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African Studies Association 59Th Annual Meeting
AFRICAN STUDIES ASSOCIATION 59TH ANNUAL MEETING IMAGINING AFRICA AT THE CENTER: BRIDGING SCHOLARSHIP, POLICY, AND REPRESENTATION IN AFRICAN STUDIES December 1 - 3, 2016 Marriott Wardman Park Hotel, Washington, D.C. PROGRAM COMMITTEE CHAIRS: Benjamin N. Lawrance, Rochester Institute of Technology William G. Moseley, Macalester College LOCAL ARRANGEMENTS COMMITTEE CHAIRS: Eve Ferguson, Library of Congress Alem Hailu, Howard University Carl LeVan, American University 1 ASA OFFICERS President: Dorothy Hodgson, Rutgers University Vice President: Anne Pitcher, University of Michigan Past President: Toyin Falola, University of Texas-Austin Treasurer: Kathleen Sheldon, University of California, Los Angeles BOARD OF DIRECTORS Aderonke Adesola Adesanya, James Madison University Ousseina Alidou, Rutgers University Souleymane Bachir Diagne, Columbia University Brenda Chalfin, University of Florida Mary Jane Deeb, Library of Congress Peter Lewis, Johns Hopkins University Peter Little, Emory University Timothy Longman, Boston University Jennifer Yanco, Boston University ASA SECRETARIAT Suzanne Baazet, Executive Director Kathryn Salucka, Program Manager Renée DeLancey, Program Manager Mark Fiala, Financial Manager Sonja Madison, Executive Assistant EDITORS OF ASA PUBLICATIONS African Studies Review: Elliot Fratkin, Smith College Sean Redding, Amherst College John Lemly, Mount Holyoke College Richard Waller, Bucknell University Kenneth Harrow, Michigan State University Cajetan Iheka, University of Alabama History in Africa: Jan Jansen, Institute of Cultural -
The Nigeria-Biafra War, Popular Culture and Agitation for Sovereignty of a Biafran Nation
African Studies Centre Leiden, The Netherlands The Nigeria-Biafra war, popular culture and agitation for sovereignty of a Biafran nation ‘Rantimi Jays Julius-Adeoye ASC Working Paper 138 / 2017 1 African Studies Centre Leiden P.O. Box 9555 2300 RB Leiden The Netherlands Telephone +31-71-5273372 Website www.ascleiden.nl E-mail [email protected] [email protected] © Senior Lecturer, Theatre and Film Studies, Redeemer’s University, Nigeria, LeidenASA Visiting Fellow 2017, March 2017 2 Abstract The date 6 July 2017 marks the 50th anniversary of the war considered as one of the worst in recent human history, the Nigeria-Biafra war. My paper focuses on the representation of this war in popular culture – with an emphasis on film, fictional and non-fictional literature. It interrogates the role that fictional and non-fictional narration play in the collective and individual memory of Nigerians in general and the Igbos in particular. It also looks at the link between the depiction of the war in popular culture and the renewed agitation for the nationhood of Biafra, as since the 2000s, there has been renewed campaigning by young people of Igbo ethnicity for the creation of the Republic of Biafra. This research particularly concentrates on two organizations that are involved in this struggle: the Movement for the Actualization of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB) and the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB). It is my position that popular culture constitutes important material for the study and understanding of historical events and periods of time, while it also enhances our understanding of the ways in which these past events may have an influence in the present. -
Modified Northern Common Centre Theory: an Attendant Issue on Origin and Migration of Ndiigbo in the Early 21St Century-Linguists Contribution
www.idosr.org Longinus and Onuora ©IDOSR PUBLICATIONS International Digital Organization for Scientific Research ISSN: 2579-0765 IDOSR JOURNAL OF CURRENT ISSUES IN SOCIAL SCIENCES 7(1): 1-10, 2021. Modified Northern Common Centre Theory: An Attendant Issue on Origin and Migration of Ndiigbo in the early 21st Century-Linguists Contribution. Longinus Chukwuemeka Chinagorom1 and Onuora Ngozi Theresa2 1Department of Linguistics and Igbo Faculty of Humanities Imo State University, Owerri 2Department of Languages/Linguistics/Literary Studies/Theatre Arts Federal University, Ndufu-Alike, Ikwo, Ebonyi State, Nigeria ABSTRACT The controversies bedeviling the question of uniqueness, identity and assimilation of people of Africa, which are borne out of