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Africa and Globalization : Challenges of Governance and Creativity / / edited by Toyin Falola, Kenneth Kalu
| Africa and Globalization : Challenges of Governance and Creativity / / edited by Toyin Falola, Kenneth Kalu |
| Edizione | [1st ed. 2018.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2018 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (261 pages) |
| Disciplina | 337.16 |
| Collana | African Histories and Modernities |
| Soggetto topico |
Africa - History
Ethnology - Africa Culture Africa - Politics and government Economic development African History African Culture African Politics Development Studies |
| ISBN |
9783319749051
3319749056 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | 1. Introduction: Africa in a Globalized World -- I. Africa's Adaptation to Globalization -- 2. The Rediscovery of Africa -- 3. Globalization and the Creative Space in Africa: Implications for Governance and Development -- 4. Postcolonial Africa's Development Trajectories -- 5. Collective Social Action: Enlightenment Ethic and the Rise of Modern Individualism -- 6. Same Migrants, Two Business Models: Culture-centered and Non-traditional Businesses Established by Ethiopians and Eritreans in Washington D.C -- 7. Making Sense of South Africa's Soft Power: Projections, Prospects, and Possibilities -- II. Governance and Creativity -- 8. Developmental Strategies and Cultural Dynamics in Rural Nigeria -- 9. The Impossible Craft of Nation-Building in Postcolonial Cameroon -- 10. Creativity and New Technologies: Piracy, Politics, and the Business of Cultural Production in Nigeria -- 11. Igbo Community Policing and its Relevance for Contemporary Nigeria -- 12. "Come and Chop": Representations of the Parliamentarian in Ola Rotimi's If and Emeka Nwabueze's A Parliament of Vultures. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910299802903321 |
| Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2018 | ||
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Art, Creativity, and Politics in Africa and the Diaspora / / edited by Abimbola Adelakun, Toyin Falola
| Art, Creativity, and Politics in Africa and the Diaspora / / edited by Abimbola Adelakun, Toyin Falola |
| Edizione | [1st ed. 2018.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2018 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource |
| Disciplina | 960 |
| Collana | African Histories and Modernities |
| Soggetto topico |
Africa - History
World history Ethnology - Africa Culture Africa - Politics and government African literature African History World History, Global and Transnational History African Culture African Politics African Literature |
| ISBN |
9783319913100
3319913107 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | 1. Introduction -- 2. Rewriting Algeria: Transcultural Kinship and Anticolonial Revolution in Kateb Yacine's L'Homme aux sandales de caoutchou -- 3. Revolution and Revolt: Identitarian Space, Magic, and the Land in Decolonial Latin American and African Writing -- 4. Family Politics: Negotiating the Family Unit as a Creative Force in Chigozie Obioma's The Fishermen and Ben Okri's The Famished Road -- 5. Auteuring Nollywood: Rethinking the Movie Director and the Idea of Creativity in the Nigerian Film Industry -- 6. Nollywood in Rio: An Exploration of Brazilian Audience Perception of Nigerian Cinema -- 7. Re-Producing Self, Community, and "Naija" in Nigerian Diaspora Films: Soul Sisters in the United States and Man on the Ground in South Africa -- 8. A Single Story: African Women as Staged in US Theatre -- 9. Silêncio: Black Bodies, Black Characters, and the Black Political Persona in the Work of the Teatro Negro Group Cia dos Comuns -- 10. New Orleans: America's Creative Crescent -- 11. The Hashtag as Archive: Internet Memes in Nigeria's Social Media Election -- 12. Black Creativity in Jamaica and Its Global Influences: 1930-1987 -- 13. Ethics and Aesthetic Creativity: A Critical Reflection on the Moral Purpose of African Art -- 14. From Saartjie to Queen Bey: Black Female Artists and the Global Cultural Industry. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910299791303321 |
| Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2018 | ||
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Culture and customs of Ghana [[electronic resource] /] / Steven J. Salm and Toyin Falola
| Culture and customs of Ghana [[electronic resource] /] / Steven J. Salm and Toyin Falola |
| Autore | Salm Steven J. <1966-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Westport, Conn., : Greenwood Press, 2002 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (236 p.) |
| Disciplina | 966.7 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | FalolaToyin |
| Collana | Culture and customs of Africa |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-280-86925-9
9786610869251 0-313-01132-X |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910455791103321 |
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| Westport, Conn., : Greenwood Press, 2002 | ||
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Culture and customs of Ghana [[electronic resource] /] / Steven J. Salm and Toyin Falola
| Culture and customs of Ghana [[electronic resource] /] / Steven J. Salm and Toyin Falola |
| Autore | Salm Steven J. <1966-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Westport, Conn., : Greenwood Press, 2002 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (236 p.) |
| Disciplina | 966.7 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | FalolaToyin |
| Collana | Culture and customs of Africa |
| ISBN |
1-280-86925-9
9786610869251 0-313-01132-X |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910780389603321 |
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| Westport, Conn., : Greenwood Press, 2002 | ||
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Culture and customs of Ghana / / Steven J. Salm and Toyin Falola
| Culture and customs of Ghana / / Steven J. Salm and Toyin Falola |
| Autore | Salm Steven J. <1966-> |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Westport, Conn. : , : Greenwood Press, , 2002 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (236 p.) |
| Disciplina | 306/.09667 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | FalolaToyin |
| Collana | Culture and customs of Africa |
| ISBN |
9798400635366
9786610869251 9781280869259 1280869259 9780313011320 031301132X |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Cover -- Culture and Customs of Ghana -- Contents -- Series Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Chronology -- 1 Introduction -- GEOGRAPHY -- PEOPLES -- The Guan -- The Mole-Dagbani and the Gonja -- The Akan -- The Ewe -- The Ga-Adangbes -- LANGUAGES -- EDUCATION -- URBAN CENTERS -- RESOURCES, OCCUPATIONS, AND ECONOMY -- Timber -- Cocoa -- Mining -- Tourism -- Manufacturing -- Economic Performance -- GOVERNMENT -- HISTORY -- Early History -- The Asante Empire -- Early Europeans -- The Colonial Era -- Independence Movements -- Independence and the First Republic, 1957-66 -- National Liberation Council, 1966-69 -- The Second Republic, 1969-72 -- The National Redemption Council and the Supreme Military Council, 1972-79 -- The Armed Forces Revolutionary Council and the Third Republic, 1979-81 -- The Provisional National Defence Council, 1981-92 -- The Fourth Republic -- CULTURAL ISSUES -- NOTE -- 2 Religion and Worldview -- WORLDVIEW -- INDIGENOUS RELIGIONS -- Supreme God -- Lesser Gods -- Ancestors -- Witchcraft -- Indigenous Religion and Change -- CHRISTIANITY -- Effects of Christianity -- ISLAM -- Effects of Islam -- NOTES -- 3 Literature and Media -- ORAL LITERATURE -- Proverbs -- Poetry and Songs -- Narratives -- WRITTEN LITERATURE -- Indigenous Language -- English Language -- Poetry -- Novels -- Popular Literature -- DRAMA AND POPULAR THEATER -- NEWSPAPERS AND MAGAZINES -- RADIO AND TELEVISION -- Radio -- Television -- NOTES -- 4 Art and Architecture/Housing -- ART -- Functions -- Textiles -- Sculpture -- Metal Arts -- Pottery, Basketry, Beads, and Leatherwork -- Traditional Artists -- Modern and Tourist Art -- ARCHITECTURE AND HOUSING -- Rural Architecture and Housing -- Urban Architecture and Housing -- NOTES -- 5 Cuisine and Traditional Dress -- CUISINE -- Patterns of Consumption -- BEVERAGES -- Festival Food and Drink -- DRESS.
