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Auteuring Nollywood : critical perspectives on The Figurine / / edited by Adeshina Afolayan
| Auteuring Nollywood : critical perspectives on The Figurine / / edited by Adeshina Afolayan |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Ibadan : , : University Press Plc, , 2014 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (481 p.) |
| Soggetto topico |
Motion picture industry - Nigeria
Supernatural in motion pictures |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN | 978-940-069-1 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
""Cover""; ""Title page""; ""Copyright page""; ""Dedication""; ""FOREWORD""; ""PREFACE & ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS""; ""CONTENTS""; ""INTRODUCTION. Philosophy, (Neo-) Nollywood and the African Predicament""; ""Background and motif""; ""Modernity and the imperative of vision""; ""Philosophy at Nollywood""; ""Nollywood as paradigmatic practice""; ""Neo-Nollywood as exemplary practice""; ""Why The Figurine? The Nigerian filmmaker as auteur""; ""Prefiguring The Figurine""; ""Notes""; ""References""; ""Part I - ARAROMIRE IN NOLLYWOOD""
""1. The Figurine: The Interplay of the Mysterious, the Orchestrated and the Coincidental""""Introduction""; ""Kunle Afolayan and the Nollywood scenario""; ""The mysterious, the orchestrated and the coincidental: Fathoming the aesthetics of suspense in The Figurine""; ""Conclusion""; ""References""; ""2. The Figurine and the "Torn" Individual""; ""Background""; ""The problem""; ""Nollywood in perspective""; ""Nollywood's misrepresentation of Yoruba tradition""; ""Nollywood's islands of hope""; ""Of modernity and tradition""; ""The Yoruba world view""; ""Figuring out The Figurine"" ""Mental map and reality""""Causality and the African mode of thought""; ""Conclusion""; ""Notes""; ""References""; ""3. Striving with the Gods: The Figurine and the Double-Bind of Realism and the Supernatural""; ""Introduction""; ""The magical and the empirical""; ""Conclusion""; ""References""; ""4. Animist Order and the Ghost of Modernity in Kunle Afolayan's The Figurine""; ""Introduction""; ""Conclusion""; ""Note""; ""References""; ""5. Araromire's Cross: A Human Dilemma""; ""Introduction""; ""A further elaboration on Araromire""; ""Drawing on analogy""; ""Conclusion""; ""References"" ""6. Local Going Global: Comparing the International Narrative Appeal of Araromire (The Figurine) and Love in the Time of Cholera""""Films""; ""Books""; ""7. Alter/Native Film Narratives in Nollywood and The Figurine""; ""Introduction""; ""Alter/Natives film narratives""; ""The mask code in African cinema""; ""Techniques and motif""; ""On postmodernism and The Figurine""; ""Conclusion""; ""Note""; ""References""; ""8. Nigerian Video Film and the Conundrum of Language: Observatory Notes on Kunle Afolayan's Araromire and Irapada""; ""Introduction""; ""Language and Nigerian literary arts"" ""A Film maker's experiment with language in Araromire and Irapada""""Concluding remarks""; ""Filmography""; ""References""; ""Part II - NOLLYWOOD AND BEYOND""; ""9. The Home Video Industry and Nigeria's Cultural Development""; ""The background""; ""The traditional theatre films and videos""; ""The mass society and the mass media""; ""The Nigerian film versus the Nigerian home video""; ""Conclusion: Home video and television as precursors of the new media""; ""References""; ""10. Audio-Visual Griots: On the Historiography of the Indigenous Yoruba Video Film in Nigeria"" ""Introduction: The Nigerian video film"" |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910460584703321 |
| Ibadan : , : University Press Plc, , 2014 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Auteuring Nollywood : critical perspectives on The Figurine / / edited by Adeshina Afolayan
| Auteuring Nollywood : critical perspectives on The Figurine / / edited by Adeshina Afolayan |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Ibadan : , : University Press Plc, , 2014 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (481 p.) |
| Soggetto topico |
Motion picture industry - Nigeria
Supernatural in motion pictures |