the consequences of humanity’s quest for survival that have sparked off several noted revolutions, have given birth to the clarion call for a methodological cum systematic approach to the roots and branches of various peoples of the earth. The recent upsurge for self determination and referendum among distinct ethnic and linguistic groups need not be nipped in the bud; rather the attendant issue of showcasing genuine identities of peoples has become very relevant. In this early 21st Century, the challenges of directing and redirecting the dynamics of Igbo Civilization characterized by its autochthonous and primordial parlance of Ndiokpu na Ndiegede , projected lucidly in terms of self determination/Biafra Restoration and intent motivation for Ndiigbo to exhibit an inherent urge to develop resources towards contributing their quota in the domain of Globalization and current Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), spurs us to revisit some noted theories on the origin and migration of the Igbo. This paper tends to reassess the Northern Common Centre Theory; as among the most popular Schools of Thought on ground. -
Gender Disparities in Witchcraft Beliefs: a Challenge to Nigerian and African Historiography
Journal of International Women's Studies Volume 22 Issue 1 Article 26 February 2021 Gender Disparities in Witchcraft Beliefs: A Challenge to Nigerian and African Historiography Uche U. Okonkwo University of Nigeria V.O Eze University of Nigeria Victor Ukaogo University of Nigeria Stella Okoye-Ugwu University of Nigeria F.O Orabueze University of Nigeria Follow this and additional works at: https://vc.bridgew.edu/jiws Part of the Women's Studies Commons Recommended Citation Okonkwo, Uche U.; Eze, V.O; Ukaogo, Victor; Okoye-Ugwu, Stella; and Orabueze, F.O (2021). Gender Disparities in Witchcraft Beliefs: A Challenge to Nigerian and African Historiography. Journal of International Women's Studies, 22(1), 446-464. Available at: https://vc.bridgew.edu/jiws/vol22/iss1/26 This item is available as part of Virtual Commons, the open-access institutional repository of Bridgewater State University, Bridgewater, Massachusetts. This journal and its contents may be used for research, teaching and private study purposes. Any substantial or systematic reproduction, re-distribution, re-selling, loan or sub-licensing, systematic supply or distribution in any form to anyone is expressly forbidden. ©2021 Journal of International Women’s Studies. V.O Eze Gender Disparities in Witchcraft Beliefs: A Challenge to Nigerian and African Historiography By Uche Uwaezuoke Okonkwo 1, V.O Eze2 , Victor Ukaogo3, Stella Okoye-Ugwu 4, F.O 5 Orabueze Abstract The understanding of how gender roles are assigned to abstract issues like witchcraft beliefs, remains a challenge to contemporary African historians. Witchcraft as a significant area of humanistic study, has not sufficiently engaged historians and literary critics. -
Number 15/16 Contents
Number 15/16 Contents May-December 1979 Editorial 1 Editorial Working Group Underdevelopment in Northern Ghana: Natural Causes or Colonial Capitalism? Chris Allen Manfred Bienefeld Nii-K Plange 4 Lionel Cliffe Contradictions in the Peripheralization Roben Cohen of a Pastoral Society: the Maasai Erica Flegg Mejid Hussein Hans Hedlund 15 Duncan Innes Rural Class Formation and Ecological Peter Lawrence Collapse in Botswana Roger Leys Lionel Cliffe and Richard Moorsom 35 Gavin Williams Editorial Staff Capitalism and Hunger in Northern Nigeria Doris Burgess Judy Mohan Bob Shenton and Mike Watts 5 3 Overseas Editors Dependent Food Policy in Nigeria 1975-1979 Cairo: Shahida El Baz Kampala: Mahmood Mamdani Okello Oculi 63 Maputo: Ruth First Capitalist Organization of Production Stockholm: Bhagavan through non-Capitalist Relations: Toronto: Jonathan Barker, John Saul Women's Role in a Pilot Resettlement Washington: Meredeth Turshen in Upper Volta Zaria: Bjorn Beckman Anna Conti 75 Contributing Editors Basil Davidson Class Formation in the Peasant Sam Geza Economy of Southern Ghana Thomas Hodgkin Emile Vercruijsse 93 Charles Kallu-Kalumiya Peasant Fishermen and Capitalists: Mustafa Khogali Colin Leys Development in Senegal Robert Van Lierop Klaas de Jonge 105 Archie Mafeje Briefings Prexy Nesbitt The Zimbabwe Elections 124 Claude Meillassoux Ken Post Notes on the Workers' Strikes in Subscriptions (3 issues) Mauritius 130 UK & Africa Debates Individual £4.00 Relations of Production, Class Struggle Institutions £8.00 and the State in South Africa in the Elsewhere Individuals £4.50 Inter-war Period 135 Institutions £10.00 Swaziland: Urban Local Government Students £ 3.00 (payable in Subjugation in the Post-Colonial sterling only) State 146 Airmail extra Europe £2.00 In Defence of the MPLA and the Zone A £2.50 Angolan Revolution 148 £3.50 Zone B On Peasantry and the 'Modes of Zone C £4.00 Single copies Production' Debate 154 Individuals £1.50/$4.00 Reviews 162 Institutions £ 3.00/38.00 Current Africana 174 Note: Please add $2 for each non- sterling cheque Giro no. -
The African Diaspora: Slavery, Modernity, and Globalization Toyin Falola
The African Diaspora: Slavery, Modernity, and Globalization Toyin Falola BOYE6 (2013) The African diaspora is arguably the most important event in modern African history. From the fifteenth century to the present, millions of Africans have been dispersed— many of them forcibly, others driven by economic need or political persecution— to other continents, creating large communities with African origins living outside their native lands. The majority of these communities are in North America. This historic displacement has meant that Africans are irrevocably connected to economic and political developments in the West and globally. Among the known legacies of the diaspora are slavery, colonialism, racism, poverty, and underdevelopment, yet the ways in which these same factors worked to spur the scattering of Africans are not fully understood— by those who were part of this migration or by scholars, historians, and policymakers. In this definitive study of the diaspora in North America, Toyin Falola offers a causal history of the western dispersion of Africans and its effects on the modern world. Reengaging old and familiar debates and framing new ones that enrich the discourse surrounding Africa, Falola isolates the thread, running nearly six centuries, that connects the history of slavery, the transatlantic slave trade, and current migrations. A boon to scholars and policymakers and accessible to the general reader, the book explores diverse narratives of migration and shows that the cultures that migrated from Africa to the Americas have the capacity to unite and create a new pan-Africanist movement within the globalized world. . -
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afolabi 00 fmt cx 1/29/10 11:57 AM Page iii Toyin falola the man, the mask, the muse edited by niyi Afolabi Carolina Academic Press Durham, North Carolina afolabi 00 fmt cx 1/29/10 11:57 AM Page iv Copyright © 2010 Niyi Afolabi All Rights Reserved Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Toyin Falola : the man, the mask, the muse / edited by Niyi Afolabi. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-1-59460-754-7 (alk. paper) 1. Falola, Toyin. 2. Falola, Toyin--Influence. 3. Falola, Toyin--Political and social views. 4. Africanists--United States--Biography. 5. Scholars--United States--Biography. 6. Historians--United States--Biography. 7. Africa--Historiography. 8. African dias- pora--Historiography. 9. College teachers--Texas--Austin--Biography. 10. Nigerian Americans--Biography. I. Afolabi, Niyi. II. Title. DT19.7.F35T69 2010 960.072'02--dc22 2010002268 Carolina Academic Press 700 Kent Street Durham, North Carolina 27701 Telephone (919) 489-7486 Fax (919) 493-5668 www.cap-press.com Printed in the United States of America afolabi 00 fmt cx 1/29/10 11:57 AM Page v Dedicated to my mother: Ogboja afolabi 00 fmt cx 1/29/10 11:57 AM Page vii Contents Prologue xiii Niyi Afolabi Notes on Contributors xvii Chapter 1 Toyin Falola: The Man, The Mask, The Muse 3 Niyi Afolabi PART ONE INVOCATION AND COMMENTARIES Chapter 2 Invocation 53 Iyalawo Oloye Aina Olomo (Igbo Iyalase, the Ajidakin) Chapter 3 Toyin Falola: A Poet “Within” and “Without” 57 Michael Vickers Chapter 4 Toyin Falola: Volcanic Force, Diasporic Muse 85 Paul Lovejoy Chapter 5 Toyin Falola: The African Historian and Scholar 89 Robert Dibie Chapter 6 Toyin Falola: The Master Teacher 97 Molefi Kete Asante Chapter 7 Professor Toyin Falola in His Intellectual Majesty! 101 A.B. -
Reviving Makerere University to a Leading Institution for Academic Excellence in Africa
