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Social and cultural Identity of an African Society

The Igala People of Nigeria

Nicholas Ọ Okpe (Autor)

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316 Seiten

2006
Iko-Verlag Berlin
978-3-88939-803-1 (ISBN)

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Cultural identity is not only a political matter, but entails every aspect of daily life. As everywhere, colonialism in Nigeria is viewed as a distortion of genuine socio-cultural system. Colonial politics contributed to the fall of social and moral values so that corruption, for example, is viewed by political opportunists as a normal way of life. This is one of the reasons why the social-political configuration of modern Nigeria has little recognition by the indigenous people.

Through this work, the author, using the ethnic Igala people, succeeds in proposing answers to the question of a sensible national politics which put historical and traditional institutions of the various ethnic hegemonies into consideration: What are those things required for a fruitful and peaceful co-existence in a multi-ethnic society like Nigeria? ...
Prof. Dr. Dr. G. Droesser

Sprache	englisch
Maße	148 x 210 mm
Gewicht	419 g
Einbandart	Paperback
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie ► Völkerkunde (Naturvölker)
Schlagworte	Gesellschaft • HC/Ethnologie/Völkerkunde • Igala • Kulturen • Nigeria • Relationen
ISBN-10	3-88939-803-0 / 3889398030
ISBN-13	978-3-88939-803-1 / 9783889398031
Zustand	Neuware