Culture and Customs of Liberia

Ayodeji Olukoju (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

184 Seiten

2006
Greenwood Press (Verlag)
978-0-313-33291-3 (ISBN)

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Liberia has a strong connection to the United States in that it was founded by former slaves in 1822. Although Liberia had existed as an independent African nation and a symbol of hope to the African peoples under the rule of various colonial powers, its recent history has been bedeviled by a prolonged upheaval following a military coup d'etat in 1980. In this context, the narrative highlights the distinctiveness of Liberians in their negotiation of traditional indigenous and modern practices, and the changes wrought by Christianity and Western influences.

AYODEJI OLUKOJU is Professor of History at the University of Lagos, Nigeria. He is author of The Liverpool of West Africa: The Dynamics and Impact of Maritime Trade in Lagos, 1900-1950.

Series Foreword Preface Chronology Introduction Religion and Worldview Literature and Media Art and Architecture/Housing Cuisine and Traditional Dress Gender Roles, Marriage, and Family Social Life and Customs Music and Dance Index

Erscheint lt. Verlag	30.3.2006
Reihe/Serie	Cultures and Customs of the World
Sprache	englisch
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Kulturgeschichte
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie ► Volkskunde
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
ISBN-10	0-313-33291-6 / 0313332916
ISBN-13	978-0-313-33291-3 / 9780313332913
Zustand	Neuware