Toyin Falola, Saheed Aderinto

Nigeria, Nationalism, and Writing History (eBook, PDF)

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Produktbeschreibung

The book traces the history of writing about Nigeria since the nineteenth century, with an emphasis on the rise of nationalist historiography and the leading themes.

The second half of the twentieth century saw the publication of massive amounts of literature on Nigeria by Nigerian and non-Nigerian historians. This volume reflects on that literature, focusing on those works by Nigerians in thecontext of the rise and decline of African nationalist historiography. Given the diminishing share in the global output of literature on Africa by African historians, it has become crucial to reintroduce Africans into historicalwriting about Africa. As the authors attempt here to rescue older voices, they also rehabilitate a stale historiography by revisiting the issues, ideas, and moments that produced it. This revivalism also challenges Nigerian historians of the twenty-first century to study the nation in new ways, to comprehend its modernity, and to frame a new set of questions on Nigeria's future and globalization.
In spite of current problems in Nigeria and its universities, that historical scholarship on Nigeria (and by extension, Africa) has come of age is indisputable. From a country that struggled for Western academic recognition in the 1950s to one that by the 1980s had emerged as one of the most studied countries in Africa, Nigeria is not only one of the early birthplaces of modern African history, but has also produced members of the first generation of African historians whose contributions to the development and expansion of modern African history is undeniable. Like their counterparts working on other parts of the world, these scholars have been sensitive to the need to explore virtually all aspects of Nigerian history. The book highlights the careers of some of Nigeria's notable historians of the first and second generation.

Toyin Falola is Jacob and Frances Sanger Mossiker Chair in the Humanities and University Distinguished Teaching Professor at the University of Texas at Austin.
Saheed Aderinto is Assistant Professor of History at Western Carolina University.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Princeton University Press
• Seitenzahl: 350
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Januar 2011
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781580467087
• Artikelnr.: 63918668

Autorenporträt

TOYIN FALOLA is Professor of History, University Distinguished Teaching Professor, and the Jacob and Sanger Mossiker Chair in the Humanities at the University of Texas at Austin.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface Acknowledgments Part One: The Foundation of Knowledge 1. A Preface
to Academic Historiography 2. K. O. Dike and the National Archives of
Nigeria Part Two: Varieties of History 3. Political History 4. Economic
History 5. Social History 6. Women's History and the Reconfiguration of
Gender Part Three: Nationalist Historians and Their Work 7. Adiele Afigbo:
Igbo, Nigerian, and African Studies 8. J. F. Ade Ajayi: Missionaries,
Warfare, and Nationalism 9. J. A. Atanda: Yoruba Ethnicity 10. Bolanle Awe:
Yoruba and Gender Studies 11. Obaro Ikime: Intergroup Relations and the
Search for Nigerians 12. G. O. Olusanya: Contemporary Nigeria 13. Tekena N.
Tamuno: Pan-Nigeriana 14. Yusufu Bala Usman: Radicalism and Neocolonialism
Part Four: Reflections on History and the Nation-State 15. Nigeria in the
World of African Historiography 16. Fragmented Nation and Fragmented
Histories Notes Selected Bibliography Index