The Pan African Nation

Klappentext When Nigeria hosted the Second World Black and African Festival of Arts and Culture (FESTAe in 1977! it celebrated a global vision of black nationhood and citizenship animated by the exuberance of its recent oil boom. Andrew Apter's "The Pan-African Nation" tells the fascinating story of this cultural extravaganza! from Nigeria's spectacular rebirth as a rapidly developing petro-state to its dramatic demise when the boom went bust.According to Apter! FESTAC expanded the horizons of blackness in Nigeria to mirror the global circuits of its economy. By showcasing masks! dances! images! and souvenirs from many of its diverse ethnic groups! Nigeria forged a new national culture. In the grandeur of this oil-fed confidence! the nation subsumed all black and African cultures within its empire of cultural signs! and erased its colonial legacies from collective memory. As the oil economy collapsed! however! cultural signs became unstable! contributing to rampant violence and dissimulation. "The Pan-African Nation "unpacks FESTAC as a historically situated mirror of production in Nigeria. More broadly! it points toward a critique of the political economy of the sign in postcolonial Africa. Zusammenfassung When Nigeria hosted the Second World Black and African Festival of Arts and Culture (FESTAC) in 1977! it celebrated a global vision of black nationhood and citizenship animated by the exuberance of its recent oil boom.

Product details

• Authors: Andrew Apter, Andrew H. Apter, Apter Andrew
• Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 21.04.2005
• EAN: 9780226023557
• ISBN: 978-0-226-02355-7
• No. of pages: 296
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 230 mm x 18 mm
• Subjects: Education and learning > Teaching preparation > Vocational needs; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; Nigeria, Postwar 20th century history, from c 1945 to c 2000, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Regional Studies, HISTORY / Africa / West, Regional Studies, Later 20th century c 1950 to c 1999, Regional / International studies, African History