| ISBN | 978-940-069-1 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
""Cover""; ""Title page""; ""Copyright page""; ""Dedication""; ""FOREWORD""; ""PREFACE & ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS""; ""CONTENTS""; ""INTRODUCTION. Philosophy, (Neo-) Nollywood and the African Predicament""; ""Background and motif""; ""Modernity and the imperative of vision""; ""Philosophy at Nollywood""; ""Nollywood as paradigmatic practice""; ""Neo-Nollywood as exemplary practice""; ""Why The Figurine? The Nigerian filmmaker as auteur""; ""Prefiguring The Figurine""; ""Notes""; ""References""; ""Part I - ARAROMIRE IN NOLLYWOOD""
""1. The Figurine: The Interplay of the Mysterious, the Orchestrated and the Coincidental""""Introduction""; ""Kunle Afolayan and the Nollywood scenario""; ""The mysterious, the orchestrated and the coincidental: Fathoming the aesthetics of suspense in The Figurine""; ""Conclusion""; ""References""; ""2. The Figurine and the "Torn" Individual""; ""Background""; ""The problem""; ""Nollywood in perspective""; ""Nollywood's misrepresentation of Yoruba tradition""; ""Nollywood's islands of hope""; ""Of modernity and tradition""; ""The Yoruba world view""; ""Figuring out The Figurine"" ""Mental map and reality""""Causality and the African mode of thought""; ""Conclusion""; ""Notes""; ""References""; ""3. Striving with the Gods: The Figurine and the Double-Bind of Realism and the Supernatural""; ""Introduction""; ""The magical and the empirical""; ""Conclusion""; ""References""; ""4. Animist Order and the Ghost of Modernity in Kunle Afolayan's The Figurine""; ""Introduction""; ""Conclusion""; ""Note""; ""References""; ""5. Araromire's Cross: A Human Dilemma""; ""Introduction""; ""A further elaboration on Araromire""; ""Drawing on analogy""; ""Conclusion""; ""References"" ""6. Local Going Global: Comparing the International Narrative Appeal of Araromire (The Figurine) and Love in the Time of Cholera""""Films""; ""Books""; ""7. Alter/Native Film Narratives in Nollywood and The Figurine""; ""Introduction""; ""Alter/Natives film narratives""; ""The mask code in African cinema""; ""Techniques and motif""; ""On postmodernism and The Figurine""; ""Conclusion""; ""Note""; ""References""; ""8. Nigerian Video Film and the Conundrum of Language: Observatory Notes on Kunle Afolayan's Araromire and Irapada""; ""Introduction""; ""Language and Nigerian literary arts"" ""A Film maker's experiment with language in Araromire and Irapada""""Concluding remarks""; ""Filmography""; ""References""; ""Part II - NOLLYWOOD AND BEYOND""; ""9. The Home Video Industry and Nigeria's Cultural Development""; ""The background""; ""The traditional theatre films and videos""; ""The mass society and the mass media""; ""The Nigerian film versus the Nigerian home video""; ""Conclusion: Home video and television as precursors of the new media""; ""References""; ""10. Audio-Visual Griots: On the Historiography of the Indigenous Yoruba Video Film in Nigeria"" ""Introduction: The Nigerian video film"" |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910798078003321 |
| Ibadan : , : University Press Plc, , 2014 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Auteuring Nollywood : critical perspectives on The Figurine / / edited by Adeshina Afolayan
| Auteuring Nollywood : critical perspectives on The Figurine / / edited by Adeshina Afolayan |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Ibadan : , : University Press Plc, , 2014 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (481 p.) |
| Soggetto topico |
Motion picture industry - Nigeria
Supernatural in motion pictures |
| ISBN | 978-940-069-1 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
""Cover""; ""Title page""; ""Copyright page""; ""Dedication""; ""FOREWORD""; ""PREFACE & ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS""; ""CONTENTS""; ""INTRODUCTION. Philosophy, (Neo-) Nollywood and the African Predicament""; ""Background and motif""; ""Modernity and the imperative of vision""; ""Philosophy at Nollywood""; ""Nollywood as paradigmatic practice""; ""Neo-Nollywood as exemplary practice""; ""Why The Figurine? The Nigerian filmmaker as auteur""; ""Prefiguring The Figurine""; ""Notes""; ""References""; ""Part I - ARAROMIRE IN NOLLYWOOD""
