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Hometown Associations: Indigenous Knowledge and Development in Nigeria

by Rex Honey , Stanley I. Okafor
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Book cover type: Paperback
  • ISBN13: 9781853394263
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Subject: N/A
  • Publisher: Intermediate Technology Publications
  • Publisher Imprint: Intermediate Technology Publications
  • Publication Date:
  • Pages: 178
  • Original Price: USD 39.95
  • Language: English
  • Edition: N/A
  • Item Weight: 259 grams
  • BISAC Subject(s): Developing & Emerging Countries

This book focuses on 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.

Honey, Rex: - Rex Honey (1945-2010) Rex was a co-founder of the UI Center for Human Rights and helped to launch its new certificate program; he served as the Center's associate director from 1999 to 2006. He also served as director of the UI's Crossing Borders Graduate Training Program (2006-10), the African Studies Program, and the Global Studies Program (now the BA Program in International Studies).

Okafor, Stanley I.: - Stanley I. Okafor is a professor in the Department of Geography. His teaching and research interests include Political Geography, Medical Geography, Regional Development, Urban Geography and Geographic Thought. At the time of writing, his research includes the impact of neoliberal reforms on health care provision and the role of hometown associations in promoting development.

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