African cultural values : Igbo political leadership in colonial Nigeria, 1900-1966 / Raphael Chijioke Njoku.
Although numerous studies have been made of the Western educated political elite of colonial Nigeria in particular, and of Africa in general, very few have approached the study from a perspective that analyzes the impacts of indigenous institutions on the lives, values, and ideas of these individual...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Routledge,
[2006]
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| Series: | African studies (Routledge (Firm))
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| Summary: | Although numerous studies have been made of the Western educated political elite of colonial Nigeria in particular, and of Africa in general, very few have approached the study from a perspective that analyzes the impacts of indigenous institutions on the lives, values, and ideas of these individuals. This book is about the diachronic impact of indigenous and Western agencies in the upbringing, socialization, and careers of the colonial Igbo political elite of southeastern Nigeria. The thesis argues that the new elite manifests the continuity of traditions and culture and therefore their leade. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xvii, 251 pages) : illustrations, maps. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-239) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781135528201 1135528209 9780203960691 0203960696 9781135528270 1135528276 9781135528348 1135528349 |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Print version record. |