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African Politics
An Introduction
Av Toyin Falola
Häftad, 2025
651 kr
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African Politics: An Introduction is an engaging, broad‑ranging guide to the politics of African states, reflecting on contemporary patterns and trends, whilst also situating them in their historical context. Viewed from the outside, African politics are often said to be too complex and …
Understanding Modern Nigeria
Ethnicity, Democracy, and Development
Av Toyin Falola
Häftad, 2021
731 kr
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Since its independence from Britain in 1960, Nigeria has emerged as Africa's second largest economy and one of the biggest producers of oil in the world. Despite its economic success, however, there are deep divisions among its two hundred and fifty ethnic groups. Centered around three of the …
A History of Africa
Combined Edition
Av Toyin Falola, Timothy Stapleton
Häftad, 2022
1346 kr
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Written by two senior scholars, A History of Africa introduces students to the history of the world's second largest continent. While it is not possible to discuss every event that ever happened in African history, the book comprises an historical narrative emphasizing key trends and processes …
Violence in the Postcolony
Entangled Histories of Africa
Häftad, 2026
635 kr
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Where present-day media has depicted violent conditions in Africa as a spectacle born out of political instability, postcolonial scholars have discussed violence as a dialectic of law and disorder, a regime structured by the biopolitical state, or as a performative tool used to challenge ethical …
The Oxford Handbook of Nigerian History
Av Toyin Falola, Matthew Heaton
Inbunden, 2022
2393 kr
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The Oxford Handbook of Nigerian History provides a comprehensive history of Africa's most populous and most rapidly developing country. Rather than centering the rise of the nation-state, the Handbook reads the narrative of national politics alongside deeper histories of political and social …
Oxford Handbook of Nigerian History
Av Matthew Heaton, Toyin Falola
E-bok, 2022
2228 kr
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The Oxford Handbook of Nigerian History provides a comprehensive history of Africa''s most populous and most rapidly developing country. Rather than centering the rise of the nation-state, the Handbook reads the narrative of national politics alongside deeper histories of political and social …
Oxford Handbook of Nigerian History
Av Matthew Heaton, Toyin Falola
E-bok, 2022
2228 kr
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The Oxford Handbook of Nigerian History provides a comprehensive history of Africa''s most populous and most rapidly developing country. Rather than centering the rise of the nation-state, the Handbook reads the narrative of national politics alongside deeper histories of political and social …
History of Africa
Combined Edition
Av Timothy Stapleton, Toyin Falola
E-bok, 2021
723 kr
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Written by two senior scholars, A History of Africa introduces students to the history of the world's second largest continent. While it is not possible to discuss every event that ever happened in African history, the book comprises an historical narrative emphasizing key trends and processes …
Encyclopedia of the Yoruba
Av Toyin Falola, Akintunde Akinyemi
Inbunden, 2016
1371 kr
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The Yoruba people today number more than 30 million strong, with significant numbers in the United States, Nigeria, Europe, and Brazil. This landmark reference work emphasizes Yoruba history, geography and demography, language and linguistics, literature, philosophy, religion, and art. The 285 …
Encyclopedia of the Yoruba
Av Toyin Falola, Akintunde Akinyemi
Häftad, 2016
547 kr
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The Yoruba people today number more than 30 million strong, with significant numbers in the United States, Nigeria, Europe, and Brazil. This landmark reference work emphasizes Yoruba history, geography and demography, language and linguistics, literature, philosophy, religion, and art. The 285 …
Igbo in the Atlantic World
African Origins and Diasporic Destinations
Av Toyin Falola, Raphael Chijioke Njoku
Inbunden, 2016
877 kr
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The Igbo are one of the most populous ethnic groups in Nigeria and are perhaps best known and celebrated in the work of Chinua Achebe. In this landmark collection on Igbo society and arts, Toyin Falola and Raphael Chijioke Njoku have compiled a detailed and innovative examination of the Igbo …
Igbo in the Atlantic World
African Origins and Diasporic Destinations
Av Toyin Falola, Raphael Chijioke Njoku
E-bok, 2016
104 kr
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The Igbo are one of the most populous ethnic groups in Nigeria and are perhaps best known and celebrated in the work of Chinua Achebe. In this landmark collection on Igbo society and arts, Toyin Falola and Raphael Chijioke Njoku have compiled a detailed and innovative examination of the Igbo …
African Refugees
Av Toyin Falola, Olajumoke Yacob-Haliso
Inbunden, 2023
570 kr
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African Refugees is a comprehensive overview of the context, causes, and consequences of refugee lives, discussing issues, policies, and solutions for African refugees around the world. It covers overarching topics such as human rights, policy frameworks, refugee protection, and durable solutions, …
Global Yorùbá
Regional and Diasporic Networks
Av Toyin Falola
Inbunden, 2024
1133 kr
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In Global Yorùbá, renowned scholar Toyin Falola covers the history, people, traditions, environment, religion, spirituality, cosmology, culture, and philosophy of one of Africa's largest cultural groups, the Yorùbá, all while considering the people's relationship with their immediate and distant …
Global Yorùbá
Regional and Diasporic Networks
Av Toyin Falola
Häftad, 2024
590 kr
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In Global Yorùbá, renowned scholar Toyin Falola covers the history, people, traditions, environment, religion, spirituality, cosmology, culture, and philosophy of one of Africa's largest cultural groups, the Yorùbá, all while considering the people's relationship with their immediate and distant …
Violence in the Postcolony
Entangled Histories of Africa
Inbunden, 2026
1514 kr
Kommande
Where present-day media has depicted violent conditions in Africa as a spectacle born out of political instability, postcolonial scholars have discussed violence as a dialectic of law and disorder, a regime structured by the biopolitical state, or as a performative tool used to challenge ethical …
Yoruba Diaspora in the Atlantic World
Av Toyin Falola, Matt D. Childs
Häftad, 2005
344 kr
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This innovative anthology focuses on the enslavement, middle passage, American experience, and return to Africa of a single cultural group, the Yoruba. Moving beyond descriptions of generic African experiences, this anthology will allow students to trace the experiences of one cultural group …
Atlantic World
1450–2000
Av Toyin Falola, Kevin D. Roberts
Häftad, 2008
297 kr
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This ambitious work provides an overview of the Atlantic world, since the 15th century, by exploring the major themes that define the study of this region. Contact with Europeans in Africa and the Americas, the slave trade, gender and race in the early Atlantic world, independence movements in …
Sàngó in Africa and the African Diaspora
Av Joel E. Tishken, Toyin Falola m. fl.
