Ethnic And Cultural Diversity In Nigeria

Author : Marcellina Ulunma Okehie-Offoha
Publisher : Africa World Press
ISBN 13 : 9780865432833
Total Pages : 172 pages
Book Rating : 4.3X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Ethnic and Cultural Diversity in Nigeria written by Marcellina Ulunma Okehie-Offoha and published by Africa World Press. This book was released on 1996 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection of essays brings together for the first time a discussion on the multicultural and ethno-linguistic groupings of Nigeria. By employing historical and sociological perspectives, each chapter provides an account of the origin, beliefs, and important ceremonial and traditional practices of each group.

Author : Sampson Igboanugo
Publisher : Blurb
ISBN 13 : 9781714642991
Total Pages : 178 pages
Book Rating : 4.92/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Nigeria Culture and Art, Diversity of Tradition written by Sampson Igboanugo and published by Blurb. This book was released on 2020-05 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nigeria's modern literature grows out of a tradition of story-telling and historical remembrance that has existed in Nigeria for millennia. Oral literature ranges from the proverbs and dilemma tales of the common people to elaborate stories memorized and performed by professional praise-singers attached to royal courts. In states where Islam prevailed, significant written literatures evolved. The founder of the Sokoto caliphate, Usuman dan Fodio, wrote nearly 100 texts in Arabic in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. His prose and poetry examined issues such as good government and social relations from an Islamic moralist perspective. The legacy of this Islamic tradition is a widely read modern literature comprised of religious and secular works, including the Hausa-language poetry and stories of Alhaji Abubakar Imam. In 1986 Nigerian Wole Soyinka was awarded the Nobel Prize for literature. Soyinka is a prolific author of poetry, novels, essays, and plays that blend African themes with Western forms. His uncompromising critiques of tyranny, corruption, and the abuse of human rights have often angered Nigeria's military rulers. One of his most powerful books, The Man Died (1972), was written while Soyinka was imprisoned during the civil war of 1967 to 1970. Chinua Achebe, whose novels include A Man of the People (1966) and No Longer at Ease (1960), is another Nigerian writer whose work commands a wide international audience. Other important novelists include Cyprian Ekwensi, Nkem Nwankwo, Elechi Amadi, Flora Nwapa, and Clement Ogunwa, who write mostly in English. John Pepper Clark, Gabriel Okara, Christopher Okigbo, and Ken Saro-Wiwa are well-known poets

Author : M. Angulu Onwuejeogwu
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 76 pages
Book Rating : 4.72/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Multi-ethnic Nationalities of Nigeria and the Problems of Governance written by M. Angulu Onwuejeogwu and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 76 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : April A. Gordon
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 1576076830
Total Pages : 318 pages
Book Rating : 4.35/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Nigeria's Diverse Peoples written by April A. Gordon and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2003-11-19 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Exploring the history of ethnic, regional, and religious diversity in Nigeria, this volume traces most of the country's current problems to its colonial exploitation. Plagued by ethnic divisions, economic inequality, and corruption, Nigeria appears to conform to the stereotypical view that Africa's problems are mostly the result of primitive tribalism. But as Nigeria's Diverse Peoples demonstrates, most of Nigeria's problems today were set in motion by Europeans during the slave trade and colonial eras. Focusing on three main ethnic groups (Hausa-Falani, Yoruba, and Igbo) and ranging from precolonial times to independence in 1960 to the present, this breakthrough study portrays a Nigeria now striving to make a unified nation of itself. Offering a fresh understanding not just of Nigeria but of Africa as well, readers will enter the richly complex world of Nigeria's ethnic history.

Author : Joseph A. Umoren
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 216 pages
Book Rating : 4.00/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Democracy and Ethnic Diversity in Nigeria written by Joseph A. Umoren and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book describes Nigeria's past and present political, social, and economic history as it relates to tribalism, colonialism, lack of political leadership and other dysfunctional behavior in society preventing Nigeria's democracy. It presents vital proposals for future Nigerian democracy and economic prosperity. The book advocates a two-party federalism, tribal nationalism and economic prosperity based on a participatory instead of rotational presidency. The study recommends an economic diversification in Nigeria's revenue sharing, tax systems, domestic economy and agriculture instead of the dependence on oil revenues. Lastly, the book defines the role of the military in the future of Nigeria's democracy.

Author : Toyin Falola
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1108837972
Total Pages : 691 pages
Book Rating : 4.72/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Understanding Modern Nigeria written by Toyin Falola and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2021-06-24 with total page 691 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An introduction to the politics and society of post-colonial Nigeria, highlighting the key themes of ethnicity, democracy, and development.

Author : Alain Klarsfeld
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
ISBN 13 : 0857939319
Total Pages : 305 pages
Book Rating : 4.19/5 ( download)

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Download or read book 9.78E+12 written by Alain Klarsfeld and published by Edward Elgar Publishing. This book was released on 2014-05-30 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The second edition of this important reference work provides important updates and new perspectives on the cases constituting the first edition as well as including contributions from a number of new countries: Australia, Finland, Japan, New Zealand, N

Author : E. N. Ike
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9789785226768
Total Pages : 235 pages
Book Rating : 4.6X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Nigeria Culture Heritage written by E. N. Ike and published by . This book was released on 2021 with total page 235 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Toyin Falola
Publisher : Greenwood
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 248 pages
Book Rating : 4.01/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Culture and Customs of Nigeria written by Toyin Falola and published by Greenwood. This book was released on 2001 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Students and other interested readers will learn about all major aspects of Nigerian culture and customs, including the land, peoples, and brief historical overview; religion and world view; literature and media; art and architecture/housing; cuisine and traditional dress; gender, marriage, and family; social customs and lifestyles; and music and dance.".

Author : G. Healy
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 023032147X
Total Pages : 363 pages
Book Rating : 4.72/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Diversity, Ethnicity, Migration and Work written by G. Healy and published by Springer. This book was released on 2011-10-04 with total page 363 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Providing a comprehensive picture of diversity, ethnicity, and migration in the health sector this book analyses the key themes of career and career structures, social processes, segregation, racism and sexism at international, national and local levels.