LEADER 03744nam 22005893 450 001 9910985674103321 005 20250210052341.0 010 $a9780299344535 035 $a(CKB)26600391100041 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC30534696 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL30534696 035 $a(OCoLC)1378794353 035 $a(OCoLC)1493706638 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)musev2_129610 035 $a(EXLCZ)9926600391100041 100 $a20230902d2023 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aLetters, Kinship, and Social Mobility in Nigeria 205 $a1st ed. 210 1$aMadison :$cUniversity of Wisconsin Press,$d2023. 210 4$dİ2023. 215 $a1 online resource (282 pages) 225 1 $aAfrica and the Diaspora: History, Politics, Culture Series 311 08$a9780299344504 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aForeword by Adesoji Adelaja -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. The Brothers' Letters -- 2. The Matriarchs' Letters -- 3. Ibadan CMS Men: Kinship and Yoru?ba? Civic Life -- 4. The Gladys Adueke? Vaughan Files -- 5. From Freetown with Love -- Conclusion 330 $a"In 2003, Olufemi Vaughan received from his ninety-five-year-old father, Abiodun, a trove of more than 3,000 letters written by four generations of his family in Ibadan, Nigeria, between 1926 to 1994. The men and women who wrote these letters had emerged from the religious, social, and educational institutions established by the Church Missionary Society, the preeminent Anglican mission in the Atlantic Nigerian region following the imposition of British colonial rule. Abiodun, recruited to be a civil servant in the colonial administration, became the patriarch of a prominent family with historical roots in both West Africa and the Americas; his family was the subject of articles in Ebony and Jet as well as in acclaimed histories. Reading deeply in these letters, Olufemi realized he had a unique set of sources that could be used to illuminate everyday life for this important segment of Nigerian society. Letter writing was a dominant form of communication for western-educated elites in colonial Africa, especially in Nigeria. Exposure and an altruistic sense of nationalism were among the factors that led people to begin exchanging letters, particularly in their interactions with British colonial authorities. Through careful textual analysis and broad contextualization, Vaughan reconstructs dominant storylines, including themes such as people's relationships with colonial authorities and bureaucracy, ideas about faith and kinship, nationalism and communal development. Vaughan brings his prodigious skills as a historian to bear on this wealth of information, bringing to life a portrait, at once intimate and expansive, of a community during a transformative period in African history"--$cProvided by publisher. 410 0$aAfrica and the Diaspora: History, Politics, Culture Series 606 $aFamilies$2fast 606 $aBiography$2fast 606 $aHISTORY / General$2bisacsh 607 $aIbadan (Nigeria)$xBiography$vSources 607 $aIbadan (Nigeria)$xHistory$y20th century$vBiography 608 $aSources 608 $aHistory 608 $aBiographies 608 $aElectronic books. 615 7$aFamilies 615 7$aBiography 615 7$aHISTORY / General 676 $a966.9/25092 700 $aVaughan$b Olufemi$0893913 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 912 $a9910985674103321 996 $aLetters, Kinship, and Social Mobility in Nigeria$94332043 997 $aUNINA