Colonialism and Violence in Nigeria, Paperback - Toyin Falola

Reducere. Colonialism and Violence in Nigeria looks closely at the conditions that created a legacy of violence in Nigeria. Toyin Falola examines violence as...

Reducere. Nigeria, one of the largest and most important countries in Africa, is rich in traditions and customs, both indigenous and modern. Culture and Cust...

Centered around three of the dominant themes of Nigeria's post-colonial narrative - ethnicity, democracy and governance, this is an accessible and ...

This innovative anthology focuses on the enslavement, middle passage, American experience, and return to Africa of a single cultural group, the Yor...

In this definitive study of the African diaspora in North America, Toyin Falola offers a causal history of the western dispersion of Africans and i...

Expats in Nigeria is an unusual collection of short stories inspired by Keith Fisher's experiences when living and working in Africa during the 197...

Traces the historical trajectories that leftist movements underwent since the 1940s and argues that Marxism is alive and well in Nigeria.

This unique collection of essays examines the environmental problems facing contemporary Nigeria. The relationship between environmental degradatio...

Reducere. Noo Saro-Wiwa was brought up in England, but every summer she was dragged back to visit her father in Nigeria -- a country she viewed as an annoyin...

Learn more about Nigeria and the Yoruba language with this new extended editionNow includes seven additional pages of maps and cultural information...

Reducere. Embracing My Shadow traces Unoma Azuah's challenging growth as a lesbian in Nigeria and how she navigated the paths of abuse, ethnic discrimination...

Publisher: Indiana University PressAuthor(s): Omolade AdunbiIllustration(s): 4 Tables, black and white; 17 Illustrations, black and white; 7 MapsNu...

DescriptionThroughout its history, Nigeria has been plagued by religious divisions. Tensions have only intensified since the restoration of democra...

Publisher: University of California PressAuthor(s): Noah TsikaIllustration(s): 1 map and 24 illustrationsNumber of pages: 291Publication date: 2022...

Publisher: Indiana University PressAuthor(s): James YekuIllustration(s): 50 Illustrations, black and whiteNumber of pages: 292Publication date: 202...

Examines the often graphic depictions of violence which are characteristic of many genres of Latin literature, from Plautine comedy to the Christia...

Publisher: Princeton University PressAuthor(s): Daniel Jordan SmithIllustration(s): 10 b/w illus.Number of pages: 232Publication date: 2022Dimensio...

Reducere. Rituals of War is an investigation into the earliest historical records of violence and biopolitics. In Mesopotamia, ancient Iraq (ca. 3000-500 BC)...

Redescopera farmecul lecturii si alege-ti de pe elefant.ro carti in limba engleza scrise de autori consacrati. Iti punem la dispozitie sute de mii ...

Witchcraft violence is a feature of many contemporary African societies. In Ghana, belief in witchcraft and the malignant activities of putative wi...

Publisher: Taylor & Francis LtdIllustration(s): 8 Halftones, black and white; 8 Illustrations, black and whiteNumber of pages: 260Collection: Theme...

The 2011 split of Sudan and the conflicts that have followed make it a case of ongoing significance for understanding state-building in Africa. Exa...

This book develops a comparative study on violence in Jamaica, El Salvador, and Belize based on a theoretical approach, extensive field research, a...

Telling a neglected history of decolonisation and violence in Burundi, Aidan Russell examines the political language of truth that drove extraordin...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: T. R. C. HuttonThe notorious conflict between the Hatfield and the McCoy families of West Virginia and Kentucky is often re...

Offers informed and dispassionate analyses of how the many populations of these borderlands managed to coexist

Publisher: Stanford University PressAuthor(s): Bedross Der MatossianNumber of pages: 360Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 230 x 151 x 25Cover type:...

Reducere. Treats the question of interpreting difficult texts of the Bible that seem to shock our modern understanding of God and religious ideas.

Ashley M. Williard argues that early Caribbean reconstructions of masculinity and femininity sustained occupation, slavery, and nascent ideas of ra...

Between Systems and Violence offers a compilation and analysis of state-level statutes targeting IPV in IMR lives.Publisher: Taylor & Francis LtdAu...

Reducere. Indigenous women migrants from Central America and Mexico face harrowing experiences of violence before, during, and after their migration to the U...

Reducere. The American imagination still exalts the Founders as the prime movers of the Revolution, and the War of Independence has become the stuff of legen...

DescriptionSometime in April 1285, five Muslim horsemen crossed from the Islamic kingdom of Granada into the realms of the Christian Crown of Arago...

Reducere. Indigenous women migrants from Central America and Mexico face harrowing experiences of violence before, during, and after their migration to the U...

Reducere. 'Spud Ely tells it like it was, from first-hand experience. No glory, just guts. You can almost smell the dirt and the blood' - The SunSpud Ely's S...

This volume is for both lovers of Shakespeare and those who are concerned about the danger that humanity's propensity for violent behaviour poses t...

Illustrates how states appeal to popular morality to forge new group identities and mobilize violence against perceived threats. In an era where st...

A study of how artists and photographers shaped imperial visions of war and peace in the Victorian periodPublisher: Paul Mellon Centre for Studies ...

Reducere. Shortly after a dismembered torso was discovered by a pond outside Philadelphia in 1887, investigators homed in on two suspects: Hannah Mary Tabbs,...

Reducere. Refugiata politic instalata la Paris la paisprezece ani, in 1983. Marina Anca ne povesteste, cu accentul adolescentei, emotia ei de a-si revedea ta...