Three Rivers of Nigeria
Author: Marcilene K. Wittmer
Publisher:
Published: 1978
Total Pages: 124
ISBN-13:
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The Literature and Arts of the Niger Delta
Author: Tanure Ojaide
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Published: 2021-04-19
Total Pages: 285
ISBN-13: 1000379051
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book examines the depiction of the Delta region of Nigeria through literature and other cultural art forms. The Niger Delta has been thrust into the global limelight due to resource extraction and conflict, but it is also a region with a rich culture, environment, and heritage. The creative imagination of the area’s artists has been fuelled by the area’s pressing concerns of indigenous peoples, minority discourse, environmental degradation, climate change, multinational corporations' greed, dictatorship, and people’s struggle for control of their resources. Taking a holistic approach to the Niger Delta experience, this book showcases artistic responses from literature, visual arts, and performances (such as masquerades, dances, and festivals). Chapters cover authors, artists, and performers such as Ben Okri, Ken Saro-Wiwa, Isidore Okpewho, J.P. Clark, and Bruce Onobrakpeya, as well as topics like the famous Benin bronze figures and Urhobo Udje dance. Affirming the wealth and diversity of the region which continues to inspire creative artistic productions, The Literature and Arts of the Niger Delta will be of interest to researchers of African literature, arts, and other cultural productions.
Nigeria
Author: Ruby Bell-Gam
Publisher: Oxford, England : Clio Press
Published: 1999
Total Pages: 384
ISBN-13: 9781851093274
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAnnotation. Offers annotated references to some 800 recent publications on this African country, in sections on economy, ethnic groups, mass media, religion, banking, and science and technology. Includes a chronology, and an introductory essay providing background on Nigeria's history and contemporary issues. This revised bibliography updates the first edition, which was published in 1989. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR.
Nigeria
Author: Lizzie Williams
Publisher: Bradt Travel Guides
Published: 2012
Total Pages: 372
ISBN-13: 1841623970
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis updated edition guides you through this unique country and provides a comprehensive insight into what makes Africa's most populous country tick.
Conference Proceedings
Author: Nigerian Society of Engineers. Electrical Division Conference
Publisher:
Published: 1996
Total Pages: 112
ISBN-13:
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Author: Jordan Fenton
Publisher: Boydell & Brewer
Published: 2022
Total Pages: 397
ISBN-13: 1648250262
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIntroduction, Masquerade as an Artistic Pulse of the City -- "Face No Fear Face:" Unmasking Youths -- "If they Burn it Down, We will Build it Even Larger:" Confrontations of Space -- "People Hear at Night:" Sounds and Secrecy of Nocturnal Performance -- "Idagha Chieftaincy was Nothing like what it is today:" The Spectacle of Public Performance -- "We Call it Change:" An Artistic Profile of Artist Ekpenyong Bassey Nsa -- "Look at it, Touch it, Smell it-this is Nnabo:" Trajectories and Transformations of "Warrior" Societies -- "For this Small Money, I No Go Enter Competition:" Masquerade Competition on a Global Stage -- "I know Myself:" Masquerade as an Artistic Transformation -- Coda: "I Think About my Kids and Feeding Them".
Important African & Oceanic Art Auction
Author: Heritage Auction Galleries (Dallas, Tex.)
Publisher: Heritage Capital Corporation
Published: 2007
Total Pages: 266
ISBN-13: 9781599671529
DOWNLOAD EBOOKNigerian Gods
Author: Erubu Otobo
Publisher: African Books Collective
Published: 2023-05-05
Total Pages: 292
ISBN-13: 9786020464
DOWNLOAD EBOOKNigerian Gods is an enlightening and sobering review of the impact of the introduction of the three main Abrahamic religions on Nigeria's traditional religions, culture and way of life, viewed through the prism of its eleven largest and two of the smallest ethnic groups. Kome Otobo, gives here a factual and acute description and presentation of the main characteristics of the major ethnic groups in Nigeria - historical background and socio-political structures, demography, traditional religions, differing impacts of Judaism, Christianity, Islam, and major occupations and modes of existence - which should serve to propel all to a fuller assessment of the complexities of the directions which a Post-Covid-19 World is tending rapidly, ethnically and racially exploited differences jumping to the fore to question erstwhile dominant political ideologies and political arrangements based on them.
Souls Grown Deep
Author: Paul Arnett
Publisher: Tinwood Books
Published: 2000
Total Pages: 570
ISBN-13: 9780965376600
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe first comprehensive overview of an important genre of American art, Souls Grown Deep explores the visual-arts genius of the black South. This first work in a multivolume study introduces 40 African-American self-taught artists, who, without significant formal training, often employ the most unpretentious and unlikely materials. Like blues and jazz artists, they create powerful statements amplifying the call for freedom and vision.
Developing the Rivers of East and West Africa
Author: Heather J. Hoag
Publisher: A&C Black
Published: 2013-09-12
Total Pages: 307
ISBN-13: 1441111220
DOWNLOAD EBOOKHow did rivers contribute to the economic and political development of modern Africa? How did African and European notions of nature's value and meaning differ? And how have these evaluations of Africa's rivers changed between 1850 and the present day? Drawing upon examples from across the African continent, Developing the Rivers of East and West Africa explores the role African waterways played in the continent's economic, social, and political development and provides the first historical study of the key themes in African river history. Rivers acted as more than important transportation byways; their waters were central to both colonial and postcolonial economic development efforts. This book synthesizes the available research on African rivers with new evidence to offer students of African and environmental history a narrative of how people have used and engaged the continent's water resources. It analyzes key themes in Africa's modern history - European exploration, establishment of colonial rule, economic development, 'green' politics - and each case study provides a lens through which to view social, economic and ecological change in Africa.
