| Colonialism by Proxy: Hausa Imperial Agents and Middle Belt Consciousness in Nigeria Contributor(s): Ochonu, Moses E. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0253011612 ISBN-13: 9780253011619 Publisher: Indiana University Press OUR PRICE: $29.70 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: February 2014 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Africa - West |
| Dewey: 966.903 |
| LCCN: 2013032679 |
| Physical Information: 0.62" H x 6" W x 9" (0.87 lbs) 272 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - West Africa |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |