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Religion and the Making of Nigeria
Olufemi VaughanIn Religion and the Making of Nigeria, Olufemi Vaughan examines how Christian, Muslim, and indigenous religious structures have provided the essential social and ideological frameworks for the construction of contemporary Nigeria.
Legitimacy and the State in Twentieth-Century Africa
PreviewTerence Ranger, Olufemi Vaughan. State in TwentiethCentury Africa Essays in Honour of A. H. M. Kirk-Greene Edited by Terence Ranger and Olufemi Vaughan in association with ST ANTONY'S COLLEGE, OXFORD © Terence Ranger and ...
Vaughan pioneers: William and Fereby Vaughan of Russell ...
Lewis Elmo VaughanAdults, L to R: Olivia Barr Reed, Addison Kilton Vaughan, Willie Arnold Barr, Ada Ann Vaughan Bevers, Susan Vaughan, Christopher Columbus Vaughan ( Addison's son). The other adults are another son of Addison Milton and Susan ...
Democracy and Political Change in Sub-Saharan Africa
PreviewJulius Ihonvbere and Olufemi Vaughan* After three decades of authoritarian rule and a general preoccupation with issues of economic development, scholarly attention has now underscored the significance of democratic participation and ...
Nigerian Chiefs: Traditional Power in Modern Politics, ...
Olufemi VaughanAn analysis of how traditional power structures in Nigeria have survived the forces of colonialism and the modernization processes of postcolonial regimes.
Chiefs, Power, and Social Change: Chiefship and Modern ...
Olufemi Vaughan2. Five notable examples effectively capture these intellectual perspectives during this period. First, Anthony Sillery, a former Resident Commissioner of Bechuanaland Protectorate, published the book Botswana: A Short Political History, under ...
Legitimating Identities: The Self-Presentations of Rulers ...
Rodney BarkerTerence Ranger and Olufemi Vaughan comment that the 'need for rulers to be confident in their own legitimacy and to define their relations with other members of the ruling group underlies those "secret" rituals of kingship of which the general ...
Tradition and politics: indigenous political stuctures in Africa
More editions5 CHIEFTAINCY POLITICS AND DEMOCRACY IN BOTSWANA Olufemi Vaughan The social science scholarship on African politics has largely ignored the critical role of indigenous sociopolitical structures in the governance of the ...
Transnational Africa and Globalization
PreviewTRANSNATIONAL AFRICA AND GLOBALIZATION Copyright © Mojúbàolú Olúfúnké Okome and Olufemi Vaughan, 2011. All rights reserved. First published in 2011 by PALGRAVE MACMILLAN® in the United States – a division of St. Martin's ...
West African Migrations: Transnational and Global Pathways ...
PreviewMojúbàolú Olúfúnké Okome and Olufemi Vaughan This book, West African Migrations: Transnational and Global Pathways in a New Century is one of a two- part volume from papers presented at a symposium on transnational Africa and ...
Examination of William Vaughan, Esq. in a Committee of the ...
William VaughanMr. WILLIAM VAUGHAN, a Merchant, called in and examined. Q^ CAN you give a general idea of the state and extent of the Commerce of the Port of London, the Nature and Distribution of the same, the Inconve- niencies of the Ports and what, ...
Michael Vaughan: Time to Declare - My Autobiography
Michael VaughanMichael Vaughan tells the full, compelling story of a remarkable career -- from his early days at Yorkshire, to his emergence as a world-class batsman; from the successful partnership with Duncan Fletcher that culminated in the raising of ...
Michael Vaughan: Time to Declare - My Autobiography
Michael VaughanMichael Vaughan tells the full, compelling story of a remarkable career - from his early days at Yorkshire, to his emergence as a world-class batsman; from the successful partnership with Duncan Fletcher that culminated in the raising of ...
Queen of Bebop: The Musical Lives of Sarah Vaughan
Elaine M. HayesQueen of Bebop brilliantly chronicles the life of jazz singer Sarah Vaughan, one of the most influential and innovative musicians of the twentieth century and a pioneer of women’s and civil rights Sarah Vaughan, a pivotal figure in the ...
Matthew Paris
Richard VaughanProfessor Vaughan's book on the life and works of Matthew Paris is a full-scale study of one of the most important of the medieval chroniclers of European as well as British history.
