The Igbo intellectual tradition : creative conflict in African and African diasporic thought / edited by Gloria Chuku.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Chuku, Gloria.

George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Igbo (African people)--Intellectual life.

Igbo (African people).

Igbo diaspora--Intellectual life.

Igbo diaspora.

Intellectuals--Nigeria.

Intellectuals.

Intellectual life.

Nigeria.

Physical Description:

xv, 342 pages : maps ; 25 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2013.

Contents:

Introduction / Gloria Chuku

Olaudah Equiano and the foundation of Igbo intellectual tradition / Gloria Chuku

Nnamdi Azikiwe: the triumph of knowledge / John Oriji

Mbonu Ojike: an African nationalist and pan-Africanist / Gloria Chuku

Bishop Anthony Nwedo of Umuahia: faith, vision and mission / Jude C. Aguwa

Kenneth Onwuka Dike: father of modern African historiography / Gloria Chuku

Adiele Afigbo and the development of Igbo and Nigerian historical studies / Gloria Chuku

Pius Nwabufo Okigbo: a pragmatic economist and an intellectual giant / Gloria Chuku

Ben O. Nwabueze and African intellectual tradition / Philip C. Aka

Chinua Achebe and the development of Igbo/African studies / Raphael Chijioke Njoku

Nwanyibuife Flora Nwapa, Igbo culture and women's studies / Gloria Chuku

Helen Chukwuma: the inimitable advocate for African women's empowerment / Christine Ohale.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.

ISBN:

9781137311283

1137311282

OCLC:

828143788

Publisher Number:

99954979939

40022670856