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The Broken Hoe

Cultural Reconfiguration in Biase Southeast Nigeria

By: David Uru Iyam

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The Broken Hoe

Cultural Reconfiguration in Biase Southeast Nigeria

By: David Uru Iyam

In this study of the Biase, a small ethnic group living in Nigeria's Cross River State, David Uru Iyam attempts to resolve a long-standing controversy among development theorists: must Third World peoples adopt Western attitudes, practices, and technologies to improve their standard of living or are indigenous beliefs, technologies, and strategies better suited to local conditions? The Biase today face social and economic pressures that seriously strain their ability to cope with the realities of modern Nigeria. Iyam, an anthropologist and a Biase, examines the relationship between culture and development as played out in projects in local communities. Western technologies and beliefs alone cannot ensure economic growth and modernization, Iyam shows, and should not necessarily be imposed on poor rural groups who may not be prepared to incorporate them; neither, however, is it possible to recover indigenous coping strategies given the complexities of the postcolonial world. A successful development strategy, Iyam argues, needs to strengthen local managerial capacity, and he offers suggestions as to how this can be done in a range of cultural and social settings.

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263

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University of Chicago Press

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0226388492

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9780226388496

Shaping Tradition

Women's Roles in Ceremonial Rituals of the Agwagune

By: David Uru Iyam

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Shaping Tradition

Women's Roles in Ceremonial Rituals of the Agwagune

By: David Uru Iyam

Using the Agwagune community in southeastern Nigeria as a case study, David Uru Iyam asserts that women are not stereotypically submissive, oppressed, or passive. Though women are often misrepresented in studies that fail to ask about their agency, Iyam highlights the overlooked contributions of women that uphold and change entire social systems.

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169

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University of Wisconsin Pres

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0299334406

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9780299334406

Nigeria

By: Ruby Bell-Gam,David Uru Iyam

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Nigeria

By: Ruby Bell-Gam,David Uru Iyam

Annotation. Offers annotated references to some 800 recent publications on this African country, in sections on economy, ethnic groups, mass media, religion, banking, and science and technology. Includes a chronology, and an introductory essay providing background on Nigeria's history and contemporary issues. This revised bibliography updates the first edition, which was published in 1989. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR.

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Oxford, England : Clio Press

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1851093273

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9781851093274

Shaping Tradition

Women's Roles in Ceremonial Rituals of the Agwagune

By: David Uru Iyam

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Women's Roles in Ceremonial Rituals of the Agwagune

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The Broken Hoe

Cultural Reconfiguration in Biase Southeast Nigeria

By: David Uru Iyam

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Cultural Reconfiguration in Biase Southeast Nigeria

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University of Chicago Press

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0226388484

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Matriarchy and Power in Africa

Aneji Eko

By: D. Iyam

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Matriarchy and Power in Africa

Aneji Eko

By: D. Iyam

Aneji Eko was technically illiterate, but she represents a resource for understanding the complexities of African and Nigerian cultures. This is an account of matriarchy and the complex ties of kinship, their influences in shaping childhood culture, and how they determined cultural expectations across ethnic groups.

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Springer

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1137382791

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Shaping Tradition

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Nigeria

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Shaping Tradition

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The Broken Hoe

Matriarchy and Power in Africa

Matriarchy and Power in Africa

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