Ceremonial Dress -- Ornamentation -- Western Fashions -- NOTES -- 6 Gender Roles, Marriage, and Family -- LINEAGE AND SOCIAL PATTERNS -- RITES OF PASSAGE -- Birth -- Initiation -- Marriage -- Death -- FAMILY CONCEPT AND STRUCTURE -- ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES -- SOCIAL CHANGE -- NOTE -- 7 Social Customs and Lifestyle -- SOCIAL RELATIONS -- FESTIVALS AND HOLIDAYS -- Traditional Festivals -- Aboakyer -- Homowo -- Odwira -- Ewe Festivals -- Damba -- National Holidays -- PANAFEST -- LEISURE AND ENTERTAINMENT -- Sports and Games -- Cinema -- Everyday Life and Leisure -- 8 Music and Dance -- TRADITIONAL MUSIC AND DANCE -- Functions -- Instruments -- Musicians -- Types of Music and Dance -- NEO-TRADITIONAL OR NEO-FOLK MUSIC -- Kpanlogo -- Ga Cultural Groups -- Simpa -- POPULAR MUSIC AND DANCE -- Highlife -- Reggae -- Hiplife -- CHRISTIAN MUSIC -- Gospel Highlife -- Choral Music -- INSTITUTIONAL SUPPORT OF MUSIC AND DANCE -- NOTES -- RECOMMENDED CDS -- Glossary -- Bibliographic Essay -- GENERAL -- INTRODUCTION -- RELIGION AND WORLDVIEW -- LITERATURE AND MEDIA -- ART AND ARCHITECTURE/HOUSING -- CUISINE AND TRADITIONAL DRESS -- GENDER ROLES, MARRIAGE, AND FAMILY -- SOCIAL CUSTOMS AND LIFESTYLE -- MUSIC AND DANCE -- Index -- About the Authors. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910973508503321 |
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| Westport, Conn. : , : Greenwood Press, , 2002 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Dissent, protest and dispute in Africa / / edited by Emmanuel M. Mbah and Toyin Falola
| Dissent, protest and dispute in Africa / / edited by Emmanuel M. Mbah and Toyin Falola |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2017 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (307 pages) |
| Disciplina | 303.6/9096 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
FalolaToyin
MbahEmmanuel M |
| Collana | Global Africa |
| Soggetto topico |
Social conflict - Africa - History - 20th century
Social conflict - Africa - History - 21st century Political participation - Africa Land tenure - Africa |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-315-41309-4
1-315-41308-6 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Introduction: Dissent, protest and dispute Africa / Emmanuel M. Mbah and Toyin Falola -- The music of heaven, the music of Earth, and the music of brats: Tuareg Islam, the Devil, and musical performance / Susan J. Rasmussen -- Finding social change backstage and behind the scenes in South African theatre / Nathanael Vlachos -- Soccer and political (ex)pression in Africa: the case of Cameroon / Alain Lawo-Sukam -- Child labor resistance in southern Nigeria, 1916-1938 / Adam Paddock -- M'Fain goes home: African soldiers in the Gabon campaign of 1940 / Mark Reeves -- "Disgraceful disturbances": TANU, the Tanganyikan Rifles, and the 1964 mutiny / Charles Thomas -- The role of ethnicity in political formation in Kenya: 1963-2007 / Tade O. Okediji and Wahutu J. Siguru -- Land, boundaries, chiefs and wars / Toyin Falola -- Borders and boundaries within Ethiopia: dilemmas of group identity, representation and agency / Alexander Meckelburg -- Rural agrarian land conflicts in postcolonial Nigeria's central region / Sati Fwatshak -- The evolution of the Mungiki militia in Kenya, 1990 to 2010 / Felix Kiruthu -- Refugee-warriors and other people's wars in post-colonial Africa: the experience of Rwandese and South African military exiles (1960-94) / Tim Stapleton -- Oiling the guns and gunning for oil: the youth and Niger Delta oil conflicts in Nigeria / Christian C. Madubuko. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910155249503321 |
| London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2017 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Environment and economics in Nigeria / / edited by Toyin Falola and Adam Paddock
| Environment and economics in Nigeria / / edited by Toyin Falola and Adam Paddock |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York : , : Routledge, , 2011 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (288 p.) |
| Disciplina | 333.709669 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
FalolaToyin
PaddockAdam |
