dc.contributor.author	Chuku, Gloria
dc.date.accessioned	2018-09-12T20:34:35Z
dc.date.available	2018-09-12T20:34:35Z
dc.date.issued	2018-08-15
dc.description.abstract	Igbo historiography has advanced since the publication of the epic narrative of Olaudah Equiano in 1789 and its different versions, especially that of Paul Edwards, a British literary historian in 1969. The main objective of this essay is to demonstrate the vitality and diversity of Igbo historical studies and provide informative and thoughtful interpretations of its strengths and weaknesses. In three parts, the essay examines the origin, dispersal, and settlement of the people; sociopolitical institutions and organization; economic systems, including slavery and the transatlantic slave trade, and the colonial economy; Igbo religion, Islam, Christianity, and Western education; colonial encounter; the Igbo in precolonial and modern Nigeria with focus on intergroup relations, ethnicity, and the Nigeria–Biafra War; and Igbo intellectual history. The essay makes a spirited critique of areas of overemphasis and the conceptual and methodological issues. It suggests important neglected themes that require further historical investigations. Its primary goal is to nudge Igbo historiography in new and challenging directions and inspire historians interested in Igbo studies to adopt a historiographical approach that emphasizes currency, relevance, and usability.	en_US
dc.format.extent	11 pages	en_US
dc.genre	journal articles postprints	en_US
dc.identifier	doi:10.13016/M2X05XG87
dc.identifier.citation	Gloria Chuku, Igbo historiography: Parts I, II, and III, History Compass, 2018, https://doi.org/10.1111/hic3.12489	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	https://doi.org/10.1111/hic3.12489
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/11603/11290
dc.language.iso	en_US	en_US
dc.publisher	John Wiley & Sons Ltd	en_US
dc.relation.isAvailableAt	The University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC)
dc.relation.ispartof	UMBC Africana Studies Collection
dc.relation.ispartof	UMBC Faculty Collection
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dc.subject	Igbo historiography	en_US
dc.subject	Igbo historical studies
dc.subject	origin of Igbo people
dc.subject	Dispersal of Igbo people
dc.subject	Settlement of Igno people
dc.subject	Igbo sociopolitical institutions and organization
dc.subject	Igbo economic systems
dc.subject	Igbo slavery
dc.subject	Igbo transatlantic slave trade
dc.subject	Igbo colonial economy
dc.subject	Igbo religion
dc.subject	Igbo in precolonial and modern Nigeria
dc.subject	Nigeria–Biafra War
dc.subject	Igbo intellectual history
dc.subject	Critique of Igbo historical studies
dc.title	Igbo historiography: Parts I, II, and III	en_US
dc.type	Text	en_US

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