The Birth of Nigeria's University
Author: Kenneth Mellanby
Publisher:
Published: 1958
Total Pages: 282
ISBN-13:
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Nigeria’s University Age
Author: Tim Livsey
Publisher: Springer
Published: 2017-11-13
Total Pages: 296
ISBN-13: 1137565055
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book explores the world of Nigerian universities to offer an innovative perspective on the history of development and decolonisation from the 1930s to the 1960s. Using political, cultural and spatial approaches, the book shows that Nigerians and foreign donors alike saw the nation’s new universities as vital institutions: a means to educate future national leaders, drive economic growth, and make a modern Nigeria. Universities were vibrant places, centres of nightlife, dance, and the construction of spectacular buildings, as well as teaching and research. At universities, students, scholars, visionaries, and rebels considered and contested colonialism, the global Cold War, and the future of Nigeria. University life was shaped by, and formative to, experiences of development and decolonisation. The book will be of interest to historians of Africa, empire, education, architecture, and the Cold War.
A History of Nigeria
Author: Toyin Falola
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2008-04-24
Total Pages: 313
ISBN-13: 1139472038
DOWNLOAD EBOOKNigeria is Africa's most populous country and the world's eighth largest oil producer, but its success has been undermined in recent decades by ethnic and religious conflict, political instability, rampant official corruption and an ailing economy. Toyin Falola, a leading historian intimately acquainted with the region, and Matthew Heaton, who has worked extensively on African science and culture, combine their expertise to explain the context to Nigeria's recent troubles through an exploration of its pre-colonial and colonial past, and its journey from independence to statehood. By examining key themes such as colonialism, religion, slavery, nationalism and the economy, the authors show how Nigeria's history has been swayed by the vicissitudes of the world around it, and how Nigerians have adapted to meet these challenges. This book offers a unique portrayal of a resilient people living in a country with immense, but unrealized, potential.
Of Minstrelsy and Masks
Author: Christine Matzke
Publisher: Rodopi
Published: 2006
Total Pages: 384
ISBN-13: 9042021683
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis collection is dedicated to a distinguished scholar and writer who for a quarter of a century wrote consistently on African literature and the arts and was a major voice in Nigerian literary circles. Ezenwa-Ohaeto made a mark in contemporary Nigerian poetry by committing pidgin to written form and, by so doing, introducing different creative patterns. He also saw himself as a 'minstrel', as someone who wanted to read, express and enact his work before an audience. First and foremost, however, Ezenwa-Ohaeto was someone who 'un-masked' ideas and meanings hidden in the folds of literary works and made them available to an international academic public. With his outstanding work on Chinua Achebe, he influenced the reception of African literary biography. His networks and connections were extensive and wide-ranging, and they are partly reflected in the essays, creative writing and personal notes assembled in this volume. In their various modes and expressions, the contributions included here constitute a tribute to Ezenwa-Ohaeto's many talents and achievements. As an extension of Ezenwa-Ohaeto's legacy, they expand on various aspects of minstrelsy and the un/masking of texts in a Nigerian and broader African context. The book is divided into six sections. "In Memoriam" contains personal tributes by long-standing colleagues, mentors and friends. "Poetry and Fiction" collects the voices of three generations of Nigerian writing from the 1960s to the present day, followed by poetic and pictorial insights into the domestic and social life of the scholar and family man. Section Four comprises two interviews, while Sections Five and Six are devoted to critical evaluations of Ezenwa-Ohaeto's work and to contemporary perspectives on Nigerian literature respectively.
The Development of Universities in Nigeria
Author: Nduka Okafor
Publisher: London : Longman
Published: 1971
Total Pages: 230
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKImperialism, Academe and Nationalism
Author: Apollos O. Nwauwa
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2013-05-13
Total Pages: 286
ISBN-13: 1134728778
DOWNLOAD EBOOKUsing British Colonial Office papers, the archives of colonial governments in Africa, and the writings of African nationalists, Dr Nwauwa examines the long history of the demand for the establishment of universities in Colonial Africa, to which the authorities finally agreed after World War II.
