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African Cultural Values

Igbo Political Leadership in Colonial Nigeria, 1900–1996

By: Raphael Chijoke Njoku

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African Cultural Values

Igbo Political Leadership in Colonial Nigeria, 1900–1996

By: Raphael Chijoke Njoku

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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1135528276

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United States and Africa Relations, 1400s to the Present

By: Toyin Falola,Raphael Chijioke Njoku

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United States and Africa Relations, 1400s to the Present

By: Toyin Falola,Raphael Chijioke Njoku

A comprehensive history of the relationship between Africa and the United States Toyin Falola and Raphael Njoku reexamine the history of the relationship between Africa and the United States from the dawn of the trans-Atlantic slave trade to the present. Their broad, interdisciplinary book follows the relationship's evolution, tracking African American emancipation, the rise of African diasporas in the Americas, the Back-to-Africa movement, the founding of Sierra Leone and Liberia, the presence of American missionaries in Africa, the development of blues and jazz music, the presidency of Barack Obama, and more.

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Yale University Press

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030023483X

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9780300234831

Missions, States, and European Expansion in Africa

By: Chima J. Korieh,Raphael Chijioke Njoku

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Missions, States, and European Expansion in Africa

By: Chima J. Korieh,Raphael Chijioke Njoku

This volume uses a wide range of perspectives to address the intersection between missions, evangelism, and colonial expansion across Africa.

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315

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1135915342

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9781135915346

The History of Somalia

By: Raphael Chijioke Njoku

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The History of Somalia

By: Raphael Chijioke Njoku

This book vividly depicts Somalia from its pre-colonial period to the present day, documenting the tumultuous history of a nation that has faced many challenges. Somalia is a nation with a history that stretches back more than ten millennia to the beginnings of human civilization. This book provides sweeping coverage of Somalia's history ranging from the earliest times to its modern-day status as a country of ten million inhabitants, providing a unique social-scientific treatment of the nation's key issues across ethnic and regional boundaries. The book addresses not only Somali sociocultural and political history but also covers Somalia's administration and economy, secessionist movements, civil and regional wars, and examines the dynamics of state collapse, democratization, terrorism, and piracy in contemporary times. The author details the extremely rich history of the Somali people and their customs while documenting past history, enabling readers to make meaning out of the country's ongoing crisis.

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Bloomsbury Publishing USA

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0313378584

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Queen Elizabeth II and the Africans

Narrating Decolonization, Postwar Commonwealth, and Africa’s Development, 1947 – 2022

By: Raphael Chijioke Njoku

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Queen Elizabeth II and the Africans

Narrating Decolonization, Postwar Commonwealth, and Africa’s Development, 1947 – 2022

By: Raphael Chijioke Njoku

The road to Queen Elizabeth II’s implementation of African reforms was rough, especially in the first two decades following her ascension to the throne. In this book, Raphael Chijioke Njoku examines Queen Elizabeth II’s role in the African decolonization trajectories and the postcolonial state’s quest for genuine political and economic liberation since 1947. By locating Elizabeth at the center of Anglophone Africa’s independence agitations, the account harnesses the African interests to tease out the monarch’s dilemma of complying with Whitehall’s decolonization schemes while building an inclusive and unified Commonwealth in which Africans could play a vital role. Njoku argues that to gratify British lawmakers in her complex and marginal place within the British parliamentary system of conservative versus reformist, Elizabeth’s contribution fell short of African nationalists’ expectations on account of her silence and inaction during the African decolonization raptures. Yet ultimately, the author concludes, she helped build an inclusive and unified organization in which Africans could assert and appropriate political and economic autarky.

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Leuven University Press

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9462704341

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9789462704343

Culture and Customs of Morocco

By: Raphael Chijioke Njoku

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Culture and Customs of Morocco

