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Tradition and change in Africa : the essays of J.F. Ade. Ajayi

Title
Tradition and change in Africa : the essays of J.F. Ade. Ajayi / edited by Toyin Falola.
Author
Ajayi, J. F. Ade.
Publication
Trenton, NJ : Africa World Press, ©2000.

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Additional Authors
Falola, Toyin.
Description
xliii, 468 pages; 24 cm.
Series Statement
Classic authors and texts on Africa
Uniform Title
Classic authors and texts on Africa
Subject
  • Traditie
  • Verandering
  • Africa > History
  • Nigeria > History
  • Africa, West > History
  • Africa
  • West Africa
  • Nigeria
  • Westafrika
Genre/Form
History
Note
  • Selection of essays written 1958-1998, some of which are published for the first time.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Social justice in traditional societies -- Nineteenth century wars and Yoruba ethnicity -- Cultural foundations of African unity -- Tradition and development -- Henry Venn and the policy of development -- Nineteenth century origins of Nigerian nationalism -- Bishop Crowther: a patriot to the core -- Native agency in nineteenth century west Africa -- A new Christian politics? -- Continuity of African institutions under colonial rule -- Colonialism: an episode in African history -- Decolonization and the birth of neo-colonialism -- Legitimacy in Africa and the factor of colonialism --Africa and the new world order -- The national question in Nigeria in historical perspective -- National history in the context of decolonization -- Ethnicity and nationalism in Nigeria -- Democracy in Nigeria : an historical analysis -- The Atlantic slave trade and Africa -- Africa's development crisis in historical perspective -- Bishop Crowther and Taubman Goldie in the Sokoto Caliphate -- The crusade for reparations -- Pan-Africanism and the struggle for reparation -- The Ibadan school of history -- History and the nation -- Mortality and change -- History and the social sciences -- The search for relevance in the humanities in Africa -- On being an Africanist.
ISBN
  • 0865437688
  • 9780865437685
  • 0865437696
  • 9780865437692
LCCN
99041312
OCLC
  • ocm41659964
  • 41659964
  • SCSB-1123875
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library