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Informationen zum Autor Alex Egodotaye Asakitikpi is Head of the School of Social Sciences at IIE MSA (formerly Monash South Africa). Previously he served as Professor of Sociology at Monash South Africa and Section Editor of the South African Journal of Human Resource Management . He serves on the Executive Board of Research Committee 15 of the International Sociological Association and is a Non-Resident Scholar at the Center for Religion, Spirituality, and Health at Duke University, USA. He is the current Citizenship and Democracy Ambassador of the UNESCO-UNITWIN project. Among other outlets, his publications have appeared in the Nordic Journal of African Studies , Synthesis Philosophica , Africa Development , and African Identities . His research interests include the intersection of religion/spirituality and health outcomes, health policy in Africa, the sociocultural context of diseases and illness, and indigenous knowledge production and systems. Aretha Oluwakemi Asakitikpi holds a doctoral degree in African Studies, specializing in anthropology and communication. She has carried out numerous research projects that interrogate media, culture, and development through discourse, textual, photographic, and symbolic analysis. She is a consultant, researcher, and adjunct academic staff at the Southern Business School in Johannesburg, South Africa. As an active member of the International Sociological Association's Research Committee 13, she has made numerous presentations and organized various sessions under this platform. Asakitikpi also serves as a research manuscript reviewer for Media War and Conflict and the Journal of Sociology and Anthropology . Her research works have appeared in book chapters published by CODESRIA and UNESCO and in journals such as the Nordic Journal of African Studies , Global Media Journal , International Journal of the Sociology of Leisure, and Politikon: South African Journal Studies . Her current research interests include leisure and development, gender, and media studies in the global south. Klappentext Discover Nigeria, Africa's most populous country, in this thematic encyclopedia that covers everything from geography and economics to etiquette and pop culture. Part of Bloomsbury's Understanding Modern Nations series, this volume takes readers on a tour of contemporary Nigeria, helping them better understand the country and the many cultures, religions, and ethnicities that call it home. Chapters are organized thematically, examining a variety of topics, including geography, history, government, economics, religion, ethnic and social groups, gender, education, language, etiquette, food, literature and the arts, and pop culture. Each chapter begins with an overview essay, followed by a selection of encyclopedic entries that provide a more nuanced look at that facet of modern Nigeria. The main text is supplemented with sidebars that highlight additional high-interest topics. A collection of appendices rounds out the volume, offering short vignettes of daily life in the country, a glossary of key terms, statistical data, and a list of state holidays.Once a pawn of British colonialism, today Nigeria is a sovereign nation and key player on the world stage. Its vast oil resources have made it an international powerhouse and the wealthiest country on the African continent, yet political unrest and corruption, and ethnic and religious violence continue to threaten this prosperity. Nigeria is equally rich culturally, a nation where time-honored traditions mix with contemporary influences. Explore the diversity of modern Nigeria in this concise and accessible volume. Vorwort Discover Nigeria, Africa’s most populous country, in this thematic encyclopedia that covers everything from geography and economics to etiquette and pop culture. Zusammenfassung ...
