Anthony I Asiwaju Anthony I Asiwaju
Biographic Data
| ID | 7353051 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Anthony I Asiwaju Anthony I Asiwaju |
| GIVEN NAMES | Anthony I Asiwaju Anthony I |
| FAMILY NAME | Asiwaju |
| SIGNATURE | ASIWAJU A I A A I |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 3 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2011 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
African History in Comparative Perspective
General Background History is as inherently comparative as it is contemporary, thus identifying the discipline as the main cutting edge of the humanities into the social sciences. There is an undeniable connection between the subject of study, the human past, on one hand, and, on the other, the historian, alive and present. Where, as is the case with many historians, research and/or teaching engagements are about societies and cultures other than…
Borders as Bridges, not Barriers
In the year 1960 alone, a total of 17 African countries gained flag independence, followed in quick succession by many others in the following years, invariably validating the euphoria that the 1960s was the decade of independence for Africa.With a plethora of former colonial possessions of European countries gaining independence, there was palpable anxiety,if not outright expectation, that the new African nation-states would explode, combust and…
Centring the Margins
The inherently interdisciplinary and comparative nature of studies of borders of modern states, which are offshoots of the Westphalian system, has led to their broad categorization into ‘traditional’ and ‘modern’ border studies. Raimondo Strassoldo, a leading scholar and pioneer of border studies in Europe, would appear to have appropriately captured this distinction when he described the latter vis-a-vis the former in terms of ‘a new emphasis on…
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Centring the Margins
The inherently interdisciplinary and comparative nature of studies of borders of modern states, which are offshoots of the Westphalian system, has led to their broad categorization into ‘traditional’ and ‘modern’ border studies. Raimondo Strassoldo, a leading scholar and pioneer of border studies in Europe, would appear to have appropriately captured this distinction when he described the latter vis-a-vis the former in terms of ‘a new emphasis on…
Borders as Bridges, not Barriers
In the year 1960 alone, a total of 17 African countries gained flag independence, followed in quick succession by many others in the following years, invariably validating the euphoria that the 1960s was the decade of independence for Africa.With a plethora of former colonial possessions of European countries gaining independence, there was palpable anxiety,if not outright expectation, that the new African nation-states would explode, combust and…
African History in Comparative Perspective
General Background History is as inherently comparative as it is contemporary, thus identifying the discipline as the main cutting edge of the humanities into the social sciences. There is an undeniable connection between the subject of study, the human past, on one hand, and, on the other, the historian, alive and present. Where, as is the case with many historians, research and/or teaching engagements are about societies and cultures other than…
Law (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · African history and culture studies (2 works) · Epistemology (2 works) · History (2 works) · Political economy (2 works) · Acknowledgement (1 work) · Adventure (1 work) · Art (1 work)