Author: Michael Widjaja Publisher: Congrats Publisher, Enugu, Nigeria ISBN: 9783594907 Category : Education Languages : en Pages : 96
Book Description
This book provides simple and easy-to-read insights into Igbo language, Igbo culture and Enugu. Not only does the guide describe the wide variety of the traditions in this part of Nigeria, attention is also paid to normal day-to-day facets of life in the town and villages. It contains a complete guide on Igbo language, highlighted in sample conversations, includes an Igbo English dictionary and explains the basic Igbo grammar structure. The book has become the essential guide for development workers, volunteers, teachers, national youth service corpers, ex-pats, tourists and just anyone who wants to learn and enjoy Igboland customs, traditions and language.
Author: Bahru Zewde Publisher: African Books Collective ISBN: 9994450255 Category : Acculturation Languages : en Pages : 438
Book Description
The Fourth Congress of the Association of African historians was held in Addis Ababa in May 2007. These 21 papers are a key selection of the papers presented there, with an introduction by the distinguished historian Bahru Zewde. Given the contemporary salience and the historical depth of the issue of identity, the congress was devoted to that global phenomenon within Africa. The papers explore and analyse the issue of identity in its diverse temporal settings, from its pre-colonial roots to its cotemporary manifestations. The papers are divided into six parts: Pre-Colonial Identities; Colonialism and Identity; Conceptions of the Nation-State and Identity; Identity-Based Conflicts; Migration and Acculturation; and Memory, History and Identity. The authors are scholars from Benin, Botswana, Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, Mali, Nigeria, Senegal, South Africa and Zimbabwe. Bahru Zewde is Emeritus Professor of History at Addis Ababa University, Executive Director of the Forum for Social Studies, and Vice-President of the Association of African Historians. He was formerly Chairperson of the Department of History and Director of the Institute of Ethiopian Studies at Addis Ababa University. Amongst his publication is A History of Modern Ethiopia 1855-1991.
Author: Apollos O. Nwauwa Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield ISBN: 1498589936 Category : Political Science Languages : en Pages : 267
Book Description
Scholarly studies on the Igbo have been scant and fragmented. Politics and Identity Formation in Southeastern Nigeria: The Igbo in Perspective fills an obvious gap, exploring the social, cultural,economic, political, and aesthetic traditions that distinguish the Igbo of southeasternNigeria from their neighbors. In scope, content, and analysis this book is both multi- and cross-disciplinary, focusing on the experiences and forces that have shaped the Igbo society, identity formation, and sociocultural, political, and aesthetic representations. Themes such as the importance ofIgbo names in understanding the people’s social, linguistic, religious, gender, and cultural identities, as well as the intersection of language, politics, socialization, education, and aesthetic expression in the Igbo experience in Nigeria, are interrogated in a refreshing fashion with an appreciable level of originality.
Author: Maurice Harvey Publisher: Paragon Publishing ISBN: 178222839X Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 314
Book Description
Maurice Harvey is probably the most widely travelled photojournalist from New Zealand, having been to 160 countries and territories. His travels began in Africa in 1960 where for seven years he lived in Central and West Africa, then in later years, paid numerous visits covering 37 countries of the continent. The independence movement was sweeping Africa bringing with it not just freedom and liberty, but in far too many cases, injustice and hardship. In 1979 he became the official photojournalist of the United Bible Societies, the world’s largest publishing organisation, a position he held for nearly 20 years. His other photography has been used by many of the world’s leading publishers such as the BBC, the ten volume Grand Larousse encyclopédique, Macmillan, Reader’s Digest, BBC, C.U.P., O.U.P., Open University, Microsoft and many others. Plus local papers and periodicals of his own country and many others around the world. His published work earned him the coveted Licentiate of the Master Photographers Association (United Kingdom). He has attempted to be frank, honest and accurate when explaining the situation for a photojournalist in this most unfortunate continent – albeit a fascinating and at times an exhilarating experience. A continent of wonderful people of great potential yet in many cases, anchored down by corruption. He now makes his home in Central Auckland, together with Lorraine, his wife of 59 years.
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