Isbn: 9780415979931 - african cultural values: igbo political leadership in colonial nigeria, 1900–1996 (16 risultati)

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Condizione: New. Raphael Chijioke Njoku, PhD., holds a joint position as Assistant Professor of African History in the Departments of History and Pan African Studies, University of Louisville, Kentucky, USA. He has previously taught at the Department of .

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Condizione: New. Exploring the diachronic impact of indigenous and Western agencies in the upbringing, socialization, and careers of the colonial Igbo political elite of southeastern Nigeria, this book sets out a fresh approach to African elite history. Series: African Studies. Num Pages: 224 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: HB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 476. . 2006. Hardback. . . . . …

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Although numerous studies have been made of the Western educated political elite of colonial Nigeria in particular, and of Africa in general, very few have approached the study from a perspective that analyzes the impacts of indigenous institutions on the lives, values, and ideas of these individuals. This book is about the diachronic impact of indigenous and Western agencies in the upbringing, socialization, and careers of the colonial Igbo political elite of southeastern Nigeria. The thesis argues that the new elite manifests the continuity of traditions and culture and therefore their leadership values and the impact they brought on African society cannot be fully understood without looking closely at their lived experiences in those indigenous institutions where African life coheres. The key has been to explore this question at the level of biography, set in the context of a carefully reconstructed social history of the particular local communities surrounding the elite figures. It starts from an understanding of their family and village life, and moves forward striving to balance the familiar account of these individuals in public life, with an account of the ongoing influences from family, kinship, age grades, marriage and gender roles, secret societies, the church, local leaders and others. The result is not only a model of a new approach to African elite history, but also an argument about how to understand these emergent leaders and their peers as individuals who shared with their fellow Africans a dynamic and complex set of values that evolved over the six decades of colonialism. …

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Condizione: New. Exploring the diachronic impact of indigenous and Western agencies in the upbringing, socialization, and careers of the colonial Igbo political elite of southeastern Nigeria, this book sets out a fresh approach to African elite history. Series: African Studies. Num Pages: 224 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: HB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 476. . 2006. Hardback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland. …

Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. 251 pages in excellent condition. Inscription on the reverse of the ffep. Yellow glossy boards with black titles. Corners not bumped. NEAR FINE. Book.

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