| A Cultural History of Uneme (Paper) Contributor(s): Harunah, Hakeem B. (Author) |
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ISBN: 9783677810 ISBN-13: 9789783677814 Publisher: Book Company OUR PRICE: $70.02 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: February 2004 Annotation: This comprehensive work covers most conceivable aspects of the history of the Uneme people of South Western Nigeria, and is a welcome addition to the scant literature on the Edoid speaking peoples. It is a series of scholarly accounts of the historical origins, tradition, and cultural institutions of the Uneme; their migrations, evolution and development; and impact of imperial forces on the culture. Within this structure, the book covers theories of origins, the techno-economic culture in Benin pre-1370, migration from Benin, the early growth of Uneme villages, towns, clans, allied communities from the 1370s to the early 1900s, cultural adaptation; and contact with external forces up until 1962. The book also offers an appraisal of the caste prejudice against the Uneme, and biographies of this people's most eminent personalities. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Africa - General - History | Social History - History | Africa - West |
| Dewey: 966.9 |
| Physical Information: 1.25" H x 6.34" W x 9.16" (1.94 lbs) 660 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: A Cultural History of the Uneme from the Earliest Times to 1962 provides a comprehensive insight into the historical and cultural past of the Uneme from the pre-colonial period to 1962. It focuses on the evolution and development of the Uneme indigenous culture. The book emphasises the significant part which the Uneme's possession and utilisation of iron technology played in bringing to the community, enormous pride, prestige, admiration and respectability from their neighbours. It also indicates how certain forces of imperialism and colonialism, particularly those associated with the establishment of British rule and the spread of European brands of iron technologies, adversely impacted on the Uneme, and led to the collapse of their iron technology, reinforcing the assertion that European's colonial contacts with Africa caused a major disruption, dislocation and emasculation of African indigenous technological efforts, skills and creativity. The publication is an authoritative reference text to students of history, archaelogy, anthropology, sociology, African studies, political science, administration, cultural studies as well as professional historians, administrators, archivists, researchers and the general reader. |