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Petition Writing and Negotiations of Colonialism in Igboland, 1892–1960 - Bright Alozie

Petition Writing and Negotiations of Colonialism in Igboland, 1892–1960

African Voices in Ink

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Buch | Hardcover
340 Seiten
2024
Lexington Books/Fortress Academic (Verlag)
978-1-6669-6692-3 (ISBN)
CHF 174,55 inkl. MwSt
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This book explores petitions and the trend of petition writing by Igo individuals in colonial southeastern Nigeria. It brings together transnational, historical, geographical, and gender perspectives, highlighting petition writers’ agency and engagement with colonial administration.
Though many historians of colonial Africa are familiar with petitions preserved in archives, few have looked at what this genre of letter writing tells us about broader colonial society. In a meticulously researched and rich analysis, Petition Writing and Negotiations of Colonialism in Igboland, 1892–1960: African Voices in Ink fills this gap through the exploration of petitions written by Igbo petitioners in southeastern Nigeria to British officials which shows how these Igbo individuals influenced colonial decision-making. In challenging colonial authority through petition writing, Igbo petitioners used language of rights and justice to navigate the colonial system. By extracting African voices through a largely untapped archive of petitions, Bright Alozie provides insights into petition writing as a significant tool for understanding colonialism beyond the contestation of power and highlights petition writers’ agency and engagement with colonial administration. This book brings together transnational, historical, geographical, and gender perspectives to explore an archive of petitions and to inspire critical inquiry and further exploration of the intricate dynamics and multifaceted aspects of petition writing in colonial Igboland.

Bright Alozie is assistant professor of Black studies at Portland State University.

List of Figures

Acknowledgments

List of Abbreviations

Part I: African Voices, Imperial Dialogues, and the Evolution of Petition Writing

Introduction: On African Voices and Imperial Dialogues: Why Petitions Matter

Chapter One: An “Ancient Right”: Petition Writing and the British Empire

Chapter Two: From Traditions of Orality to “Voices in Ink”: Advent, Textual Analysis, and Dynamics of Petition Writing in Igboland, 1892―1900

Part II: Negotiating Colonialism: Locating African Voices via Selected Colonial Petitions

Chapter Three: “We Must Aright and Claim Genuine Rights of Ownership”: Voices of Land and Ownership

Chapter Four: “From “Pitiable Maidservants” to “Virtual Patriarchs”: Voices of Women and the Gendered Politics of Petitions

Chapter Five: “Sir, The Petition of Your Humble Servant, A Condemned Convict”: Voices Behind Bars and the Paradox of Colonial Punishment

Chapter Six: “A Privileged Dialogic Space”: Deference, Defiance, and Petition Writing during the World War Years

Chapter Seven: “Our Town is Underdeveloped . . . We Have No Amenities and All We Get Are Fees, Taxes, and Worries”: Negotiating Welfare and Development, 1940s―1960

Conclusion

Bibliography

About the Author

Erscheinungsdatum
Sprache englisch
Maße 158 x 236 mm
Gewicht 635 g
Themenwelt Geisteswissenschaften Geschichte Regional- / Ländergeschichte
Sozialwissenschaften Kommunikation / Medien Kommunikationswissenschaft
Sozialwissenschaften Politik / Verwaltung
ISBN-10 1-6669-6692-4 / 1666966924
ISBN-13 978-1-6669-6692-3 / 9781666966923
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