Turning Points in Historiography
Author: Q. Edward Wang
Publisher: Boydell & Brewer
Published: 2002
Total Pages: 372
ISBN-13: 1580460976
DOWNLOAD EBOOKExamining turning points in historical thought in a variety of cultures, the essay here deal with reorientations in historical thinking in the pre-modern period since Antiquity, mainly in ancient Greece and China and in medieval Christian Europe.
La voie de l'excellence académique
Author: Philip G. Altbach
Publisher: World Bank Publications
Published: 2012-01-27
Total Pages: 350
ISBN-13: 0821394851
DOWNLOAD EBOOKLe bassin du Congo représente 70 % de la couverture forestière du continent africain et abrite une grande partie de la biodiversité de l’Afrique. Historiquement, la pression exercée sur les forêts du bassin du Congo a été comparativement faible, mais des signes indiquent que cette situation ne devrait pas durer, car la pression sur les forêts et les autres écosystèmes s’accroît. La reconnaissance croissante de l’importance des forêts pour endiguer le changement climatique a introduit un nouvel élan dans la lutte contre la déforestation et la dégradation de la forêt tropicale. La plupart des pays de bassin du Congo sont activement engagés dans un processus de préparation des cadres et stratégies-cadre capable de créer des incitations à « réduire les émissions dues à la déforestation et à la dégradation des forêts », encourageant « la conservation et la gestion durable des forêts ainsi que l’amélioration de la séquestration du carbone par les forêts » (REDD+). Ils travaillent ainsi d’ores-et-déjà à renforcer leur capacité de suivi des émissions liées aux forêts, à améliorer la gouvernance des forêts, à promouvoir le développement et à réduire la pauvreté, tout en protégeant les ressources naturelles de la région. Un exercice de deux ans visant à analyser et comprendre en profondeur la dynamique de la déforestation dans le bassin du Congo est résumé dans le présent rapport, qui s’organise comme suit : Le chapitre 1 donne une vue d’ensemble des forêts du bassin du Congo • Le chapitre 2 présente la dynamique de la déforestation et résume les résultats d’une analyse secteur par secteur des grands facteurs de déforestation dans le bassin du Congo. • Le chapitre 3 fournit une actualisation de l’état des négociations REDD+ dans le cadre de la CCNUCC et des implications pour les pays du bassin du Congo.
Encyclopedia of Library and Information Science
Author: Allen Kent
Publisher: CRC Press
Published: 1976-12-01
Total Pages: 558
ISBN-13: 9780824720193
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"The Encyclopedia of Library and Information Science provides an outstanding resource in 33 published volumes with 2 helpful indexes. This thorough reference set--written by 1300 eminent, international experts--offers librarians, information/computer scientists, bibliographers, documentalists, systems analysts, and students, convenient access to the techniques and tools of both library and information science. Impeccably researched, cross referenced, alphabetized by subject, and generously illustrated, the Encyclopedia of Library and Information Science integrates the essential theoretical and practical information accumulating in this rapidly growing field."
Higher Education In Nigeria: A Descriptive Factual Analysis
Author: 'WOLE ADESINA, PhD
Publisher: Lulu.com
Published: 2012-12-29
Total Pages: 53
ISBN-13: 1300580410
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book reports extensive research in higher education in Nigeria as it investigates past and present problems that needs to be review, modify, and the implementation of "what works" in our educational system and "what we can do differently" to improve our educational system to the standard where it suppose to be at this century and thereafter should be the focus of all stakeholders to achieve success through new strategic innovation approach. Accordingly, this book will serve as a resource tool for researchers, educators, administrators, enrollment officers, and students leaders in institutions of higher education in Nigeria to have a sufficient historical background of events which have shaped our institutions of higher learning in Nigeria to what they were nowadays and guide them to make intelligent decision based on the recommendations presented to prevent previous awkward scenario in our past educational history repeating itself.
