The aftermath of slavery : transitions and transformations in southeastern Nigeria / edited by Chima J. Korieh And Femi J. Kolapo.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Korieh, Chima J. (Chima Jacob), 1962-

Kolapo, Femi James.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Slavery--Nigeria--History.

Slavery.

Slave trade--Nigeria--History.

Slave trade.

History.

Nigeria.

Physical Description:

vi, 261 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

Trenton NJ : Africa World Press, [2007]

Contents:

New Calabar middlemen, her majesty's consuls, and British traders in late nineteenth century Niger Delta / Waibinte Wariboko

Gender and the political economy of the post-abolition era : the Bight of Biafra (Nigeria) and its Hinterland / Chima J. Korieh

The aftermath of the Atlantic slave trade : two settlement patterns in southeastern Nigeria / U. D. Anyanwu

The canoe in nineteenth century lower Niger and the Delta / Femi J. Kolapo

Igbo slaves and the transformation of the Niger-Delta / Raphael Chijioke Njoku

Oral tradition and the material culture of the Atlantic slave trade as historical evidence : the aro and the Bight of Biafra Hinterland / J. Akuma-Kalu Njoku

'Biafran' historicity : Ife, Okrika, and architectural representation / Ikem Stanley Okoye

The vocabulary of Niger Delta historiography / Innocent F. A. Uzoechi

Theses, antithesis, and synthesis : Niger Delta historiography in time perspective / Nkparom C. Ejituwu

Aro and Nri : the lessons of nineteenth century Igbo history / Michael J. C. Echeruo.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [248]-255) and index.

ISBN:

1592215149

1592215157

OCLC:

72353538