ISBN:
9780226023564
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9780226023540
Language:
English
Pages:
1 online resource (345 pages)
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Apter, Andrew H. The Pan-African nation
DDC:
305.896
Keywords:
World Black and African Festival of Arts and Culture -- (2nd : -- 1977 : -- Lagos, Nigeria)
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Petroleum industry and trade -- Nigeria..
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Revenue -- Nigeria..
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Nigeria -- Cultural policy..
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Africa -- Civilization
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Erdöl
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Erdölpolitik
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Öffentliche Einnahmen
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Boom
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Kultur
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Kulturpolitik
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Feier
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Africa ; Civilization
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Nigeria ; Cultural policy
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Petroleum industry and trade ; Nigeria
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Revenue ; Nigeria
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World Black and African Festival of Arts and Culture ; (2nd ; 1977 ; Lagos, Nigeria)
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Electronic books
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Nigeria
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Electronic books
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Konferenzschrift
Abstract:
When Nigeria hosted the Second World Black and African Festival of Arts and Culture (FESTAC) in 1977, it celebrated a global vision of black nationhood and citizenship animated by the exuberance of its recent oil boom. Andrew Apter's The Pan-African Nation tells the full story of this cultural extravaganza, from Nigeria's spectacular rebirth as a rapidly developing petro-state to its dramatic demise when the boom went bust. According to Apter, FESTAC expanded the horizons of blackness in Nigeria to mirror the global circuits of its economy. By showcasing masks, dances, images, and souvenirs from its many diverse ethnic groups, Nigeria forged a new national culture. In the grandeur of this oil-fed confidence, the nation subsumed all black and African cultures within its empire of cultural signs and erased its colonial legacies from collective memory. As the oil economy collapsed, however, cultural signs became unstable, contributing to rampant violence and dissimulation. The Pan-African Nation unpacks FESTAC as a historically situated mirror of production in Nigeria. More broadly, it points towards a critique of the political economy of the sign in postcolonial Africa.
Abstract:
Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- La mise en scene -- 1 Rebirth of a Nation -- 2 Nigeria at Large -- The Spectacle of Culture -- 3 Producing the People -- 4 War Canoes and Their Magic -- 5 A Genealogy of the Durbar -- 6 The Mirror of Cultural Production -- La mise en abime -- 7 The Politics of Illusion -- 8 Death and the King's Henchmen -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Index.
Description / Table of Contents:
Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; La mise en scene; The Spectacle of Culture; La mise en abime; Conclusion; Notes; References; Index;
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