| Collana | Routledge african studies |
| Soggetto topico | Sustainable development - Nigeria |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-280-68279-5
9786613659736 0-203-80749-9 1-136-66248-0 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Front Cover; Environment andEconomics in Nigeria; Copyright Page; Contents; List of Tables; List of Figures; List of Abbreviations and Acronyms; Preface; Introduction: Environmental Themes in Nigerian History: Toyin Falola and Adam Paddock; Part I: Environment and Development; 1. From Kerosene to Avgas: International Oil Companies and Their Expansion in Sub-Saharan Africa, 1890s to 1945: Kairn Klieman; 2. Environmental Impact of Post-Colonial Mining Activities on the Jos Plateau: S. U. Fwatshak
3. Biological-Based Warfare in Central Nigeria: An Aspect of Pre-Colonial Military Science and Technology: Olayemi Akinwumi and Mailafiya Aruwa Filaba4. Religion, Science and Conflict: Problems for a Sustainable Environment for Human and Economic Development: T. T. Asojo and S. O. Ijaola; Part II: Oil and Politics; 5. Oil Multinationals: 'Environmental Genocide' and Socioeconomic Development in Nigeria's Niger Delta: Donald O. Omagu; 6. Illiberal State, Oil Expropriation and Environmental Degradation in Nigeria's Niger Delta Region: Dele Ashiru 7. State and Governance of Multinational Corporations: Shell Petroleum Company in the Niger Delta: Samuel Ojo Oloruntoba8. "Big Motor and Dirty House": Ken Saro-Wiwa's Fight with Royal Dutch Shell and Nigeria: Michael Sharp; 9. Religion in the Development of Environmental Ethics in Nigeria: Niger Delta in Perspective: S. O. Ijaola and T. T. Asojo; Part III: Environmental, Sociocultural and Political Dimensions; 10. From Oil Rivers to the Niger Delta: The Paradoxes of Domination and Resistance in Colonial Nigeria: Charles Ukeje 11. Education Transformations and Traditional Medicine in Nsukka, Nigeria: Jamaine Abidogun12. Depictions of Sociopsychological Dimensions of the Niger-Delta Crises in Recent Nigerian Drama: Alexander Kure; 13. Creativity and Nature: Fagunwa's Tradition and Environmental Sustainability: Arinpe Adejumo; Conclusion: Nigeria and the Global Environment: Toyin Falola and Adam Paddock; Contributors; Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910462356003321 |
| New York : , : Routledge, , 2011 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Environment and economics in Nigeria / / edited by Toyin Falola and Adam Paddock
| Environment and economics in Nigeria / / edited by Toyin Falola and Adam Paddock |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York : , : Routledge, , 2011 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (288 p.) |
| Disciplina | 333.709669 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
FalolaToyin
PaddockAdam |
| Collana | Routledge african studies |
| Soggetto topico | Sustainable development - Nigeria |
| ISBN |
1-136-66247-2
1-280-68279-5 9786613659736 0-203-80749-9 1-136-66248-0 |
| Classificazione | SOC026000SOC042000SOC056000 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Front Cover; Environment andEconomics in Nigeria; Copyright Page; Contents; List of Tables; List of Figures; List of Abbreviations and Acronyms; Preface; Introduction: Environmental Themes in Nigerian History: Toyin Falola and Adam Paddock; Part I: Environment and Development; 1. From Kerosene to Avgas: International Oil Companies and Their Expansion in Sub-Saharan Africa, 1890s to 1945: Kairn Klieman; 2. Environmental Impact of Post-Colonial Mining Activities on the Jos Plateau: S. U. Fwatshak
3. Biological-Based Warfare in Central Nigeria: An Aspect of Pre-Colonial Military Science and Technology: Olayemi Akinwumi and Mailafiya Aruwa Filaba4. Religion, Science and Conflict: Problems for a Sustainable Environment for Human and Economic Development: T. T. Asojo and S. O. Ijaola; Part II: Oil and Politics; 5. Oil Multinationals: 'Environmental Genocide' and Socioeconomic Development in Nigeria's Niger Delta: Donald O. Omagu; 6. Illiberal State, Oil Expropriation and Environmental Degradation in Nigeria's Niger Delta Region: Dele Ashiru 7. State and Governance of Multinational Corporations: Shell Petroleum Company in the Niger Delta: Samuel