Constructions of Belonging - Igbo Communities and the Nigerian State in the Twentieth Century

List of contents

Introduction
The Igbo Local Community: Historical and Anthropological Approaches
Trans-local Connections and Precolonial Spheres of Influence: Nri "Hegemony" and Arochukwu
Drawing Boundaries, Making Chiefs: The Colonial State
"Town People" and "Church People": The Impact of Christianity
Making a Larger Community: Igbo Ethnicity
Federalism and Fear: Impact of Postcolonial State and Society since the 1970s
Institutionalizing Community I: Town Unions
Institutionalizing Community II: Traditional Rulers and Autonomous Communit
Reconceptualizing Community: Local Histories
The Politics of Competition and Fragmentation: Umuopara and Ohuhu
"History" as Politics by Other Means: Enugwu-Ukwu in Umunri Clan
Post-slavery and Marginalization: Nike
Conclusion: Making the Igbo "Town" in the Twentieth Century

About the author

Axel Harneit-Sievers

Product details

• Authors: Axel Harneit-Sievers
• Publisher: Boydell & Brewer
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.07.2006
• EAN: 9781580461672
• ISBN: 978-1-58046-167-2
• No. of pages: 399
• Dimensions: 161 mm x 233 mm x 30 mm
• Weight: 798 g
• Series: Rochester Studies in African History and the Diaspora; Rochester Studies in African H
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > General; Social sciences, law, business > Ethnology > Folklore