""1. The Figurine: The Interplay of the Mysterious, the Orchestrated and the Coincidental""""Introduction""; ""Kunle Afolayan and the Nollywood scenario""; ""The mysterious, the orchestrated and the coincidental: Fathoming the aesthetics of suspense in The Figurine""; ""Conclusion""; ""References""; ""2. The Figurine and the "Torn" Individual""; ""Background""; ""The problem""; ""Nollywood in perspective""; ""Nollywood's misrepresentation of Yoruba tradition""; ""Nollywood's islands of hope""; ""Of modernity and tradition""; ""The Yoruba world view""; ""Figuring out The Figurine"" ""Mental map and reality""""Causality and the African mode of thought""; ""Conclusion""; ""Notes""; ""References""; ""3. Striving with the Gods: The Figurine and the Double-Bind of Realism and the Supernatural""; ""Introduction""; ""The magical and the empirical""; ""Conclusion""; ""References""; ""4. Animist Order and the Ghost of Modernity in Kunle Afolayan's The Figurine""; ""Introduction""; ""Conclusion""; ""Note""; ""References""; ""5. Araromire's Cross: A Human Dilemma""; ""Introduction""; ""A further elaboration on Araromire""; ""Drawing on analogy""; ""Conclusion""; ""References"" ""6. Local Going Global: Comparing the International Narrative Appeal of Araromire (The Figurine) and Love in the Time of Cholera""""Films""; ""Books""; ""7. Alter/Native Film Narratives in Nollywood and The Figurine""; ""Introduction""; ""Alter/Natives film narratives""; ""The mask code in African cinema""; ""Techniques and motif""; ""On postmodernism and The Figurine""; ""Conclusion""; ""Note""; ""References""; ""8. Nigerian Video Film and the Conundrum of Language: Observatory Notes on Kunle Afolayan's Araromire and Irapada""; ""Introduction""; ""Language and Nigerian literary arts"" ""A Film maker's experiment with language in Araromire and Irapada""""Concluding remarks""; ""Filmography""; ""References""; ""Part II - NOLLYWOOD AND BEYOND""; ""9. The Home Video Industry and Nigeria's Cultural Development""; ""The background""; ""The traditional theatre films and videos""; ""The mass society and the mass media""; ""The Nigerian film versus the Nigerian home video""; ""Conclusion: Home video and television as precursors of the new media""; ""References""; ""10. Audio-Visual Griots: On the Historiography of the Indigenous Yoruba Video Film in Nigeria"" ""Introduction: The Nigerian video film"" |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910820505403321 |
| Ibadan : , : University Press Plc, , 2014 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Global health, humanity and the COVID-19 pandemic : philosophical and sociological challenges and imperatives / / edited by Francis Egbokhare and Adeshina Afolayan
| Global health, humanity and the COVID-19 pandemic : philosophical and sociological challenges and imperatives / / edited by Francis Egbokhare and Adeshina Afolayan |
| Edizione | [1st ed. 2023.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham, Switzerland : , : Springer, , [2023] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (498 pages) |
| Disciplina | 616.9 |
| Soggetto topico |
Medicine and the humanities
Social medicine Communicable diseases |
| ISBN | 3-031-17429-1 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Chapter One Introduction: Humanity and Disease Discourse -- Chapter Two Toward a Fuller Understanding of the Enigma of Health -- Chapter Three Ubuntu and COVID-19: A Philosophical Reflection -- Chapter Four Limits of Science-based Approaches in Global Health: Socio-Cultural and Moral Lessons from Ebola and Covid-19 -- Chapter Five The Vaccination Mandate Debate Revisited -- Part II: Critical Framing of the Pandemic in Africa -- Chapter Six An African Perspective on the Ethics and Politics of Foreign Medical Aid in a Pandemic -- Chapter Seven Disease Discourses, African Knowledge Systems, and COVID-19 in Senegal -- Chapter Eight Ẹnulẹbọ: Ethical Imperative of Yorùbá Thought on Eating for Covid-19 Related Crises -- Chapter Nine Epidemiology and an Epistemic Evaluation of the Management of Covid-19 in Nigeria -- Chapter Ten Borders, Boundaries and Identities: Navigating the Barriers to Solidarity