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African culture & civilization

Title
African culture & civilization / edited by S. Ademola Ajayi.
Publication
Ibadan, Nigeria : Atlantis Books, 2005.

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Additional Authors
Ajayi, S. Ademola (Simon Ademola)
Description
xiv, 438 p. : ill.; 22 cm.
Alternative Title
African culture and civilization
Subject
  • Africa > History
  • Africa > Civilization
  • Nigeria > History
  • Nigeria > Civilization
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
The concept of culture / S. Ademola Ajayi -- Misconceptions about African culture and civilization / Felix O. Alao -- Sources for the study of early African culture and civilization / S. Ademola Ajayi -- African culture and development in time perspective / O.B. Olaoba -- The early man in Africa / David A. Aremu -- Egyptian civilization in the age of modernity / Saawua G. Nyityo -- Traditional system of education in Africa / A.M. Olagunju -- African traditional political institutions and government / Victor Osaro Edo -- Traditional African economic system / Paul K.N. Ugboajah -- The traditional cloth-dyeing technology in Ilorin / R.A. Olaoye -- African Traditional Religion and belief systems / Samson A. Fatokun -- Cross-culturalism : rereading Arabic into the African culture / Afis A. Oladosu -- The North African art nexus : cross-cultural influences and implications for Nigerian art traditions / Aderonke Adesola Adesanya -- Music in contemporary African society / Emurobome Idolor -- Understanding Nigerian history and culture through its theatre and drama / Samuel Ayedime Kafewo -- Functions and forms of "traditional" threatre practice in Nigeria / P.A. Ogundeji -- African philosophy, culture, and society / Amechi Udefi -- The interplay between literature and culture : a thematic approach to The African child and So long a letter / Ernest Cole -- Cross-cultural influences and correspondences in contemporary Nigerian drama / A.O. Dasylva -- Indigenous traditions and modern African writers / Ayo Kehinde -- The role of language in socialization and culture / Solomon C. Madubuike -- Language and communication in the traditional African society : the Yoruba example / Ayo Ogunsiji & 'Yinka Adeoye -- The question of gender in African culture / Dorcas O. Akintunde -- Women, power, and society in precolonial Africa / Onaiwu W. Ogbomo -- Pan-Africanism, the OAU. and African Union / S.Y. Omoiya -- European penetration and its influence on African culture and civilization / Oluwakemi Abiodun Adesina -- The influence of colonialism on some core African values : the Tiv experience / Toryima Emma Jenkwe.
Call Number
Sc D 09-1418
ISBN
  • 9789783545458 (pbk.)
  • 9783545450 (pbk.)
LCCN
2007327315
OCLC
74324059
Title
African culture & civilization / edited by S. Ademola Ajayi.
Imprint
Ibadan, Nigeria : Atlantis Books, 2005.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Added Author
Ajayi, S. Ademola (Simon Ademola)
Research Call Number
Sc D 09-1418
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