How To Become A Big Man In Africa
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How To Become A Big Man In Africa
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Author : Wale Adebanwi
language : en
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Release Date : 2024-08-06
How To Become A Big Man In Africa written by Wale Adebanwi and has been published by Indiana University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024-08-06 with Political Science categories.
Can subalterns transform themselves into members of the elite, and what does it take to do so? And how do those efforts reveal the nature of ethnic politics in postcolonial Africa? How to Become a Big Man in Africa: Subalternity, Elites, and Ethnic Politics in Contemporary Nigeria examines these questions by revealing how, through ethno-regional conflict, violence and cultural activities, an artisan, Gani Adams, transformed himself into the holder of the most prestigious chieftaincy title among the Yoruba. Addressing persistent gaps in anthropological studies of the subaltern and of "big men" in politics through in-depth biography and rich social history, Wale Adebanwi follows Adams and other major figures in Nigeria's Oodua People's Congress (OPC) over two decades of ethnographic study and visual representations. Challenging existing models of African political mobility by leveraging his initial lack of formal education into a position of power, Adams moved from a "radical lumpen" and "area boy" to a "big man" who continues to struggle—and reflect—over the significance of his role as a cultural subject. Blurring the lines between tradition and modernity, Adams and his group have used Yoruba rituals to simultaneously claim authenticity and champion new movements for democracy and self-determination. How to Become a Big Man in Africa encourages us to understand the full complexity of Adams's political trajectory and how it reflects the structural and personal realities of becoming a "Big Man" in the contemporary postcolony.
The Limits Of State Power In Africa
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Author : Georges/Sembe Bakaly
language : en
Publisher: Lulu.com
Release Date : 2006-11
The Limits Of State Power In Africa written by Georges/Sembe Bakaly and has been published by Lulu.com this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006-11 with Political Science categories.
Big Men Little People
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Author : Alec Russell
language : en
Publisher: Macmillan Children's Books
Release Date : 1999
Big Men Little People written by Alec Russell and has been published by Macmillan Children's Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1999 with Africa categories.
Africans And Britons In The Age Of Empires 1660 1980
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Author : Myles Osborne
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2015-03-24
Africans And Britons In The Age Of Empires 1660 1980 written by Myles Osborne and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-03-24 with History categories.
Africans and Britons in the Age of Empires, 1660-1980 tells the stories of the intertwined lives of African and British peoples over more than three centuries. In seven chapters and an epilogue, Myles Osborne and Susan Kingsley Kent explore the characters that comprised the British presence in Africa: the slave traders and slaves, missionaries and explorers, imperialists and miners, farmers, settlers, lawyers, chiefs, prophets, intellectuals, politicians, and soldiers of all colors. The authors show that the oft-told narrative of a monolithic imperial power ruling inexorably over passive African victims no longer stands scrutiny; rather, at every turn, Africans and Britons interacted with one another in a complex set of relationships that involved as much cooperation and negotiation as resistance and force, whether during the era of the slave trade, the world wars, or the period of decolonization. The British presence provoked a wide range of responses, reactions, and transformations in various aspects of African life; but at the same time, the experience of empire in Africa – and its ultimate collapse – also compelled the British to view themselves and their empire in new ways. Written by an Africanist and a historian of imperial Britain and illustrated with maps and photographs, Africans and Britons in the Age of Empires, 1660-1980 provides a uniquely rich perspective for understanding both African and British history.
Colonial Cinema In Africa
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Author : Glenn Reynolds
language : en
Publisher: McFarland
Release Date : 2015-06-02
Colonial Cinema In Africa written by Glenn Reynolds and has been published by McFarland this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-06-02 with Performing Arts categories.
In recent decades historians and film scholars have intensified their study of colonial cinema in Africa. Yet the vastness of the continent, the number of European powers involved and irregular record keeping has made uncovering the connections between imagery, imperialism and indigenous peoples difficult. This volume takes up the challenge, tracing production and exhibition patterns to show how motion pictures were introduced on the continent during the "Scramble for Africa" and the subsequent era of consolidation. The author describes how early actualities, expeditionary footage, ethnographic documentaries and missionary films were made in the African interior and examines the rise of mass black spectatorship. While Africans in the first two decades of the 20th century were sidelined as cinema consumers because of colonial restrictions, social and political changes in the subsequent interwar period--wrought by large-scale mining in southern Africa--led to a rethinking of colonial film policy by missionaries, mining concerns and colonial officials. By World War II, cinema had come to black Africa.
The Natural History Of Man Africa
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Author : John George Wood
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1868
The Natural History Of Man Africa written by John George Wood and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1868 with Black race categories.
Man In Africa
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Author : Mary Douglas
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2013-07-04
Man In Africa written by Mary Douglas and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-07-04 with Medical categories.
Tavistock Press was established as a co-operative venture between the Tavistock Institute and Routledge & Kegan Paul (RKP) in the 1950s to produce a series of major contributions across the social sciences. This volume is part of a 2001 reissue of a selection of those important works which have since gone out of print, or are difficult to locate. Published by Routledge, 112 volumes in total are being brought together under the name The International Behavioural and Social Sciences Library: Classics from the Tavistock Press. Reproduced here in facsimile, this volume was originally published in 1969 and is available individually. The collection is also available in a number of themed mini-sets of between 5 and 13 volumes, or as a complete collection.
The Big Men Of Africa
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Author : Blackings Mairi J.
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2014
The Big Men Of Africa written by Blackings Mairi J. and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014 with Africa categories.
"This book, The Big Men of Africa, examines the antics of these leaders who, long after the curtain has come down on their often poorly scripted and performed political theatres, refuse to exit the stage. Often referred to as the Big Men of Africa-- for all of them are men-- these leaders represent and are symbolic of much that has gone wrong with the continent..."--page 169.
On The Brink
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Author : Ayo Faleti
language : en
Publisher: Lulu.com
Release Date : 2012-03-14
On The Brink written by Ayo Faleti and has been published by Lulu.com this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-03-14 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Nigeria is in the grip of a serious crisis. The country is seemingly incapable of positive traction at all levels. Nigeria's 'hardware' problem is structural and her 'software' problem is that of an incorrigible leadership.
Confluences
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Author : John Cullen Gruesser
language : en
Publisher: University of Georgia Press
Release Date : 2007
Confluences written by John Cullen Gruesser and has been published by University of Georgia Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007 with Literary Criticism categories.
Confluences looks at the prospects for and the potential rewards of breaking down theoretical and disciplinary barriers that have tended to separate African American and postcolonial studies. John Cullen Gruesser’s study emphasizes the confluences among three major theories that have emerged in literary and cultural studies in the past twenty-five years: postcolonialism, Henry Louis Gates Jr.’s Signifyin(g), and Paul Gilroy’s black Atlantic. For readers who may not be well acquainted with one or more of the three theories, Gruesser provides concise introductions in the opening chapter. In addition, he urges those people working in postcolonial or African American literary studies to attempt to break down the boundaries that in recent years have come to isolate the two fields. Gruesser then devotes a chapter to each theory, examining one literary text that illustrates the value of the theoretical model, a second text that extends the model in a significant way, and a third text that raises one or more questions about the theory. His examples are drawn from the writings of Salman Rushdie, Jean Rhys, V. S. Naipaul, Walter Mosley, Pauline Hopkins, Toni Morrison, Harry Dean, Harriet Jacobs, and Alice Walker. Cautious not to conflate postcolonial and African American studies, Gruesser encourages critics to embrace the black Atlantic’s emphases on movement through space (routes rather than roots) and intercultural connections and to expand and where appropriate to emend Gilroy’s efforts to bridge the two fields.