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  • 1
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    Rochester, NY : University of Rochester Press
    ISBN: 9781580466189
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xiii, 354 Seiten)
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als
    DDC: 306/.096
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    Keywords: Zivilisation ; Kultur ; Africa / Civilization ; Afrika ; Afrika ; Kultur ; Afrika ; Zivilisation
    Abstract: This book focuses on the modern cultures of Africa, from the consequences of the imposition of Western rule to the current struggles to define national identities in the context of neo-liberal economic policies and globalization. The book argues that it is against the backdrop of foreign influences that Africa has defined for itself notions of identity and development. African cultures have been evolving in response to change, and in other ways solidly rooted in a shared past. The book successfully deconstructs the last one hundred and fifty years of cultures that have been disrupted, replaced and resurrected. The Power of African Cultures challenges many preconceived notions, such as male dominance and female submission, the supposed unity of ethnic groups, and contemporary Western stereotypes of Africans. The book shows the dynamism of African cultures to adapt to foreign imposition.
    Abstract: Even as colonial rule forced the adoption of foreign institutions and cultures, African cultures appropriated these elements. Traditions were reworked, symbols redefined, and the past situated in contemporary problems in order to accommodate the modern era. The book illustrates the intersection between culture and politics in history and in the present. An ongoing dialogue exists between the upholding of traditional African culture and the imposition of a modern culture, and the identity of a people and their relationships to each other and the outside world are at stake. All societies deal with the ambiguity and tensions of maintaining an old world in the face of new developments, but Africans have had to come to terms with an ambiguous identity, as new nation states, institutions, religions, languages and gender roles established themselves on old traditions and understandings of the world.
    Abstract: 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, and author of Nationalism and African Intellectuals and Violence in Nigeria, both from the University of Rochester Press
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  • 2
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    Santa Barbara, California : ABC-CLIO, an imprint of ABC-CLIO, LLC | Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest
    ISBN: 9781598846669
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xxxii, 1366 Seiten) , Illustrationen, Karten
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Africa
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    Keywords: Kultur ; Gesellschaft ; Encyclopedias ; Electronic books ; Afrika ; Africa Encyclopedias Civilization ; Africa Encyclopedias ; Enzyklopädie
    Abstract: A3239C_9781598846669_Vol_1 -- Cover page -- Halftitle page -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Chronology -- Algeria -- Angola -- Benin, Republic of -- Botswana -- Burkina Faso -- Burundi, Republic of -- Cameroon, Republic of (République du Cameroun) -- Cape Verde -- Central African Republic -- Chad -- Comoros, Federal Islamic Republic of the (The Union of the Comoros/Union des Comores) -- Congo, Democratic Republic of the (DRC) -- Congo, Republic of -- Côte d'Ivoire, République de -- Djibouti -- A3239C_9781598846669_Vol_2 -- Cover page -- Halftitle page -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Contents -- Egypt, Arab Republic of (Gumhuriyyat Mis·ral-ʿArabiyyah) -- Equatorial Guinea -- Eritrea -- Ethiopia -- Gabon, Republic of -- The Gambia -- Ghana -- Guinea -- Guinea-Bissau -- Kenya -- Lesotho -- Liberia -- Libya -- Madagascar -- Malawi -- Mali -- Mauritania -- Mauritius -- Morocco -- Mozambique -- A3239C_9781598846669_Vol_3 -- Cover page -- Halftitle page -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Contents -- Namibia -- Niger -- Nigeria -- Rwanda -- São Tomé and Príncipe -- Senegal -- Seychelles, Republic of (or Seychelles Islands) -- Sierra Leone -- Somalia -- South Africa -- South Sudan, Republic of -- Sudan, Democratic Republic of(Jamburyat es-Sudan Al Democratia) -- Swaziland -- Tanzania -- Togo (Togolese Republic) -- Tunisia -- Uganda -- Zambia -- Zimbabwe -- General Bibliography -- Index
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  • 3
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    Suffolk : Boydell & Brewer
    ISBN: 9781580467094
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 online resource (viii, 333 pages)
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als
    DDC: 306.2096
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    Keywords: Politik ; Popular culture / Political aspects / Africa / Congresses ; Volkskultur ; Politik ; Kultur ; Afrika ; Africa / Civilization / Congresses ; Afrika ; Konferenzschrift ; Konferenzschrift ; Konferenzschrift ; Konferenzschrift ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Afrika ; Politik ; Kultur ; Afrika ; Volkskultur