Matthew Paris
Richard VaughanProfessor Vaughan's book on the life and works of Matthew Paris is a full-scale study of one of the most important of the medieval chroniclers of European as well as British history.
Sassy: The Life Of Sarah Vaughan
Leslie GourseRevealed here is ”The Divine One” as only her closest friends and musical associates knew her. By her early twenties Sarah Vaughan was singining with Dizzy Gillespie, Charlie Parker, and Billy Eckstine, helping them invent bebop.
Memoir of William Vaughan, Esq. F.R.S: With Miscellaneous ...
ReadWith Miscellaneous Pieces Relative to Docks, Commerce, Etc William Vaughan. This Savings Bank repaid that sum, and a further private subscription, from some of its members. The prosperity of the Institution stands as stated in the report.
Romanticism and Art
William VaughanWidely praised on its previous appearance as Romantic Art and now revised, William Vaughan's classic study analyzes the achievement of the leading artists of the age - masters such as Goya, Blake, Gericault, Turner and Delacroix - and sets ...
The Arctic: A History
Richard VaughanRICHARD VAUGHAN has lectured in history at various universities including the University of Groningen in the Netherlands, where he was chairman of the Arctic Centre.
Northrop Frye's Writings on the Eighteenth and Nineteenth ...
Northrop FryeThe first performance was easily better than the second, the stars in it being Hal Vaughan, Muriel Code, R.W. Christie, and Olive Smith. All the parts were quite acceptably filled. Hal Vaughan was on both nights, and not only turned in a good ...
Modifying Flavour in Food
PreviewCRC Press, Washington, DC. buzzini, p., gasparetti, c., turchetti, b., cramarossa, m. r., vaughan-martini, a., martini, a., pagnoni, u. m. and forti, l. (2005a), Archives of Microbiology, 184, 187–193. buzzini, p., romano, s., turchetti, b., vaughan, a., ...
The Tantric Alchemist: Thomas Vaughan and the Indian Tantric ...
Peter LevendaUsing the works of Vaughan as his text, Levenda applies the “twilight language” of Tantra to the surreal prose of the alchemist and in the process lays bare the lineaments of the arcane tradition that gave rise to the legend of ...
Viscount Haldane: "the Wicked Step-father of the Canadian ...
Frederick VaughanIn Viscount Haldane, Frederick Vaughan concentrates on Haldane's role in these rulings, arguing that his jurisprudence was shaped by his formal study of German philosophy, especially that of G.W.F. Hegel.
Sleeping With the Enemy: Coco Chanel, Nazi Agent
Hal VaughanAs Hal Vaughan shows, far from being a heroine of France, Chanel was in fact one of its most surprising traitors. The first book to uncover the true story of Gabrielle 'Coco' Chanel in occupied Paris during the Second World War.
The Canadian Federalist Experiment: From Defiant Monarchy to ...
Frederick VaughanIn The Canadian Federalist Experiment Frederick Vaughan details how the fathers of Confederation, defiantly determined to perpetuate monarchical government despite Enlightenment philosophy that insisted that republicanism was the only ...
CES
Richard Vaughan NichollsRichard Vaughan Nicholls Judith Swaddling, Tom Rasmussen. Published with assistance from the BRITISH ACADEMY Published by the Press Syndicate of the University of Cambridge The Pitt Building, Trumpington Street, Cambridge CB2 ...
Northwest Greenland: A History
Richard VaughanIn Northwest Greenland, Richard Vaughan narrates for the first time the little-known history of Avanersuaq, "the place in the farthest north.
Catalog of Copyright Entries
Library of Congress. Copyright OfficeNOTRE ROMANCE. (R) Wal-Berg, pseud. SEE Rosenberg, Valdemar. Rosenberg, Voldemar. Walbert, James D. LIFT YOUR EYES ABOVE. LITTLE BIT OP HEAVEN. Walbert, Mrs. W. B. 4 0. Kleffer Vaughan, sole owners, James D. Vaughan, ...
Dans le lit de l'ennemi: Coco Chanel sous l'Occupation
Hal VaughanS'appuyant sur des archives récemment déclassifiées, l'américain Hal Vaughan, ancien diplomate et écrivain, lève les ultimes zones d'ombre en révélant les preuves de la collaboration de Chanel, recrutée officiellement comme agent ...
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