and Cohesion in a Pandemic -- Chapter Eleven Discourses of the Wandering Almajiri Child as Representation of the (Post-) COVID Generation -- Chapter Twelve Quarantining the Holy Spirit: Africa and the Pentecostal Economy of COVID-19 Pandemic -- Chapter Thirteen On Pandemic Planning and the Front-line Workers in Nigeria -- Chapter Fourteen Dialogism and Polyphony in the Interpretations of COVID-19 Discourse in Zimbabwe -- Part III: Representing COVID-19 -- Chapter Fifteen Cartooning COVID on Facebook -- Chapter Sixteen “It’s in Your hands”: Communicating a Pandemic to a Disengaged Public -- Chapter Seventeen Musical (Re)presentations of COVID-19 on Social Media among Young People in Nigeria -- Chapter Eighteen Covid-19, Food and Freedom to Worship: An Analytic Approach to Nigeria’s Religioscape -- Chapter Nineteen Covid-19 Risk Communication and Community Engagement on Social Media in Nigeria -- Chapter Twenty COVID-19 (Post)proverbials: Twisting the Word Against the Virus. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910674349803321 |
| Cham, Switzerland : , : Springer, , [2023] | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Indigenous Knowledge Systems and Development in Africa / / edited by Samuel Ojo Oloruntoba, Adeshina Afolayan, Olajumoke Yacob-Haliso
| Indigenous Knowledge Systems and Development in Africa / / edited by Samuel Ojo Oloruntoba, Adeshina Afolayan, Olajumoke Yacob-Haliso |
| Edizione | [1st ed. 2020.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2020 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xxi, 337 pages) : illustrations |
| Disciplina |
001.089
338.9 |
| Soggetto topico |
Africa—Politics and government
Economic development African Politics Development and Post-Colonialism Regional Development |
| ISBN | 3-030-34304-9 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | 1. Introduction: African Knowledges and Alternative Futures -- 2. Falolaist Cultural Brokerage and the Pan-African Agenda in Knowledge Production -- 3. African Indigenous Knowledge Systems and the Legacy of Africa -- 4. Removing the Debris: Toyin Falola in the Reconstruction of Knowledge Production on Africa -- 5. The Academic and the Crisis of Knowledge Production and Dissemination in Africa -- 6. The Intelligentsia and the Crisis of Knowledge Production and Development in Nigeria -- 7. Pan-African Doctoral Schools and Knowledge Production in Africa: Experiences, Issues, and Testimonials of Participants -- 8. Re-Empowering African Indigenous Peace-making Approaches: Identifying the Enabling Possibilities from Decolonization and Indigenization Discourses -- 9. Back to the Future: Rethinking Alternatives to External Intervention in African Conflicts -- 10. Beyond Western Medicine (Drugs): Indigenous Knowledge Systems in Ola Rotimi’s The Gods Are Not to Blame and James Henshaw’s This Is Our Chance -- 11. The Indigenous Knowledge of Law in Pre-Colonial Akwa-Ibom Area: A Comparative Study of the Similarities and Differences between the English and the African Legal System -- 12. The Resilience of Ondo Indigenous Adjudicatory Institutions 1915-1957 -- 13. Indigenous Knowledge Systems and Food Security in the History of Hausaland: An Examination of Food Preservation and Storage Practices -- 14. Understanding Igede Indigenous Knowledge Systems and the Future of Igede Cultural Heritage in Benue State, Nigeria -- 15. Yorùbá Traditional and Contemporary Cultural Perspectives on Homosexuality: Questions of Human and Minority Rights -- 16. Recognising the Value of the African Indigenous Knowledge System: The Case of Ubuntu and Restorative Justice. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910392750603321 |
| Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2020 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The Palgrave Handbook of African Philosophy / / edited by Adeshina Afolayan, Toyin Falola
| The Palgrave Handbook of African Philosophy / / edited by Adeshina Afolayan, Toyin Falola |
| Edizione | [1st ed. 2017.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York : , : Palgrave Macmillan US : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2017 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (XXIX, 867 p. 5 illus.) |
