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Long-distance nationalism in the global city : a cultural history of the Malian diaspora in Lagos / Bennett Eason Cross.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Cross, Bennett Eason, 1953- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Malians--Nigeria--Lagos--History.
- Malians.
- Malians--Nigeria--Lagos--Social conditions.
- Nationalism--Mali.
- Nationalism.
- Mali.
- Nigeria--Lagos.
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (164 pages)
- Distribution:
- New York : Bloomsbury Publishing (US), 2025.
- Place of Publication:
- Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, an imprint of The Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group, Inc., [2022]
- Summary:
- The author uses the Malian diaspora in Lagos, Nigeria to examine the persistence of nationalism in an age of globalization. In this case study, the bilateral struggle for loyalty between origin and host societies is complicated by a common faith and the presence of a transnational movement of reformist Islam.
- Contents:
- Introduction
- The Historical Context
- The Diaspora: Creation and Evolution, Geography and Commerce
- Life in the Diaspora
- Alien Expulsions: Reframing Diaspora-Host Society Relations
- Conversations at the bin Laden Hotel: Nationalism and Islamic Purity
- The Reimagined Community: Diasporic Feedback
- Conclusion.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-66699-583-5
- 1-7936-1503-9
- OCLC:
- 1313444762
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