Reviving Makerere University to a Leading Institution for Academic Excellence in Africa Synthesis Report of the Proceedings of The 3rd State of the Nation Platform December 4, 2009 Kampala, Uganda Bernard Tabaire Jackie Okao Reviving Makerere University to a Leading Institution ACODE Policy Dialoguefor AcademicSeries Excellence No. in Africa8, 2010 Table of Content List of Acronyms................................................................................................ .ii 1.Introduction..................................................................................................... 1 2.Summarry of Discussion............................................................................... 3 2.1 Financial Performance.........................................................................3 2.2 Research and Knowledge Management.......................................... .4 2.3 Quality of Service Delivery............................................................. .5 2.4 Management/Staff Relations.......................................................... 6 2.5 University/ Student Relations.......................................................... 6 2.6 University/Government Relations.................................................... 8 2.7 University Image and Standing......................................................... 8 2.8 Governance........................................................................................... 9 3. Issues to Ponder.......................................................................................... -
Fallou Ngom, Phd Professor of Anthropology Director, African Studies Center Boston University, 232 Bay State Road Boston, MA 02215, Email: [email protected]
Fallou Ngom, PhD Professor of Anthropology Director, African Studies Center Boston University, 232 Bay State Road Boston, MA 02215, Email: [email protected] EDUCATION PhD, French Linguistics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2002 MA, French (with emphasis on linguistics), University of Montana, 1997 Maîtrise d’anglais, Grammaire et Linguistique, Université de Saint-Louis, Sénégal, 1996 Licence d’anglais, Grammaire et Linguistique, Université de Saint-Louis, Sénégal, 1994 DEUG d’anglais, Université Gaston Berger de Saint-Louis, Sénégal, 1993 PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYMENT Professor of Anthropology and Director of the African Studies Center, Boston University, September 2017-present Professor of Anthropology and Director of the African Language Program, Boston University, March 2017-July 2017 Associate Professor of Anthropology (with tenure) and Director of the African Language Program, Boston University, January 2008 – February 23, 2017 Affiliated faculty, Global Development Policy Center, Boston University, Jan. 2019-present Affiliated faculty, Linguistics Program, Boston University, 2015-present Fulbright Lecturing and Research Scholar, Université Gaston Berger de Saint-Louis, Senegal, October 2007 – July 2008 Associate Professor of French and Linguistics (with tenure), Western Washington University, Fall 2007 – January 2008 Assistant Professor of French and Linguistics, Western Washington University, 2002-2007 RESEARCH AND TEACHING INTERESTS African Ajami sources of knowledge African intellectual traditions African Arabic & Ajami writings -
The Land Has Changed: History, Society and Gender in Colonial Eastern Nigeria
University of Calgary PRISM: University of Calgary's Digital Repository University of Calgary Press University of Calgary Press Open Access Books 2010 The land has changed: history, society and gender in colonial Eastern Nigeria Korieh, Chima J. University of Calgary Press Chima J. Korieh. "The land has changed: history, society and gender in colonial Eastern Nigeria". Series: Africa, missing voices series 6, University of Calgary Press, Calgary, Alberta, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/1880/48254 book http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ Attribution Non-Commercial No Derivatives 3.0 Unported Downloaded from PRISM: https://prism.ucalgary.ca University of Calgary Press www.uofcpress.com THE LAND HAS CHANGED History, Society and Gender in Colonial Eastern Nigeria Chima J. Korieh ISBN 978-1-55238-545-6 THIS BOOK IS AN OPEN ACCESS E-BOOK. It is an electronic version of a book that can be purchased in physical form through any bookseller or