| Disciplina | 180-190 |
| Soggetto topico |
Philosophy
Africa—History Philosophy, Asian Ethnology—Africa History of Philosophy African History Non-Western Philosophy African Culture |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Handbooks and manuals. |
| ISBN | 1-137-59291-5 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | 1. Introduction: Rethinking African Philosophy in the Age of Globalization -- 2. African Philosophy: appraisal of a recurrent problematic -- 3. Archaeologies of African Thought in a Global Age -- 4. A Philosophical Rereading of Fanon, Nkrumah and Cabral in the Age of Globalization and Post-Modernity -- 5. Africanizing Philosophy: Wiredu, Hountondji and Mudimbe. -- 6. Oruka and Sage Philosophy: New Insights in Sagacious Reasoning -- 7. Rethinking the History of African Philosophy -- 8. The Question of African Logic: Beyond Apologia and Polemics -- 9. Revisiting the Language Question in African Philosophy -- 10. Is African Studies Afraid of African Philosophy?.-11. The Geography of African Philosophy.-12. Philosophy in Portuguese-Speaking Africa.-13. An Interpretive Introduction to Classical Ethiopian Philosophy.-14. Confucianism and African Philosophy.-15.Islamic Philosophy and the Challenge to African Philosophy.-16. Philosophy of Afrocentricity.-17. “Black” Philosophy, “African” Philosophy, “Africana” Philosophy: Transnational Deconstructive and Reconstructive Renovations in “Philosophy”.-18. Between Africa and the Caribbean: The Nature of Afro-Caribbean Philosophy.-19. The Advent of Black Thinkers and the Limit of Continental Philosophy.-20. On Vernacular Rationality: Gadamer and Eze in Conversation.-21. Sophia, Phronesis and the Universality of Ifá in African Philosophy.-22. Gendering African Philosophy; Or: African Feminism as Decolonising Force.-23. Feminism(s) and Oppression: Rethinking Gender from a Yoruba Perspective.-24. Africa and the Philosophy of Sexuality.-25. African Philosophy, Afropolitanism and “Africa”.-26. Philosophy of Nationalism in Africa.-27. Sovereignty in Pre-colonial Mali and North Africa.-28. The Repressive State in African Literature: A Philosophical Reading.-29. Re-imagining the Philosophy of Decolonization.-30. Community, Communism, and Communitarianism.-31. African Humanism and Ethics: The Case of Ubuntu and Omolúwàbí .-32. Ubuntu and the Emancipation of Law -- 33. Philosophy and Artistic Creativity in Africa.-34. African Philosophy at the African Cinema.-35. Philosophy of Science and Africa -- 36. Supporting the African Renaissance: Afrocentric Leadership and the Imperative of Strong Institutions -- 37. Africa and the Philosophy of Democratic Governance -- 38. Indigenous (African) Knowledge System, Science and Technology -- 39. African Philosophy and the Challenge of Science and Technology -- 40. Humanitatis-Eco (Eco-Humanism): An African Environmental Theory -- 41. Ubuntu and the Environment -- 42. African Philosophy in a World of Terror -- 43. Yorùbá Conception of Peace -- 44. African Philosophy and Education -- 45. Ritual Archives -- 46. Philosophy, Education and Art in Africa.-47. Teaching African Philosophy and a Postmodern Dis-position.-48. African Philosophy for Children -- 49. African Philosophy as a Multidisciplinary Discourse.-50. A Bibliographical Report on African Philosophy. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910255221103321 |
| New York : , : Palgrave Macmillan US : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2017 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Pathways to alternative epistemologies in Africa / / Adeshima Afolayan, Olajumoke, Yakob-Hailiso, Samuel Ojo Oloruntoba, editors
| Pathways to alternative epistemologies in Africa / / Adeshima Afolayan, Olajumoke, Yakob-Hailiso, Samuel Ojo Oloruntoba, editors |
| Edizione | [1st ed. 2021.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham, Switzerland : , : Palgrave Macmillan, , [2021] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (XIV, 240 p. 13 illus.) |
| Disciplina | 325.3 |
| Soggetto topico |
Decolonization - Africa
