Making Headway - The Introduction of Western Civilization in Colonial Northern Nigeria

A thought-provoking study of local peoples' participation in the process of cultural transfer in colonial Northern Nigeria.

List of contents

Some Theoretical Concerns
Historiography
Indirect Rule as a Form of Cultural Transfer, 1900-35
Indirect Rule and Making Headway, 1920-35
The Cross or the Crescent, 1900-30
Christian Missions and the Evangelization of the North, 1900-35
Twin Revolutions, 1930-45
The Africanization of Western Civilization, 1930-60
The Indigenization of Modernity, 1950-65

Summary

A thought-provoking study of local peoples' participation in the process of cultural transfer in colonial Northern Nigeria.

Product details

• Authors: Andrew E. Barnes, Andrew E. (Royalty Account) Barnes
• Publisher: Boydell & Brewer Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.11.2009
• EAN: 9781580462990
• ISBN: 978-1-58046-299-0
• No. of pages: 346
• Weight: 694 g
• Illustrations: 8 line illus.
• Series: Rochester Studies in African History and the Diaspora; Rochester Studies in African H
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Religion: general, reference works