Axel Harneit-Sievers

Constructions of Belonging

Igbo Communities and the Nigerian State in the Twentieth Century

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Applies new approaches to the study of a small, densely populated region of West Africa, integrating them into a regional history that analyzes interactions between localities and the modern state.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Boydell & Brewer
• Seitenzahl: 399
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Juli 2006
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 233mm x 161mm x 30mm
• Gewicht: 798g
• ISBN-13: 9781580461672
• ISBN-10: 1580461670
• Artikelnr.: 21034631

Autorenporträt

Axel Harneit-Sievers

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction The Igbo Local Community: Historical and Anthropological
Approaches Trans-local Connections and Precolonial Spheres of Influence:
Nri "Hegemony" and Arochukwu Drawing Boundaries, Making Chiefs: The
Colonial State "Town People" and "Church People": The Impact of
Christianity Making a Larger Community: Igbo Ethnicity Federalism and Fear:
Impact of Postcolonial State and Society since the 1970s Institutionalizing
Community I: Town Unions Institutionalizing Community II: Traditional
Rulers and Autonomous Communit Reconceptualizing Community: Local Histories
The Politics of Competition and Fragmentation: Umuopara and Ohuhu "History"
as Politics by Other Means: Enugwu-Ukwu in Umunri Clan Post-slavery and
Marginalization: Nike Conclusion: Making the Igbo "Town" in the Twentieth
Century