Häftad, 2009
345 kr
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Sàngó in Africa and the African Diaspora is a multidisciplinary, transregional exploration of Sàngó religious traditions in West Africa and beyond. Sàngó—the Yoruba god of thunder and lightning—is a powerful, fearful deity who controls the forces of nature, but has not received the same attention …
Colonialism and Violence in Nigeria
Av Toyin Falola
Häftad, 2009
282 kr
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Colonialism and Violence in Nigeria looks closely at the conditions that created a legacy of violence in Nigeria. Toyin Falola examines violence as a tool of domination and resistance, however unequally applied, to get to the heart of why Nigeria has not built a successful democracy. Falola's …
Archaeology of Atlantic Africa and the African Diaspora
Av Akinwumi Ogundiran, Toyin Falola
Häftad, 2010
456 kr
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This is the first book devoted to the archaeology of African life on both sides of the Atlantic; it highlights the importance of archaeology in completing the historical records of the Atlantic world's Africans. Archaeology of Atlantic Africa and the African Diaspora presents a diverse, richly …
Politics of the Global Oil Industry
An Introduction
Inbunden, 2005
717 kr
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The petroleum industry is among the most lucrative and most important in the world, and its impact within the realm of international politics is tremendous (although it can be overstated). Taking a well-balanced and objective approach to the complicated web of political and economic threads that …
Ifá Priestcraft
Ifáyemí Elébuìbon and Yorùbá Ancestral Knowledge Systems
Av Toyin Falola
Inbunden, 2026
920 kr
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Born in 1947, Ifáyẹmí Ọ̀ṣúndàgbonù Ẹlẹ́buìbọn descends from a long line of Yorùbá healers, philosophers, and priests. A fervent disciple of Ifá from age four, Elebuibon grew to become both a living moral exemplar and an internationally recognized face of his religion. The first scholarly work …
Culture and Customs of Ghana
Av Steven J. Salm, Toyin Falola
E-bok, 2002
883 kr
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The decades of independence in Ghana have strengthened the idea of a national Ghanaian culture. The culture and customs of Ghana today are a product of diversity in traditional forms, influenced by a long history of Islamic and European contact. Culture and Customs of Ghana is the first book to …
Politics of the Global Oil Industry
An Introduction
E-bok, 2005
437 kr
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The petroleum industry is among the most lucrative and most important in the world, and its impact within the realm of international politics is tremendous (although it can be overstated). Taking a well-balanced and objective approach to the complicated web of political and economic threads that …
Encyclopedia of the Middle Passage
Greenwood Milestones in African American History
Av Toyin Falola, Amanda B. Warnock
E-bok, 2007
1068 kr
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For the first time, the Middle Passage—the experience of slaves on the trans-Atlantic ships—receives a full reference treatment in an encyclopedia. This A-to-Z reference consists of 226 signed entries arranged alphabetically, exhaustively covering the Middle Passage from a variety of perspectives …
Nigeria
The Tribes, the Nation, or the Race; The Politics of Independence
Av Toyin Falola
Inbunden, 1983
1072 kr
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History of Nigeria
Av Toyin Falola, Frank W. Thackeray
Inbunden, 1999
812 kr
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This succinct, authoritative, and engagingly written history of Nigeria from its earliest beginnings through 1998 provides an excellent introduction to the country's history. Constructed around the two interrelated themes of politics and the economy, it relates the development of the Nigerian …
Culture and Customs of Nigeria
Av Toyin Falola
Inbunden, 2000
788 kr
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Nigeria, one of the largest and most important countries in Africa, is rich in traditions and customs, both indigenous and modern. Culture and Customs of Nigeria is the only concise, authoritative, and up-to-date discussion of Nigerian culture that introduces to a Western audience the complexity of …
Culture and Customs of Ghana
Av Steven J. Salm, Toyin Falola
Inbunden, 2002
812 kr
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The decades of independence in Ghana have strengthened the idea of a national Ghanaian culture. The culture and customs of Ghana today are a product of diversity in traditional forms, influenced by a long history of Islamic and European contact. Culture and Customs of Ghana is the first book to …
