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The African Diaspora in the United States and Europe
Ashgate Publishing Ltd 2008; US$ 114.95This book examines the Ghanaian diaspora in North America, a group which has grown substantially since 1980, and offers a fascinating lens on some of the key themes of the 'new migration' including transnationalism, identity, social networks, remittances, economic integration and citizenship. Using original empirical data, the author also investigates... more...
Colonialism and Violence in Nigeria
Indiana University Press 2009; US$ 21.20Colonialism and Violence in Nigeria looks closely at the conditions that created a legacy of violence in Nigeria. Toyin Falola examines violence as a tool of domination and resistance, however unequally applied, to get to the heart of why Nigeria has not built a successful democracy. Falola's analysis... more...
The Hausa of Nigeria
University Press of America 2009; US$ 38.99This book is the culmination of thirty-nine years of anthropological thought and research and many field trips to Nigeria. This work looks at the notion of identity formation and its relationship to history, religion, warfare, gender, economics, various other dimensions of Hausa life, minority group relationships, and creolization. more...
Nigerian Foreign Policy under Military Rule, 1966-1999
ABC-CLIO 2003; US$ 112.00Abegunrin provides a significant and comprenhensive examination of Nigerian foreign policy (1966-1999) during the almost 33 years of military rule, punctuated by the four-year civilian interregnum, 1979-1983. He analyzes what led to the military rule in 1966, and the foreign policy performance of each military regime that ruled the country since 1966.... more...
The Fall of the Asante Empire
Free Press 2010; US$ 20.95For the first time, anthropologist Robert Edgerton tells the story of the Hundred-Year War?from 1807 to 1900, between the British Empire and the Asante Kingdom?from the Asante point of view. In 1817, the first British envoy to meet the king of the Asante of West Africa was dazzled by his reception. A group of 5,000 Asante soldiers, many wearing... more...
Magic and Warfare
Palgrave Macmillan Ltd. 2009; US$ 85.00This study explores the roles played by magic in contemporary African warfare, specifically through the case of Sierra Leone, to assess its impact on behaviour in conflict. A conceptual framework is suggested for analysing culturally alien practices more broadly and to inform approaches to civilian and military intervention. more...
War and the Crisis of Youth in Sierra Leone
Cambridge University Press 2011; US$ 72.00Addresses the incomplete understanding of the conflict in Sierra Leone by focusing on the direct experiences and interpretations of protagonists. more...
People of the Zongo
Cambridge University Press 1978; US$ 53.00Questions of ethnicity, religion, cultural change and the African national identity are probed in this study of the immigrant community of Kumasi, Ghana. more...
Being and Becoming Hausa
BRILL 2010; US$ 107.00Drawing on anthropology, linguistics, economic history, and archaeology, this book offers a compelling portrait of the emergence and evolution of Hausa identity in West Africa. more...
Sierra Leone beyond the Lome Peace Accord
Palgrave Macmillan 2010; US$ 90.00The Lomé Peace Accord, signed in 1999, presented significant implications, challenges, and possibilities for post-conflict Sierra Leone, but the literature on post-conflict Sierra Leone only scantily addresses these issues. This project seeks to address the void in the literature on post-Lomé Sierra Leone. more...