By: Raphael Chijioke Njoku

Moroccan culture today is a blend of Berber, African, Arab, Jewish, and European influences in an Islamic state. Morocco's strategic position at the tip of North Africa just below Spain has brought these cultures together through the centuries. The parallels with African and Middle Eastern countries and other Muslim cultures are drawn as the major topics are discussed, yet the uniqueness of Moroccan traditions, particularly those of the indigenous Berbers, stand out. The narrative emphasizes the evolving nature of the storied subcultures. With more exposure to Western-style education and pop culture, the younger generations are gradually turning away from the strict religious observances of their elders. General readers finally have a substantive resource for information on a country most known in the United States for the Humphrey Bogart classic Casablanca, images of the souks (markets), hashish, and Berber rugs. The strong introduction surveys the people, land, government, economy, educational system, and history. Most weight is given to modern history, with French colonial rule ending in 1956 and a succession of monarchs since then. The discussion of religion and worldview illuminates the Islamic base and Jewish communities but is also notable for the discussion of Berber beliefs in spirits. In the Literature and Media chapter, the oral culture of the Berbers and the new preference for Western-style education and use of French and even English are highlights. The Moroccans are renowned as skilled artisans, and their products are enumerated in the Art and Architecture/Housing chapter, along with the intriguing descriptions of casbahs and old quarters in the major cities. Moroccans are hospitable and family oriented, which is reflected in descriptions of their cuisine and social customs. Moroccan women seem to be somewhat freer than others in Muslim countries but the chapter on Gender Roles, Marriage, and Family shows that much progress is still needed. Ceremonies and celebrations are important cultural markers that bring communities together, and a wealth of religious, national, and family rites of passage, with accompanying music and dance, round out the cultural coverage.

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Bloomsbury Publishing USA

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0313038430

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African Cultural Values

Igbo Political Leadership in Colonial Nigeria, 1900–1996

By: Raphael Chijoke Njoku

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Igbo Political Leadership in Colonial Nigeria, 1900–1996

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Queen Elizabeth II and the Africans

Narrating Decolonization, Postwar Commonwealth, and Africa’s Development, 1947 – 2022

By: Raphael Chijioke Njoku

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Narrating Decolonization, Postwar Commonwealth, and Africa’s Development, 1947 – 2022

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United States and Africa Relations, 1400s to the Present

By: Toyin Falola,Raphael Chijioke Njoku

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Yale University Press

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030023483X

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West African Masking Traditions and Diaspora Masquerade Carnivals

History, Memory, and Transnationalism

By: Raphael Chijioke Njoku

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West African Masking Traditions and Diaspora Masquerade Carnivals

History, Memory, and Transnationalism

By: Raphael Chijioke Njoku

A revisionist account of African masquerade carnivals in transnational context that offers readers a unique perspective on the connecting threads between African cultural trends and African American cultural artifacts

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Rochester Studies in African H

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1580469841

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Missions, States, and European Expansion in Africa

By: Chima J. Korieh,Raphael Chijioke Njoku

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Missions, States, and European Expansion in Africa

By: Chima J. Korieh,Raphael Chijioke Njoku

Missions, States, and European Expansion in Africa aims to explore the ways Christianity and colonialism acted as hegemonic or counter hegemonic forces in the making of African societies. As Western interventionist forces, Christianity and colonialism were crucial in establishing and maintaining political, cultural, and economic domination. Indeed, both elements of Africa’s encounter with the West played pivotal roles in shaping African societies during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. This volume uses a wide range of perspectives to address the intersection between missions, evangelism, and colonial expansion across Africa. The contributors address several issues, including missionary collaboration with the colonizing effort of European powers; disagreements between missionaries and colonizing agents; the ways in which missionaries and colonial officials used language, imagery, and European epistemology to legitimize relations of inequality with Africans; and the ways in which both groups collaborated to transform African societies. Thus, Missions, States, and European Expansion in Africa transcends the narrow boundaries that often separate the role of these two elements of European encounter to argue that missionary endeavours and official colonial actions could all be conceptualized as hegemonic institutions, in which both pursued the same civilizing mission, even if they adopted different strategies in their encounter with African societies.

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Book's by Raphael Chijioke Njoku

African Cultural Values

African Cultural Values

United States and Africa Relations, 1400s to the Present

United States and Africa Relations, 1400s to the Present

Missions, States, and European Expansion in Africa

Missions, States, and European Expansion in Africa

The History of Somalia

The History of Somalia

Queen Elizabeth II and the Africans

Queen Elizabeth II and the Africans

Culture and Customs of Morocco

Culture and Customs of Morocco

African Cultural Values

African Cultural Values

Queen Elizabeth II and the Africans

Queen Elizabeth II and the Africans

United States and Africa Relations, 1400s to the Present

United States and Africa Relations, 1400s to the Present

West African Masking Traditions and Diaspora Masquerade Carnivals

West African Masking Traditions and Diaspora Masquerade Carnivals

Missions, States, and European Expansion in Africa

Missions, States, and European Expansion in Africa

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