Constructions of Belonging: Igbo Communities and the Nigerian State in the Twentieth Century

by Axel Harneit-Sievers

Applies new approaches to the study of a small, densely populated region of West Africa, integrating them into a regional history that analyzes interactions between localities and the modern state.

Constructions of Belonging provides a history of local communities living in Southeastern Nigeria since the late nineteenth century, examining the processes that have defined, changed, and re-produced these communities. Harneit-Sievers explores both...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1580461670
• ISBN13: 9781580461672
• Release Date: July 2006
• Publisher: University of Rochester Press
• Length: 399 Pages
• Weight: 2.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.3" x 9.2"