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OverviewEmirs in London recounts how Northern Nigerian Muslim aristocrats who traveled to Britain between 1920 and Nigerian independence in 1960 relayed that experience to the Northern Nigerian people. Moses E. Ochonu shows how rather than simply serving as puppets and mouthpieces of the British Empire, these aristocrats leveraged their travel to the heart of the empire to reinforce their positions as imperial cultural brokers, and to translate and domesticate imperial modernity in a predominantly Muslim society. Emirs in London explores how, through their experiences visiting the heart of the British Empire, Northern Nigerian aristocrats were enabled to define themselves within the framework of the empire. In doing so, the book reveals a unique colonial sensibility that complements rather than contradicts the traditional perspectives of less privileged Africans toward colonialism. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Moses E. OchonuPublisher: Indiana University Press Imprint: Indiana University Press Weight: 0.572kg ISBN: 9780253059154ISBN 10: 0253059151 Pages: 390 Publication Date: 05 April 2022 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsAcknowledgements Introduction: Traveling and Writing the Metropole in the Age of Modernity 1. Literacy, Narrative, and the Colonial Ideational Space 2. Emir Dikko's Metropolitan Adventures 3. Emirs in Britain 4. The Dikko-Nagogo British Connection 5. Metropolitan Travel and Utilitarian Literacy 6. Deepening Imperial Exploration, Imagining the Postcolony Epilogue: The Persistent, Evolving Fraternities of Empire Bibliography IndexReviewsThis is an exciting work, which deals with the ruling and educated elites in the Muslim north and catalogues their visits to Britain. -- Robert L. Tignore * International Journal of African Historical Studies * Author InformationMoses E. Ochonu is Professor of African History at Vanderbilt University. He is author of Africa in Fragments: Essays on Nigeria, Africa, and Global Africanity; Colonialism by Proxy: Hausa Imperial Agents and Middle Belt Consciousness in Nigeria, which was named finalist for the Herskovits Prize; and Colonial Meltdown: Northern Nigeria in the Great Depression. He is editor of Entrepreneurship in Africa: A Historical Approach. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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