Power, Culture and Modernity in Nigeria

Beyond The Colony

Nonfiction, History, Africa, Modern, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science
Cover of the book Power, Culture and Modernity in Nigeria by Oluwatoyin Oduntan, Taylor and Francis
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: Oluwatoyin Oduntan ISBN: 9781351591621
Publisher: Taylor and Francis Publication: May 23, 2018
Imprint: Routledge Language: English
Author: Oluwatoyin Oduntan
ISBN: 9781351591621
Publisher: Taylor and Francis
Publication: May 23, 2018
Imprint: Routledge
Language: English

In this book, Oluwatoyin Oduntan offers a critical intervention in the scholarly fields of Nigerian, and West African history, as well as towards understanding the intellectual ideas by which modern African society was formed, and how it functions.

The book traces the shifting dynamics between various segments of the African elite by critically analyzing existing historical accounts, traditions and archival documents. First, it explores the lost world of native intellectual thoughts as the perspective through which Africans experienced the colonial encounter. It thereby makes Africans central to contemporary debates about the meanings and legitimacy of colonial empires, and about the African cultural experience. It shows that the resettlement of liberated and Westernized Africans in Abeokuta and after them, European missionaries, merchants and colonial agents from the 1840s, did not dismantle preexisting power structures and social relations. Rather, educated Africans and Europeans entered into and added their voices to ongoing processes of defining culture and power.

By rendering a continuing narrative of change and adaptation which connects the pre-colonial to the post-colonial, Power, Culture and Modernity in Nigeria leads Africanist scholarship in new directions to rethink colonial impact and uncover the total creative sites of changes by which African societies were formed.

View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart

In this book, Oluwatoyin Oduntan offers a critical intervention in the scholarly fields of Nigerian, and West African history, as well as towards understanding the intellectual ideas by which modern African society was formed, and how it functions.

The book traces the shifting dynamics between various segments of the African elite by critically analyzing existing historical accounts, traditions and archival documents. First, it explores the lost world of native intellectual thoughts as the perspective through which Africans experienced the colonial encounter. It thereby makes Africans central to contemporary debates about the meanings and legitimacy of colonial empires, and about the African cultural experience. It shows that the resettlement of liberated and Westernized Africans in Abeokuta and after them, European missionaries, merchants and colonial agents from the 1840s, did not dismantle preexisting power structures and social relations. Rather, educated Africans and Europeans entered into and added their voices to ongoing processes of defining culture and power.

By rendering a continuing narrative of change and adaptation which connects the pre-colonial to the post-colonial, Power, Culture and Modernity in Nigeria leads Africanist scholarship in new directions to rethink colonial impact and uncover the total creative sites of changes by which African societies were formed.

More books from Taylor and Francis

Cover of the book History and Totality by Oluwatoyin Oduntan
Cover of the book The Good Work Guide by Oluwatoyin Oduntan
Cover of the book The British Atlantic Empire Before the American Revolution by Oluwatoyin Oduntan
Cover of the book The Economics of Containerisation by Oluwatoyin Oduntan
Cover of the book Buying and Clearing Rights by Oluwatoyin Oduntan
Cover of the book Queering Tourism by Oluwatoyin Oduntan
Cover of the book Television ',Critical Viewing Skills', Education by Oluwatoyin Oduntan
Cover of the book Peacebuilding in Contemporary Africa by Oluwatoyin Oduntan
Cover of the book Airline Operations and Delay Management by Oluwatoyin Oduntan
Cover of the book Empire Boys: Adventures in a Man's World by Oluwatoyin Oduntan
Cover of the book Intimacies and Cultural Change by Oluwatoyin Oduntan
Cover of the book The Vietnam War: Vietnamese and American Perspectives by Oluwatoyin Oduntan
Cover of the book Christian Democracy in France (Routledge Revivals) by Oluwatoyin Oduntan
Cover of the book Changing the Way We Work by Oluwatoyin Oduntan
Cover of the book Film, Philosophy, and Reality by Oluwatoyin Oduntan
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy