Tradition and change in Africa : the essays of J.F. Ade Ajayi /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Ajayi, J. F. Ade
Other Authors: Falola, Toyin
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Trenton, NJ : Africa World Press, [2000]
Series:Classic authors and texts on Africa.
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • Social justice in traditional societies
  • Nineteenth century wars and Yoruba ethnicity
  • Cultural foundations of African unity
  • Tradition and development
  • Henry Venn and the policy of development
  • Nineteenth century origins of Nigerian nationalism
  • Bishop Crowther: a patriot to the core
  • Native agency in nineteenth century west Africa
  • A new Christian politics?
  • Continuity of African institutions under colonial rule
  • Colonialism: an episode in African history
  • Decolonization and the birth of neo-colonialism
  • Legitimacy in Africa and the factor of colonialism
  • Africa and the new world order
  • The national question in Nigeria in historical perspective
  • National history in the context of decolonization
  • Ethnicity and nationalism in Nigeria
  • Democracy in Nigeria : an historical analysis
  • The Atlantic slave trade and Africa
  • Africa's development crisis in historical perspective
  • Bishop Crowther and Taubman Goldie in the Sokoto Caliphate
  • The crusade for reparations
  • Pan-Africanism and the struggle for reparation
  • The Ibadan school of history
  • History and the nation
  • Mortality and change
  • History and the social sciences
  • The search for relevance in the humanities in Africa
  • On being an Africanist.