on-line retailer, or from our distributors. Please support this open access publication by requesting that your university purchase a print copy of this book, or by purchasing a copy yourself. If you have any questions, please contact us at [email protected] Cover Art: The artwork on the cover of this book is not open access and falls under traditional copyright provisions; it cannot be reproduced in any way without written permission of the artists and their agents. The cover can be displayed as a complete cover image for the purposes of publicizing this work, but the artwork cannot be extracted from the context of the cover of this specific work without breaching the artist’s copyright. -
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00 falola final cx 6/18/08 3:20 PM Page i Migrations and Creative Expressions in Africa and the African Diaspora 00 falola final cx 6/18/08 3:20 PM Page ii 00 falola final cx 6/18/08 3:20 PM Page iii Migrations and Creative Expressions in Africa and the African Diaspora Toyin Falola University of Texas at Austin Niyi Afolabi University of Massachusetts at Amherst Adérónké Adésolá Adésànyà University of Ibadan-Nigeria Carolina Academic Press Durham, North Carolina 00 falola final cx 6/18/08 3:20 PM Page iv Copyright © 2008 Toyin Falola, Niyi Afolabi, and Adérónké Adésolá Adésànyà All rights reserved. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Migrations and creative expressions in Africa and the African diaspora / edited by Toyin Falola, Niyi Afolabi, Aderonke A. Adesanya. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-1-59460-460-7 (alk. paper) 1. African diaspora. 2. Africans--Migrations. 3. Africa--Civilization. 4. Africa--Intellectual life. 5. Blacks--Intellectual life. 6. America--Civilization--African influences. 7. Caribbean Area--Civilization--African influences. 8. Arts, Black. I. Falola, Toyin. II. Afolabi, Niyi. III. Adesanya, Aderonke A. IV. Title. DT16.5.R45 2008 304.8096--dc22 2008002578 Carolina Academic Press 700 Kent Street Durham, North Carolina 27701 Telephone (919) 489-7486 Fax (919) 493-5668 www.cap-press.com Printed in the United States of America 00 falola final cx 6/18/08 3:20 PM Page v dedicated to Dr. Julius Adekunle for his contributions to Nigerian History 00 falola final cx 6/18/08 3:20 PM Page vi 00 falola final cx 6/18/08 3:20 PM Page vii Contents Preface xi Notes on Authors xiii Chapter 1 Introduction: Migrating Souls, Resistant Spirits 3 Toyin Falola, Niyi Afolabi, and Adérónké A. -
Press Release African Studies Association Announces 2019
African Studies Association Rutgers University – Livingston Campus 54 Joyce Kilmer Avenue Piscataway, NJ 08854-8045 Tel: 848-999-4455 ~ Fax: 848-999-4466 www.africanstudies.org Press Release African Studies Association Announces 2019 Awards for Africanists PISCATAWAY, New Jersey, 26 November 2019 – The African StuDies Association is honoreD to announce its annual awarDs heralDing some of the most prominent contributions to the fielD of African StuDies. The ASA announceD the honors on SaturDay, 23 November 2019 in Boston During the closing ceremony of the organization’s annual meeting. Highlights of the 2019 awarD ceremony incluDe: The Distinguished Africanist Award honoreD the life work of Pearl T. Robinson (PhD, Columbia University) one of the most respected anD well-known scholars of Africa toDay. Robinson has authoreD more than 40 articles anD book chapters on African anD African American politics. She is a past Director of Tufts' International Relations Program anD has taught at Makerere University in UganDa anD the University of Dar es Salaam in Tanzania. Robinson serveD as PresiDent of the African StuDies Association in 2006-2007. Previous honorees incluDe: Emmanuel Gyimah-BoaDi, Iris Berger, J.H. Kwabena Nketia, Goran Hyden, anD Toyin Falola. Each year, the African StuDies Association presents the Distinguished Africanist Award to a member of the association who has maDe extraorDinary contributions to the field. The committee consiDers a range of criteria, incluDing research proDuctivity, cumulative research impact; impact on teaching; impact on publishing; eDitorial work; graDuate supervision; impact on transformative policies or institutional builDing in Africa, community outreach; anD impact on professional organizations. **** The ASA Book Prize was awarDeD to Michael A.