Colonialism by Proxy: Hausa Imperial Agents and Middle Belt Consciousness in Nigeria

Awards:   Winner of Finalist, 2015 African Studies Association Herskovits Award.
Author:   Moses E. Ochonu
Publisher:   Indiana University Press
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9780253011602


Pages:   272
Publication Date:   14 February 2014
Format:   Hardback
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Colonialism by Proxy: Hausa Imperial Agents and Middle Belt Consciousness in Nigeria


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Awards

  • Winner of Finalist, 2015 African Studies Association Herskovits Award.

Overview

Moses E. Ochonu explores a rare system of colonialism in Middle Belt Nigeria, where the British outsourced the business of the empire to Hausa-Fulani subcolonials because they considered the area too uncivilized for Indirect Rule. Ochonu reveals that the outsiders ruled with an iron fist and imagined themselves as bearers of Muslim civilization rather than carriers of the white man's burden. Stressing that this type of Indirect Rule violated its primary rationale, Colonialism by Proxy traces contemporary violent struggles to the legacy of the dynamics of power and the charged atmosphere of religious difference.

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Author:   Moses E. Ochonu
Publisher:   Indiana University Press
Imprint:   Indiana University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.562kg
ISBN:  

9780253011602


ISBN 10:   0253011604
Pages:   272
Publication Date:   14 February 2014
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

"Acknowledgements Introduction: Understanding ""Native Alien"" Sub-colonialism and its Legacies 1. The Hausa-Caliphate Imaginary and Ideological Foundations of Proxy Colonialism 2. Zazzau and Southern Kaduna in Precolonial and Colonial Times 3. Emirate Maneuvers and ""Pagan"" Resistance in the Plateau-Nasarawa Basin 4. Hausa Colonial Agency in the Benue Valley 5. Fulani Expansion and Sub-colonial Rule in Early Colonial Adamawa Province 6. Non-Muslim Revolt Against Fulani Rule in Adamawa 7. Middle Belt Self-Determination and Caliphate Political Resurgence in the Transition to National Independence Conclusion: Sub-colonialism, Ethnicity, and Memory Chronology Glossary Notes Bibliography Index"

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<p>Without exaggeration, this book has transformed the way I think about Northern Nigeria and the Middle Belt. It will reshape how I teach British indirect rule.--Douglas Anthony, Franklin and Marshall College


Changes the ways in which we understand the practice of indirect rule and balances the formal structures of colonial power against less formal correlates such as trade. A fundamentally new reading of colonialism in the region. - Steven Pierce, University of Manchester Without exaggeration, this book has transformed the way I think about Northern Nigeria and the Middle Belt. It will reshape how I teach British indirect rule. - Douglas Anthony, Franklin and Marshall College Discusses an unusual system of colonialism in the region in which the British outsourced their rule to outsider Hausa proxies. - Chronicle of Higher Education


Author Information

Moses E. Ochonu is Associate Professor of African History at Vanderbilt University and author of Colonial Meltdown: Northern Nigeria in the Great Depression.

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