The Ogoni of the Eastern Niger Delta : an economic, political and cultural analysis from settlement to the present /
The Ogoni of the eastern Niger Delta are an ancient African community in southern Nigeria, whose history dates back to BC times. Their history is rich in customs, traditions, economics, politics and culture, which date back to Herodotus, the Greek historian, who wrote about the "Silent Trade in...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Ibadan, Nigeria :
Safari Books,
[2021]
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| Summary: | The Ogoni of the eastern Niger Delta are an ancient African community in southern Nigeria, whose history dates back to BC times. Their history is rich in customs, traditions, economics, politics and culture, which date back to Herodotus, the Greek historian, who wrote about the "Silent Trade in West Africa," in the 4th century BC, a story also reported by the Ogoni in their oral tradition. Scholars frequently relate the history of West Africa to the coming of the white man into the region. The Ogoni of the eastern Niger Delta shows that the colonialists later came to see a lot of innovations by the Ogoni, such as trade, money, industry, agriculture, leadership training, government, law, music, sea travel, war and more. |
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| Physical Description: | 428 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 363-375) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9789785769685 9785769682 |