Author: Ahmad Tijani Adisa-Onikoko
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Ilorin (Nigeria : Emirate)
Languages : en
Pages : 114
Book Description
A History of Ilorin Emirate
Author: Ahmad Tijani Adisa-Onikoko
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Ilorin (Nigeria : Emirate)
Languages : en
Pages : 114
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Ilorin (Nigeria : Emirate)
Languages : en
Pages : 114
Book Description
The Yoruba from Prehistory to the Present
Author: Aribidesi Usman
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107064600
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 519
Book Description
A rich and accessible account of Yoruba history, society and culture from the pre-colonial period to the present.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107064600
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 519
Book Description
A rich and accessible account of Yoruba history, society and culture from the pre-colonial period to the present.
Ilorin
Author: L. A. K. Jimoh
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Ilorin (Nigeria : Emirate)
Languages : en
Pages : 622
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Ilorin (Nigeria : Emirate)
Languages : en
Pages : 622
Book Description
Yoruba Oral Tradition in Islamic Nigeria
Author: Abdul-Rasheed Na'Allah
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1000227987
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 143
Book Description
This book traces Dàdàkúàdá’s history and artistic vision and discusses its vibrancy as the most popular traditional Yoruba oral art form in Islamic Africa. Foregrounding the role of Dàdàkúàdá in Ilorin, and of Ilorin in Dàdàkúàdá the book covers the history, cultural identity, performance techniques, language, social life and relationship with Islam of the oral genre. The author examines Dàdàkúàdá’s relationship with Islam and discusses how the Dàdàkúàdá singers, through their songs and performances, are able to accommodate Islam in ways that have ensured their continued survival as a traditional African genre in a predominantly Muslim community. This book will be of interest to scholars of traditional African culture, African art history, performance studies and Islam in Africa.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1000227987
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 143
Book Description
This book traces Dàdàkúàdá’s history and artistic vision and discusses its vibrancy as the most popular traditional Yoruba oral art form in Islamic Africa. Foregrounding the role of Dàdàkúàdá in Ilorin, and of Ilorin in Dàdàkúàdá the book covers the history, cultural identity, performance techniques, language, social life and relationship with Islam of the oral genre. The author examines Dàdàkúàdá’s relationship with Islam and discusses how the Dàdàkúàdá singers, through their songs and performances, are able to accommodate Islam in ways that have ensured their continued survival as a traditional African genre in a predominantly Muslim community. This book will be of interest to scholars of traditional African culture, African art history, performance studies and Islam in Africa.
Slavery on the Frontiers of Islam
Author: Paul E. Lovejoy
Publisher: Markus Wiener Pub
ISBN: 9781558763296
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 297
Book Description
The African Diaspora was a consequence of the enslavement in the interior of West Africa. This work examines the conditions of slavery facing Muslims and converts to Islam both in the central Sudan and in the broader diaspora of Africans. It considers the consequences of European colonization.
Publisher: Markus Wiener Pub
ISBN: 9781558763296
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 297
Book Description
The African Diaspora was a consequence of the enslavement in the interior of West Africa. This work examines the conditions of slavery facing Muslims and converts to Islam both in the central Sudan and in the broader diaspora of Africans. It considers the consequences of European colonization.
Yorubá Identity and Power Politics
Author: Toyin Falola
Publisher: Boydell & Brewer
ISBN: 9781580462198
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 400
Book Description
Yorùbá Identity and Power Politics covers the major issues in Yorùbá history and politics, offering through narratives of the past and present a solid understanding of one of the most popular ethnic groups in Africa. Yorùbá Identity and Power Politics covers the major issues on Yorùbá history and politics, thus offering a solid understanding of one of the most popular ethnic groups in Africa. With a careful blend of sources and methods, narratives on the past and present, the book manages to present a long history as the backdrop to complicated contemporary politics. Contributors: Tunde M. Akinwumi, Olufunke A. Adeboye, R. T. Akinyele, Aribidesi Usman, Tunde Oduwobi, Olufemi Vaughan, Abolade Adeniji, Jean-Luc Martineau, Ann O'Hear, Rasheed Olaniyi, Charles Temitope Adeyanju, Julius O. Adekunle, Funso Afolayan, Olayiwola Abegunrin. Toyin Falola is the Jacob and Frances Sanger Mossiker Chair in the Humanities and University Distinguished Teaching Professor at the University of Texas at Austin. Ann Genova is a Ph.D. candidate at the University of Texas at Austin.
Publisher: Boydell & Brewer
ISBN: 9781580462198
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 400
Book Description
Yorùbá Identity and Power Politics covers the major issues in Yorùbá history and politics, offering through narratives of the past and present a solid understanding of one of the most popular ethnic groups in Africa. Yorùbá Identity and Power Politics covers the major issues on Yorùbá history and politics, thus offering a solid understanding of one of the most popular ethnic groups in Africa. With a careful blend of sources and methods, narratives on the past and present, the book manages to present a long history as the backdrop to complicated contemporary politics. Contributors: Tunde M. Akinwumi, Olufunke A. Adeboye, R. T. Akinyele, Aribidesi Usman, Tunde Oduwobi, Olufemi Vaughan, Abolade Adeniji, Jean-Luc Martineau, Ann O'Hear, Rasheed Olaniyi, Charles Temitope Adeyanju, Julius O. Adekunle, Funso Afolayan, Olayiwola Abegunrin. Toyin Falola is the Jacob and Frances Sanger Mossiker Chair in the Humanities and University Distinguished Teaching Professor at the University of Texas at Austin. Ann Genova is a Ph.D. candidate at the University of Texas at Austin.
History of Nigeria: Nigeria in the nineteenth century
Author: Toyin Falola
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Nigeria
Languages : en
Pages : 244
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Nigeria
Languages : en
Pages : 244
Book Description
Signal and Noise
Author: Brian Larkin
Publisher: Duke University Press
ISBN: 9780822341086
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 332
Book Description
DIVExamines the role of media technologies in shaping urban Africa through an ethnographic study of popular culture in northern Nigeria./div
Publisher: Duke University Press
ISBN: 9780822341086
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 332
Book Description
DIVExamines the role of media technologies in shaping urban Africa through an ethnographic study of popular culture in northern Nigeria./div
Groundwork of Nigerian History
Author: Obaro Ikime
Publisher: Hebn Publishers
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 642
Book Description
Filling a gap, this study presents a comprehensive history of Nigeria's diverse peoples. The first two chapters provide a geographical and archaeological background. The main body of the work is divided into three sections: Nigeria Before 1800; Nigeria in the 19th century: and Nigeria in the 20th century. Contributors cover a multitude of different issues andregions such as the Benin Kingdom, the trans-atlantic slave trade, nationalist movements, and Borno in the 19th century.
Publisher: Hebn Publishers
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 642
Book Description
Filling a gap, this study presents a comprehensive history of Nigeria's diverse peoples. The first two chapters provide a geographical and archaeological background. The main body of the work is divided into three sections: Nigeria Before 1800; Nigeria in the 19th century: and Nigeria in the 20th century. Contributors cover a multitude of different issues andregions such as the Benin Kingdom, the trans-atlantic slave trade, nationalist movements, and Borno in the 19th century.
A History of Nigeria
Author: Elizabeth Allo Isichei
Publisher: Longman Publishing Group
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 552
Book Description
Publisher: Longman Publishing Group
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 552
Book Description