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Author: A. Babatunde Olaide-Mesewaku Publisher: New Generation Publishing ISBN: 9781910053836 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 352
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Through the enchanting storytelling prowess of Thaagbo, Vothuno presents a grim narration of history of the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade in a deeply traditional African setting. The novel is an imaginative reconstruction of the tragic derailment of African society that was the slave trade. Vothuno turns to Badagri as a laboratory for the experimentation. Vothuno typifies the entrenched socio-economic traditions of the people of Badagri before the advent of the missionaries, who are the heralds of modernity and freedom from the bondage of slave trade in the ancient city. The arrival of the missionaries with the twin objectives of propagating Christianity and ending slave trade in an enclave rooted in traditional practices already precipitates inevitable collision path with Vothuno, the protagonist - who doubles as the Chief Priest and Chief Market Master of the slave trade business, with outcomes that changed Badagri forever. ABOUT THE AUTHOR A. Babatunde Olaide-Mesewaku is a seasoned administrator, currently a Deputy Director of Administration in the Local Government Service of Lagos State, Nigeria with wealth of experience in Local Government Administration and Human Resources Management. He has worked in many Local Governments in Lagos State in different capacity. He is at the moment the Council Manager, Ejigbo Local Council Development Area in Oshodi-Isolo Local Government Area of Lagos State. For his resourcefulness, managerial savvy and exemplary leadership quality he was awarded certificate of excellence as the Most Outstanding Council Manager in Lagos State in 2007 and 2011 respectively by the Chartered Institute of Local Government and Public Administration of Nigeria. The author graduated from University of Ibadan in 1989 with Bachelor of Arts (combined) Honours degree in English/Theatre Arts. He has just completed Edexcel Level 5 BTEC HND programme in Travel and Tourism Management, London. He holds two Master Degrees in Public Administration and Legal Studies, all acquired at the Lagos State University, Ojo in 1995 and 2009 respectively. He is at the moment a student of University of Leicester, London pursuing another Master Degree programme in Museum Studies. He is an artist, a cultural tourism exponent and promoter, a poet, and a writer. He spearheads the organisation of the annual 'Badagry Diaspora Festival' being organised by African Renaissance Foundation (an NGO he co-founded) and De Roots Renaissance. Mr. Mesewaku has written and published two books on Badagry historiography and culture. These are: Badagry: The Cultural Heritage (1999) and Badagry District 1863 - 1999 (2001). He is the publisher of De Roots Renaissance Newsletter, a bi-monthly publication dedicated to Tourism, Culture, and the Arts. He is married and blessed with children.
Author: A. Babatunde Olaide-Mesewaku Publisher: New Generation Publishing ISBN: 9781910053836 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 352
Book Description
Through the enchanting storytelling prowess of Thaagbo, Vothuno presents a grim narration of history of the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade in a deeply traditional African setting. The novel is an imaginative reconstruction of the tragic derailment of African society that was the slave trade. Vothuno turns to Badagri as a laboratory for the experimentation. Vothuno typifies the entrenched socio-economic traditions of the people of Badagri before the advent of the missionaries, who are the heralds of modernity and freedom from the bondage of slave trade in the ancient city. The arrival of the missionaries with the twin objectives of propagating Christianity and ending slave trade in an enclave rooted in traditional practices already precipitates inevitable collision path with Vothuno, the protagonist - who doubles as the Chief Priest and Chief Market Master of the slave trade business, with outcomes that changed Badagri forever. ABOUT THE AUTHOR A. Babatunde Olaide-Mesewaku is a seasoned administrator, currently a Deputy Director of Administration in the Local Government Service of Lagos State, Nigeria with wealth of experience in Local Government Administration and Human Resources Management. He has worked in many Local Governments in Lagos State in different capacity. He is at the moment the Council Manager, Ejigbo Local Council Development Area in Oshodi-Isolo Local Government Area of Lagos State. For his resourcefulness, managerial savvy and exemplary leadership quality he was awarded certificate of excellence as the Most Outstanding Council Manager in Lagos State in 2007 and 2011 respectively by the Chartered Institute of Local Government and Public Administration of Nigeria. The author graduated from University of Ibadan in 1989 with Bachelor of Arts (combined) Honours degree in English/Theatre Arts. He has just completed Edexcel Level 5 BTEC HND programme in Travel and Tourism Management, London. He holds two Master Degrees in Public Administration and Legal Studies, all acquired at the Lagos State University, Ojo in 1995 and 2009 respectively. He is at the moment a student of University of Leicester, London pursuing another Master Degree programme in Museum Studies. He is an artist, a cultural tourism exponent and promoter, a poet, and a writer. He spearheads the organisation of the annual 'Badagry Diaspora Festival' being organised by African Renaissance Foundation (an NGO he co-founded) and De Roots Renaissance. Mr. Mesewaku has written and published two books on Badagry historiography and culture. These are: Badagry: The Cultural Heritage (1999) and Badagry District 1863 - 1999 (2001). He is the publisher of De Roots Renaissance Newsletter, a bi-monthly publication dedicated to Tourism, Culture, and the Arts. He is married and blessed with children.
