Religion, History, and Politics in Nigeria Essays in Honor of Ogbu U. Kalu
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Biographical note
Chima J. Korieh is Assistant Professor of African History at Rowan University, and holds a Ph.D. in History from the University of Toronto. G. Ugo Nwokeji is Assistant Professor of African and African Diaspora History at the University of California-Berkeley, and holds a Ph.D. in History from the University of Toronto.A timely contribution....The book is a collection of well-researched chapters with important lessons for understanding and consolidating the Nigerian state.
- M.H.A. Bolaji, 2008, African Affairs
The contributors use multiple genres, perspectives, and new historiography to examine the interplay of politics and religion in Nigeria and how it affects public life today. Recent studies on the subject tend to exclude the existence of indigenous religions in Nigeria by focusing on the significant impact of Christianity and Islam in shaping the history and poltics there. The strength of this book is that it fills a void by bringing these themes together in a single volume. It is a must-read for those interested in understanding the 'relationship amongst evangelism, cultural forces, and economic imperatives in the age of globalization.' Summing Up: HIGHLY RECOMMENDED. General readers as well as academic audiences, lower-division undergraduate through faculty.
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