Hometown associations : indigenous knowledge and development in Nigeria

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    • Honey, Rex
    • Okafor, S. I. (...Stanley I....)

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Hometown associations : indigenous knowledge and development in Nigeria

ed. by Rex Honey and Stanley I. Okafor

Intermediate Technology, 1998

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IT studies in indigenous knowledge and development

Includes bibliography: p.[164]-168

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内容説明

There is a growing recognition of the role of indigenous knowledge systems and resources, as shown by the role of local organizations in the development process. These organizations have been responsible for significant local development achievements in a number of developing countries, and they play a central role in the process of building sustained and participatory development. This book focuses on one such type of organization: the Nigerian hometown association (HTA). HTAs are based on ties of kinship and ancestry, but are products of migrations and urbanization and are therefore of contemporary vintage. Associational life was, and remains, an important part of Nigerian social structure, and hometown associations have evolved into the most visible form of that associational life. Though they vary in many respects, HTAs have a few common properties, a crucial one being that they have significance both at home and abroad. At home, the focus is on improvement, though the specifics of what is to be improved and who decides is the subject of struggle. Abroad, the focus is dual - maintaining connections with home but also providing a supportive environment for people in a place where they are regarded as strangers. These studies illuminate the vitality of a fast-developing society. They include case studies of hometown associations operating across the country, as well as integrative studies comparing the HTAs across such important dimensions as gender relations, connections to formal government, and as agents of change. Published in the IT Studies in Indigenous Knowledge and Development series.

目次

  • Foreword by D. MICHAEL WARREN V
  • Acknowledgements vii
  • List of Figures viii
  • List of Tables viii
  • Introduction 1
  • PART I, PROLOGUE
  • 1. Hometown associations as a means of governance in Nigeria
  • REX HONEY AND STANLEY I. OKAFOR 3
  • 2. The nature of hometown voluntary associations in Nigeria
  • STANLEY I. OKAFOR AND REX HONEY
  • PART n, CASE STUDIES
  • 3. The hometown association as a community development
  • agent: the Ijebu-Jesa Union
  • A.S. AGUDA 17
  • 4. The changing roles of a hometown association in
  • community development: The Fiditi Progressive Union
  • BOYE AGUNBIADE 25
  • 5. Hometown associations as development catalysts: The Case of the Egbe Ibile Omo Awe
  • MARK F. LAWRENCE AND S. TUNJl T1TILOLA 36
  • 6. Civil society and participation: A Case Study of
  • the Egbe Omo Ilu Okuku
  • BISI OYEGOKE 45
  • 7. Community mobilization and development: The Asaba Development Association
  • STANLEY I. OKAFOR 53
  • 8. Development and territoriality of a hometown association: The Odimodi Ebidou Bene
  • CHRIS IKPORUKPO 64
  • 9. Hometown associations and conflict management: The Experience of the Agila Development Association
  • PITA OGABA AGBESE 75
  • 10. The Iyakpi Progressive Union's role in participatory
  • development
  • I.B. BELLO-IMAM 89
  • 11. Empowerment of women through associational life: the Eziowelle Improvement Association
  • NKECHI MBANEFOH 101
  • 12. Hometown associations as shadow states: The case of Igbos and Yorubas in Kano
  • EGHOSA OSAGHAE 111
  • PART m, SYNTHESIS AND ANALYSIS
  • 13. Women's participation in hometown associations
  • LARAY DENZER AND NKECHI MBANEFOH 123
  • 14. The role of hometown associations in territorial conflict in
  • jurisdictional transformation
  • REX HONEY AND STANLEY I. OKAFOR 135
  • 15. Structure, agency and the modification of indigenous institutions
  • REX HONEY 142
  • Notes 154
  • Bibliography 166

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