carlyn Dawn Anderson and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 406 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Toyin Falola
Publisher : Greenwood
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 248 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Culture and Customs of Nigeria written by Toyin Falola and published by Greenwood. This book was released on 2001 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Students and other interested readers will learn about all major aspects of Nigerian culture and customs, including the land, peoples, and brief historical overview; religion and world view; literature and media; art and architecture/housing; cuisine and traditional dress; gender, marriage, and family; social customs and lifestyles; and music and dance.".
Author : Sampson Igboanugo
Publisher : Blurb
ISBN 13 : 9781714642991
Total Pages : 178 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (429 download)
Download or read book Nigeria Culture and Art, Diversity of Tradition written by Sampson Igboanugo and published by Blurb. This book was released on 2020-05 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nigeria's modern literature grows out of a tradition of story-telling and historical remembrance that has existed in Nigeria for millennia. Oral literature ranges from the proverbs and dilemma tales of the common people to elaborate stories memorized and performed by professional praise-singers attached to royal courts. In states where Islam prevailed, significant written literatures evolved. The founder of the Sokoto caliphate, Usuman dan Fodio, wrote nearly 100 texts in Arabic in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. His prose and poetry examined issues such as good government and social relations from an Islamic moralist perspective. The legacy of this Islamic tradition is a widely read modern literature comprised of religious and secular works, including the Hausa-language poetry and stories of Alhaji Abubakar Imam. In 1986 Nigerian Wole Soyinka was awarded the Nobel Prize for literature. Soyinka is a prolific author of poetry, novels, essays, and plays that blend African themes with Western forms. His uncompromising critiques of tyranny, corruption, and the abuse of human rights have often angered Nigeria's military rulers. One of his most powerful books, The Man Died (1972), was written while Soyinka was imprisoned during the civil war of 1967 to 1970. Chinua Achebe, whose novels include A Man of the People (1966) and No Longer at Ease (1960), is another Nigerian writer whose work commands a wide international audience. Other important novelists include Cyprian Ekwensi, Nkem Nwankwo, Elechi Amadi, Flora Nwapa, and Clement Ogunwa, who write mostly in English. John Pepper Clark, Gabriel Okara, Christopher Okigbo, and Ken Saro-Wiwa are well-known poets
Author : Toyin Falola
Publisher : Greenwood
ISBN 13 : 9780313361098
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (61 download)
Download or read book Culture and Customs of Nigeria written by Toyin Falola and published by Greenwood. This book was released on 2001 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Nigerians are proud of their diverse culture comprising more than 250 ethnic groups. Important changes in their economy and political system are helping them cope with challenges in the modern world. Culture and Customs of Nigeria illuminates a dynamic society - how Nigerians today live, work, worship, interact, relax and express themselves."--Jacket.
Author : John Campbell
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0190658002
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (96 download)
Download or read book Nigeria written by John Campbell and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2018-06-01 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As the "Giant of Africa" Nigeria is home to about twenty percent of the population of Sub-Saharan Africa, serves as Africa's largest producer of oil and natural gas, comprises Africa's largest economy, and represents the cultural center of African literature, film, and music. Yet the country is plagued by problems that keep it from realizing its potential as a world power. Boko Haram, a radical Islamist insurrection centered in the northeast of the country, is an ongoing security challenge, as is the continuous unrest in the Niger Delta, the heartland of Nigeria's petroleum wealth. There is also persistent violence associated with land and water use, ethnicity, and religion. In Nigeria: What Everyone Needs to Know®, John Campbell and Matthew Page provide a rich contemporary overview of this crucial African country. Delving into Nigeria's recent history, politics, and culture, this volume tackles essential questions related to widening inequality, the historic 2015 presidential election, the persistent security threat of Boko Haram, rampant government corruption, human rights concerns, and the continual conflicts that arise in a country that is roughly half Christian and half Muslim. With its continent-wide influence in a host of areas, Nigeria's success as a democracy is in the fundamental interest of its African neighbors, the United States, and the international community. This book will provide interested readers with an accessible, one-of-a-kind overview of the country.
Author : Toyin Falola
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9781139472036
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (72 download)
Download or read book A History of Nigeria written by Toyin Falola and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2008-04-24 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nigeria is Africa's most populous country and the world's eighth largest oil producer, but its success has been undermined in recent decades by ethnic and religious conflict, political instability, rampant official corruption and an ailing economy. Toyin Falola, a leading historian intimately acquainted with the region, and Matthew Heaton, who has worked extensively on African science and culture, combine their expertise to explain the context to Nigeria's recent troubles through an exploration of its pre-colonial and colonial past, and its journey from independence to statehood. By examining key themes such as colonialism, religion, slavery, nationalism and the economy, the authors show how Nigeria's history has been swayed by the vicissitudes of the world around it, and how Nigerians have adapted to meet these challenges. This book offers a unique portrayal of a resilient people living in a country with immense, but unrealized, potential.
Author : Andrew Apter
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 0226023567
Total Pages : 345 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (26 download)
Download or read book The Pan-African Nation written by Andrew Apter and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2008-10-01 with total page 345 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Nigeria hosted the Second World Black and African Festival of Arts and Culture (FESTAC) in 1977, it celebrated a global vision of black nationhood and citizenship animated by the exuberance of its recent oil boom. Andrew Apter's The Pan-African Nation tells the full story of this cultural extravaganza, from Nigeria's spectacular rebirth as a rapidly developing petro-state to its dramatic demise when the boom went bust. According to Apter, FESTAC expanded the horizons of blackness in Nigeria to mirror the global circuits of its economy. By showcasing masks, dances, images, and souvenirs from its many diverse ethnic groups, Nigeria forged a new national culture. In the grandeur of this oil-fed confidence, the nation subsumed all black and African cultures within its empire of cultural signs and erased its colonial legacies from collective memory. As the oil economy collapsed, however, cultural signs became unstable, contributing to rampant violence and dissimulation. The Pan-African Nation unpacks FESTAC as a historically situated mirror of production in Nigeria. More broadly, it points towards a critique of the political economy of the sign in postcolonial Africa.
Author : Toyin Falola
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1108837972
Total Pages : 691 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (88 download)
Download or read book Understanding Modern Nigeria written by Toyin Falola and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2021-06-24 with total page 691 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An introduction to the politics and society of post-colonial Nigeria, highlighting the key themes of ethnicity, democracy, and development.
Author : Chinua Achebe
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0385474547
Total Pages : 226 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (854 download)
Download or read book Things Fall Apart written by Chinua Achebe and published by Penguin. This book was released on 1994-09-01 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “A true classic of world literature . . . A masterpiece that has inspired generations of writers in Nigeria, across Africa, and around the world.” —Barack Obama “African literature is incomplete and unthinkable without the works of Chinua Achebe.” —Toni Morrison Nominated as one of America’s best-loved novels by PBS’s The Great American Read Things Fall Apart is the first of three novels in Chinua Achebe's critically acclaimed African Trilogy. It is a classic narrative about Africa's cataclysmic encounter with Europe as it establishes a colonial presence on the continent. Told through the fictional experiences of Okonkwo, a wealthy and fearless Igbo warrior of Umuofia in the late 1800s, Things Fall Apart explores one man's futile resistance to the devaluing of his Igbo traditions by British political andreligious forces and his despair as his community capitulates to the powerful new order. With more than 20 million copies sold and translated into fifty-seven languages, Things Fall Apart provides one of the most illuminating and permanent monuments to African experience. Achebe does not only capture life in a pre-colonial African village, he conveys the tragedy of the loss of that world while broadening our understanding of our contemporary realities.
