Emirs in London : subaltern travel and Nigeria's modernity / Moses E. Ochonu.

Author/creator Ochonu, Moses E. author.
Format Book
PublicationBloomington, Indiana : Indiana University Press, [2022]
Descriptionxi, 373 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Subjects
Nigerians--Travel. --Great Britain. --History. --20th century.
Muslim travelers--Great Britain. --History. --20th century.
Nigerians--Great Britain. --Attitudes.
Travelers--Nigeria. --History. --20th century.
Aristocracy (Social class)--Nigeria, Northern. --History. --20th century.
Great Britain--Description and travel.
Nigeria--Relations. --Great Britain.
Great Britain--Colonies. --Africa.
Nigeria, Northern--Social conditions. --20th century.
Great Britain--Relations. --Nigeria.

Portion of title Subaltern travel and Nigeria's modernity
Contents Introduction: Traveling and writing the metropole in the age of modernity -- Literacy, narrative, and the colonial ideational space -- Emir Dikko's metropolitan adventures -- Emirs in Britain : mapping aristocratic colonial itineraries -- The Dikko-Nagogo British connection -- Metropolitan travel and utilitarian literacy -- Deepening imperial exploration, imagining the postcolony -- Epilogue: The persistent, evolving fraternities of empire.
Abstract "Emirs in London recounts how Northern Nigerian Muslim aristocrats who traveled to Britain between 1920 and Nigerian independence in 1960 relayed that experience to the Northern Nigerian people. Moses E. Ochonu shows how rather than simply serving as puppets and mouthpieces of the British Empire, these aristocrats leveraged their travel to the heart of the empire to reinforce their positions as imperial cultural brokers, and to translate and domesticate imperial modernity in a predominantly Muslim society. Emirs in London explores how, through their experiences visiting the heart of the British Empire, Northern Nigerian aristocrats were enabled to define themselves within the framework of the empire. In doing so, the book reveals a unique colonial sensibility that complements rather than contradicts the traditional perspectives of less privileged Africans toward colonialism"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 343-353) and index.
Issued in other formOnline version: Ochonu, Moses E. Emirs in London Bloomington, Indiana : Indiana University Press, [2022] 9780253059147
Genre/formHistory.
LCCN 2021044172
ISBN9780253059161 hardcover
ISBN025305916X hardcover
ISBN9780253059154 paperback
ISBN0253059151 paperback
ISBNelectronic book

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