Toyin Falola
A HISTORY OF NIGERIA
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...
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African Pentecostalism: v. I: Global Discourses, Migrations, Exchanges and Connections: The Collected Essays of Ogbu Uke Kalu (Collected Essays/Ogbu Kalu 1) (COMING SOON)
This book provides an excellent lens to view, interpret, and evaluate the Pentecostal experience in the African continent. Contrary to dominant Western perspectives on African Pentecostalism which sees it as a religious vehicle for Western global cultural influences in Africa,...
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BEYOND TRADITION African Women and Cultural Spaces (COMING SOON)
Beyond Tradition: African Women and Cultural Spaces contains twenty-three chapters that mirror the diversities in the lives and experiences of African women both within and outside the continent, in the public sphere and in the home-front. The book departs from...
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CULTURE AND CUSTOMS OF NIGERIA (CULTURE AND CUSTOMS OF AFRICA)
Nigeria, one of the largest and most important countries in Africa, is rich in traditions and customs, both indigenous and modern. Culture and Customs of Nigeria is the only concise, authoritative, and up-to-date discussion of Nigerian culture that introduces to a Western...
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ENDANGERED BODIES: WOMEN, CHILDREN AND HEALTH IN AFRICA
Brings together perspectives on issues related to child and maternal health from a variety of different angles. While diseases such as HIV/AIDS, malaria and others continue to threaten the lives of women and children in sub-Saharan Africa, there is more...
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GENDER, SEXUALITY, AND MOTHERING IN AFRICA
This volume fills an important gap in our understanding of the complex interrelationship between gender, sexuality, and the phenomenon of mothering in African societies. Essays present the social construction of marriage, mothering, and widowhood and discuss the various ways in...
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GLOBALIZATION AND URBANIZATION IN AFRICA
Scholars present new interpretations of African cities, from the pre-colonial to the modern, set in the context of national and international economy, politics and culture. While providing insights into the evolution of African cities, they also raise issues of vital...
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IGBO RELIGION, SOCIAL LIFE: AND OTHER ESSAYS BY SIMON OTTENBERG
In this volume Emeritus Professor Simon Ottenberg presents a number of detailed essays on the religious life of the Igbo people in southeastern Nigeria and on the Limba of northern Sierra Leone, based on extensive anthropological field research over many...
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MYTH, HISTORY AND SOCIETY: THE COLLECTED WORKS OF ADIELE AFIGBO
The basic idea in this book is that Nigerian historians, indeed historians of Africa, have from the birth of the new African historiography seen and pursued historical studies and historical writing as part of the larger effort to create, consolidate...
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NIGERIAN CITIES
The growth of Nigerias urban population has been phenomenal, with Lagos abeing one of the fastest growing cities in the world. Rapid growth also brings problems, notably the short-age of social amenities, crime and violence. Drawing on specific examples from...
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NIGERIAN CITIES HB (COMING SOON)
Nigerian Cities
Product details
Publisher : Africa World Pr (March 1, 2005)
Language : English
Hardcover : 396 pages
ISBN-10 : 1592211682
ISBN-13 : 978-1592211685
Item Weight : 1.5 pounds
Dimensions : 6.25 x 1.25 x 9 inches
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ORISA: YORUBA GODS AND SPIRITUAL IDENTITY IN AFRICA AND THE DIASPORA
This volume rests on the crucial recognition that Yorba culture has extended far beyond the boundaries of Nigeria. For members of Yoruba diaspora, temporal and geographic distance has not fully erased their memory or cultural activism. Orisa worship remains one...
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TRADITIONAL AND MODERN HEALTH SYSTEMS IN NIGERIA (COMING SOON)
Traditional and Modern Health Systems in Nigeria - Edited by Toyin Falola & Matthew M. Heaton Product details Publisher : Africa World Pr (February 1, 2006) Language : English Paperback : 468 pages ISBN-10 : 1592214533 ISBN-13 : 978-1592214532 Item Weight : 1.71 pounds Dimensions : 6...
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YORUBA GURUS: INDIGENOUS PRODUCTION OF KNOWLEDGE IN AFRICA (COMING SOON)
In the quest to promote "universal knowledge" and create Western institutions in Africa, the intellectual contributions of Africans without university certificates or connections to the academy have been maligned, ignored or slighted. Yet, as Toyin Falola's book points out, there...
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YORUBA WARLORDS OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY (COMING SOON)
This is a pioneer book on the yoruba military generals of the 19th century covering their individual careers, military alliances and the consequences of their actions on the society. This book is divided into two parts. The first examines the...
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