Social epistemology - Africa |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN | 3-030-60652-X |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | 1 Introduction: Alternative Epistemologies and the Imperative of an Afrocentric Mythology -- Part I Theories and Methodologies -- 2 Between Particularism and Universalism: The Promise of Epistemic Contextualism in African Epistemology -- 3 The Quest for Africanizing Qualitative Inquiry: A Pathway to Methodological Innovation -- 4 The State and the State of Knowledge Production in African Universities: Rethinking Identity and Curricula -- 5 Afrocentricity, African Agency and Knowledge System -- Part II Epistemological Practices -- 6 Cultural Environmentalism in Ogunyemi’s Langbodo and Osofisan’s Many Colours Make The Thunder-King -- 7 Security, Local Community, and the Democratic Political Culture in Africa -- 8 The “African Prints”: Africa and Aesthetics in the Textile World -- 9 On the Search for Identity in African Architecture -- 10 Towards an Endogenous Interpretation of Polygamy and Gender Relations: A Critique of Lola Shoneyin’s The Secret Lives of Baba Segi’s Wives -- 11 Religion, Patriarchal Construction and Gender Complementarity in Nigeria -- 12 Yoruba Traditional Instrumental Ensemble and Indigenous Knowledge Systems -- 13 Knowledge Production and Pedagogy Among the Islamic Scholars in Kano: A Case-Study of Shaykh Tijani Usman Zangon Bare-Bari (1916–1970). |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910484612003321 |
| Cham, Switzerland : , : Palgrave Macmillan, , [2021] | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Pentecostalism and Politics in Africa / / edited by Adeshina Afolayan, Olajumoke Yacob-Haliso, Toyin Falola
| Pentecostalism and Politics in Africa / / edited by Adeshina Afolayan, Olajumoke Yacob-Haliso, Toyin Falola |
| Edizione | [1st ed. 2018.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2018 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (435 pages) |
| Disciplina | 270.82 |
| Collana | African Histories and Modernities |
| Soggetto topico |
Africa—History
Africa—Politics and government Religion and politics World politics Ethnology—Africa African History African Politics Politics and Religion Political History African Culture |
| ISBN | 3-319-74911-0 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | I -- Introduction -- 1. Introduction: The Pentecostal and the Political in Africa -- 2. Explaining the Growth and Legitimation of the Pentecostal Movement in Africa -- Part II: Pentecostalism and Society in Africa -- 3. Pentecostalism, Islam, and Religious Fundamentalism in Africa -- 4. "Buy Back the Future": Charismatic Pentecostalism and Africa’s Liberation in a Neoliberal World -- 5. When Pentecostalism Meets African Indigenous Religions: Conflict, Compromise or Incorporation? -- 6. Pentecostal Panopticism and the Phantasm of “Ultimate Power” -- 7. The Pentecostal Movement and the Ecumenical Movement in the African Context -- 8. Pentecostalism, the Prosperity Gospel, and Poverty in Africa -- 9. Soft Tongue, Powerful Voice, Huge Influence: The Dynamic of Gender, Soft Power and Political Influence in Faith Evangelistic Ministries in Kenya -- 10. The Role of Women, Theology, and Ecumenical Organisations in the Rise of Pentecostal Churches in Botswana -- 11. Neither Jew nor Greek?: Class, Ethnicity, and Race in the Pentecostal Movement in Africa -- III. Pentecostalism and/as Politics in Africa -- 12. Pentecostalism, Political Philosophy and the Political in Africa -- 13. Political Ramifications of Some Shifts in Nigeria's Pentecostal Movement -- 14. Pentecostalism as an Alternate Social Order in Africa -- 15. Pentecostals, Conflict and Peace in Africa -- 16. Leadership and Power in the Pentecostal Movement: Selected Case Studies -- 17. African Pentecostalism and Modernity: Critical Reflections on Tensions and Social Concerns -- 18. Pentecostalism, Power and Politics in Nigeria -- IV. Conclusion -- 17. African Pentecostal Political Philosophy: New Directions in the Study of Pentecostalism and Politics. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910299812103321 |
| Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2018 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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