Ojo Oloruntoba8. "Big Motor and Dirty House": Ken Saro-Wiwa's Fight with Royal Dutch Shell and Nigeria: Michael Sharp; 9. Religion in the Development of Environmental Ethics in Nigeria: Niger Delta in Perspective: S. O. Ijaola and T. T. Asojo; Part III: Environmental, Sociocultural and Political Dimensions; 10. From Oil Rivers to the Niger Delta: The Paradoxes of Domination and Resistance in Colonial Nigeria: Charles Ukeje 11. Education Transformations and Traditional Medicine in Nsukka, Nigeria: Jamaine Abidogun12. Depictions of Sociopsychological Dimensions of the Niger-Delta Crises in Recent Nigerian Drama: Alexander Kure; 13. Creativity and Nature: Fagunwa's Tradition and Environmental Sustainability: Arinpe Adejumo; Conclusion: Nigeria and the Global Environment: Toyin Falola and Adam Paddock; Contributors; Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910790224903321 |
| New York : , : Routledge, , 2011 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Exploitation and Misrule in Colonial and Postcolonial Africa / / edited by Kenneth Kalu, Toyin Falola
| Exploitation and Misrule in Colonial and Postcolonial Africa / / edited by Kenneth Kalu, Toyin Falola |
| Edizione | [1st ed. 2019.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2019 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (307 pages) |
| Disciplina | 320.158096 |
| Collana | African Histories and Modernities |
| Soggetto topico |
Africa - History
Imperialism African literature Africa - Politics and government Economic development African History Imperialism and Colonialism African Literature African Politics Development Studies |
| ISBN |
9783319964966
3319964968 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | 1. Introduction: Exploitation, Colonialism, and Postcolonial Misrule in Africa -- Section I. Encounters: Texts, Images, and Fiction -- 2. Rupturing Neocolonial Legacies in the African Novel: Ngugi wa Thiong'o's Matigari as a Paradigm -- 3. Decolonial Visions in Mid-Twentieth-Century African Rhetoric: Perspectives from Kwame Nkrumah's Consciencism -- 4. Images of Colonialism in the Text of Two African Female Poets -- 5. Migration and Exile: The Exotic Essence of Life in Bessie Head's When Rain Clouds Gather -- 6. Ingrid de Kok's "A Room Full of Questions" and South Africa's Truth and Reconciliation Commission -- 7. Identity, the "Passing" Novel, and the Phenomenology of "Race" -- Section II. Encounters: Spaces of Subjugation and Dominance -- 8. Precolonial Imaginaries and Colonial Legacies in Mobutu's "Authentic" Zaïre -- 9. World War II and West African Soldiers in Asia, 1943-1947 -- 10. A Colonizing Agricultural Company in Somalia: The Duke of Abruzzi's Società Agricola Italo-Somala in the Italian Colonial Fascist System -- 11. The Magical Hour of Midnight: The Annual Commemorations of Rhodesia's and Transkei's Independence Days -- 12. Colonial Ideologies and the Emergence of Two Spaces: The Nigerian Experience. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910484929603321 |
| Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2019 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Global Africans : race, ethnicity and shifting identities / / edited by Toyin Falola and Cacee Hoyer
| Global Africans : race, ethnicity and shifting identities / / edited by Toyin Falola and Cacee Hoyer |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, N.Y. : , : Routledge, , 2017 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (247 pages) |
| Disciplina | 305.896 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
FalolaToyin
HoyerCacee |
| Collana | Routledge African Studies |
| Soggetto topico |
African diaspora
African diaspora - Race identity African diaspora - Social conditions Pan-Africanism |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-134-84975-3
1-315-54380-X 1-134-84968-0 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | pt. I. Shifting identities -- pt. II. Ethnicity and African agency -- pt. III. Race and populations at stake. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910162823503321 |
| New York, N.Y. : , : Routledge, , 2017 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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