03744nam 22005893 450 991098567410332120250210052341.09780299344535(CKB)26600391100041(MiAaPQ)EBC30534696(Au-PeEL)EBL30534696(OCoLC)1378794353(OCoLC)1493706638(MdBmJHUP)musev2_129610(EXLCZ)992660039110004120230902d2023 uy 0engurcnu||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierLetters, Kinship, and Social Mobility in Nigeria1st ed.Madison :University of Wisconsin Press,2023.©2023.1 online resource (282 pages)Africa and the Diaspora: History, Politics, Culture Series9780299344504 Includes bibliographical references and index.Foreword by Adesoji Adelaja -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. The Brothers' Letters -- 2. The Matriarchs' Letters -- 3. Ibadan CMS Men: Kinship and Yorùbá Civic Life -- 4. The Gladys Aduekẹ Vaughan Files -- 5. From Freetown with Love -- Conclusion"In 2003, Olufemi Vaughan received from his ninety-five-year-old father, Abiodun, a trove of more than 3,000 letters written by four generations of his family in Ibadan, Nigeria, between 1926 to 1994. The men and women who wrote these letters had emerged from the religious, social, and educational institutions established by the Church Missionary Society, the preeminent Anglican mission in the Atlantic Nigerian region following the imposition of British colonial rule. Abiodun, recruited to be a civil servant in the colonial administration, became the patriarch of a prominent family with historical roots in both West Africa and the Americas; his family was the subject of articles in Ebony and Jet as well as in acclaimed histories. Reading deeply in these letters, Olufemi realized he had a unique set of sources that could be used to illuminate everyday life for this important segment of Nigerian society. Letter writing was a dominant form of communication for western-educated elites in colonial Africa, especially in Nigeria. Exposure and an altruistic sense of nationalism were among the factors that led people to begin exchanging letters, particularly in their interactions with British colonial authorities. Through careful textual analysis and broad contextualization, Vaughan reconstructs dominant storylines, including themes such as people's relationships with colonial authorities and bureaucracy, ideas about faith and kinship, nationalism and communal development. Vaughan brings his prodigious skills as a historian to bear on this wealth of information, bringing to life a portrait, at once intimate and expansive, of a community during a transformative period in African history"--Provided by publisher.Africa and the Diaspora: History, Politics, Culture SeriesFamiliesfastBiographyfastHISTORY / GeneralbisacshIbadan (Nigeria)BiographySourcesIbadan (Nigeria)History20th centuryBiographySourcesHistoryBiographiesElectronic books. FamiliesBiographyHISTORY / General966.9/25092Vaughan Olufemi893913MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQ9910985674103321Letters, Kinship, and Social Mobility in Nigeria4332043UNINA