Author: Lynn Harris Publisher: Springer ISBN: 3319469851 Category : Social Science Languages : en Pages : 125
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This volume represents a more Africanist approach to the framework of maritime landscapes and challenges of adapting international heritage policy such as the UNESCO convention. While the concept of a maritime landscape is very broad, a more focused thematic strategy draws together a number of case studies in South Africa, Namibia, Tanzania, and Nigeria with a common thread. Specifically, the contributors address the sub-theme of sea ports and sea power as part of understanding the African maritime landscape. Sea ports and surrounds are dynamic centers of maritime culture supporting a rich diversity of cultural groups and economic activities. Strategic locations along the African coastline have associations with indigenous maritime communities and trade centers, colonial power struggles and skirmishes, establishment of naval bases and operations, and World War I and II engagements.
Author: Toyin Falola Publisher: Cambridge University Press ISBN: 1139472038 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 313
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Nigeria is Africa's most populous country and the world's eighth largest oil producer, but its success has been undermined in recent decades by ethnic and religious conflict, political instability, rampant official corruption and an ailing economy. Toyin Falola, a leading historian intimately acquainted with the region, and Matthew Heaton, who has worked extensively on African science and culture, combine their expertise to explain the context to Nigeria's recent troubles through an exploration of its pre-colonial and colonial past, and its journey from independence to statehood. By examining key themes such as colonialism, religion, slavery, nationalism and the economy, the authors show how Nigeria's history has been swayed by the vicissitudes of the world around it, and how Nigerians have adapted to meet these challenges. This book offers a unique portrayal of a resilient people living in a country with immense, but unrealized, potential.
Author: Robert Louis Stevenson Publisher: Cosimo Classics ISBN: Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 356
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"There are two things that men should never weary of, goodness and humility; we get none too much of them in this rough world among cold, proud people. - Robert Louis Stevenson, Kidnapped Kidnapped (1886) by Robert Louis Stevenson is a coming-of-age novel that recounts the adventures of a teenager named David Balfour during the Jacobite Rebellions in 18th century Scotland. Following his father's death, David reaches out to an uncle, who betrays his nephew and sells him to a slave-trader headed for America. David's rescue from the slave ship by a Jacobite refugee starts David on a series of adventures that ensure his passage into manhood.
Author: Al J. Venter Publisher: Helion and Company ISBN: 1912174316 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 337
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Almost half a century has passed since the Nigerian Civil War ended. But memories die hard, because a million or more people perished in that internecine struggle, the majority women and children, who were starved to death. Biafra’s war was modern Africa’s first extended conflict. It lasted almost three years and was based largely on ethnic, by inference, tribal grounds. It involved, on the one side, a largely Christian or animist southeastern quadrant of Nigeria which called itself Biafra, pitted militarily against the country’s more populous and preponderant Islamic north. These divisions – almost always brutal – persist. Not a week goes by without reports coming in of Christian communities or individuals persecuted by Islamic zealots. It was also a conflict that saw significant Cold War involvement: the Soviets (and Britain) siding and supplying Federal Nigeria with weapons, aircraft and expertise and several Western states – Portugal, South Africa and France especially – providing clandestine help to the rebel state. For that reason alone, this book is an important contribution towards understanding Nigeria’s ethnic divisions, which are no better today than they were then. Biafra was the first of a series of religious wars that threaten to engulf much of Africa. Similar conflicts have recently taken place in the Ivory Coast, Kenya, Southern Sudan, the Central African Republic, Senegal (Cassamance), both Congo Republics and elsewhere. As the war progressed, Biafra also attracted mercenary involvement, many of whom arriving from the Congo which had already seen much turmoil. Western pilots were hired by Lagos and they flew the first Soviet MiG-17 jet fighters to have played an active role in a ‘Western’ war. Al Venter spent time covering this struggle. He left the rebel enclave in December 1969, only weeks before it ended and claims the distinction of being the only foreign correspondent to have been rocketed by both sides: first by Biafra’s tiny Swedish-built Minicon fighter planes while he was on a ship lying at anchor in Warri harbour and thereafter, by MiG jets flown by mercenaries. Among his colleagues inside the beleaguered territory were the celebrated Italian photographer Romano Cagnoni as well as Frederick Forsyth who originally reported for the BBC and then resigned because of the partisan, pro-Nigerian stance taken by Whitehall. He briefly shared quarters with French photographer Giles Caron who was later killed in Cambodia. Prior to that Venter had been working for John Holt in Lagos. It is interesting that his office at the time was at Ikeja International Airport (Murtala Muhammed today) where the second Nigerian army mutiny was plotted and from where it was launched. From this perspective he had a proverbial ‘ringside seat’ of the tribal divisions that followed as hostilities escalated. Venter took numerous photos while on this West African assignment, both in Nigeria while he was based there and later in Biafra itself. Others come from various sources, including some from the same mercenary pilots who originally targeted him from the air.
Author: A. Babatunde Olaide-Mesewaku
Author: A. Babatunde Olaide-Mesewaku
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Author: A. Babatunde Olaide-Mesewaku
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Author: Lynn Harris
Author: Toyin Falola
Author: Robert Louis Stevenson
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Author: Al J. Venter
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