    Abstract: This anthology provides insightful data on and discussions of a wide array of popular cultural manifestations and theoretical perspectives, covering such issues as kinship, religion, conflict resolution, music, cinema, drama, and literary texts. The issues cohere around the understanding that culture is situational and political. Going beyond merely challenging popular stereotypes and representations of Africans and African related practices in various outlets, the book reveals how popular cultural practices are instruments that have been manipulated for personal and collective survival. The book is distinctive in its codification and explication of aspects of popular practices that are based on data from countries in Africa, Europe, and the Americas that showcase cultural negotiations either with reference to how notions, values, norms, and images of Africans have been packaged and exploited over the years or how popular cultures are used as tools of resistance and agitation by the various focal groups that are discussed. The topics are presented and illustrated in ways easily accessible to readers of all backgrounds. Toyin Falola is the Frances Higginbotham Nalle Centennial Professor in History at the University of Texas at Austin as well as a University Distinguished Teaching Professor. Augustine Agwuele is an assistant professor of linguistics in the Department of Anthropology, Texas State University, San Marcos. Contributors: Arinpe Adejumo, Augustine Agwuele, Antoinette Tidjani Alou, Maurice N. Amutabi, Tokunbo A. Ayoola, Nicholas M. Creary, Toyin Falola, Celeste A. Fisher, Denise Amy-Rose Forbes-Erickson, Hetty ter Haar, Debra L. Klein, Emmanuel M. Mbah, Sarah Steinbock-Pratt, and Asonzeh Ukah
    Description / Table of Contents: From primitive to popular culture : why Kant never made it to Africa / Hetty ter Haar -- Popular culture of Yoruba kinship practices / Augustine Agwuele -- Justice from below : cultural capital, local-global identity processes, and social change in Eastern Niger / Antoinette Tidjani Alou -- Popular culture and the resolution of boundary disputes in the Bamenda Grasslands of Cameroon / Emmanuel M. Mbah -- Reverse mission or asylum Christianity? : a Nigerian church in Europe / Asonzeh Ukah -- Performing pop tradition in Nigeria : from Yoruba Bata to Bata Fuji / Debra L. Klein -- Reclaiming the past or assimilationist rebellion? : transforming the self in contemporary American cinema / Celeste A. Fisher -- Neither bold nor beautiful : investigating the impact of Western soap operas on Kenya / Maurice N. Amutabi -- The lions in the jungle : representations of Africa and Africans in American cinema / Sarah Steinbock-Pratt -- Sexuality in Caribbean performance : homoeroticism and the African body in Trinidad / Denise Amy-Rose Forbes-Erickson -- Family health awareness in popular Yoruba arts / Arinpe Adejumo -- Literary cultural nationalists as ambassadors across the diaspora / Nicholas M. Creary -- Popular resistance literature and the Nigerian Railway Corporation, 1955-60 / Tokunbo A. Ayoola
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  • 4
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    Suffolk : Boydell & Brewer
    ISBN: 9781580466622
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 online resource (x, 370 pages)
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    DDC: 305.896/333
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    Keywords: Geschichte ; Politik ; Yoruba (African people) / Ethnic identity ; Yoruba (African people) / Politics and government ; Yoruba (African people) / History ; Häuptling ; Politik ; Ethnische Identität ; Yoruba ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Yoruba ; Häuptling ; Yoruba ; Ethnische Identität ; Yoruba ; Politik
    Abstract: '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 Francis Nalle Higgenbothom Centennial Professor of History and Distinuished Teaching at the University of Texas at Austin. Ann Genova is a Ph.D. candidate at the University of Texas at Austin
    Note: Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 02 Oct 2015) , Yorùbá nation , Oral tradition and the reconstruction of Yorùbá dress , Diaries as cultural and intellectual histories , Historiography of western Yorùbá borderlands , History of the Okun Yorùbá : research directions , Ìlá Kingdom revisited : recent archaeological research at Ìlá-Yàrá , Early Ìjẹ̀bú history : an analysis on demographic evolution and state formation , Power, status, and influence of Yorùbá chiefs in historical perspective , Chieftaincy structures, communal identity, and decolonization in Yorùbáland , Odogbolu chieftaincy dispute in historical perspective , Yorùbá nationalism and the reshaping of Ọbaship , Approaching the study of the Yorùbá diaspora in northern Nigeria , Yorùbá-Nigerians in Toronto : transnational practices and experiences , Yorùbá factor in Nigerian politics , Politics, ethnicity, and the struggle for autonomy and democracy , Petroleum and ethno-politics , Chief M.K.O. Abiọla's presidential ambitions and Yorùbá democratic rights
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  • 5
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    Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press
    ISBN: 0313313385
    Language: English
    Pages: xviii, 202 p.
    Series Statement: Culture and customs of Africa
    DDC: 306/.09669
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    Keywords: Brauch ; Kultur ; Nigeria ; Nigeria ; Kultur ; Nigeria ; Brauch
    Note: "Bibliographic essay": p. [185]-192 , Includes bibliographical references and index
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