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Author Aderinto, Saheed, author.

Title Animality and colonial subjecthood in Africa : the human and nonhuman creatures of Nigeria / Saheed Aderinto
Published Athens, Ohio : Ohio University Press, [2022]
©2022

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Description 1 online resource (xviii, 322 pages) : illustrations
Series New African histories
New African histories series.
Contents A meaty colony : Nigerians and the animals they ate -- The living machines of imperialism : animal aesthetics, imperial spectacle, and the political economy of the horse and donkey -- "Dogs are the most useful animals" : a canine history of colonial Nigeria -- "The Nigerian political zoo" : animal art, modernism, and the visual narrative of nation-building -- "Beware of dogs" : rabies and the elastic geographies of fear -- The lion king in the cage : nature, wildlife conservation, and the modern zoo -- "Let us be kind to our dumb friends" : animal cruelty in the discourse of colonial modernity -- "A great evil ritual murder" : the Save-the-Nigerian-Horse-and-Donkey campaign
Summary "From debates over the aesthetics of birds in the urban landscape to how horse racing enhanced imperial power to the ways in which water navigation impacts aquatic creatures, Saheed Aderinto argues that it is impossible to comprehend the full extent of imperial domination without considering the colonial subjecthood of animals"-- Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-313) and index
Notes Description based upon online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed May 5, 2022)
Subject Animals -- Nigeria -- Colonial influence
Animals -- Social aspects -- Nigeria -- History
Human-animal relationships -- Nigeria -- History
Animals -- Social aspects
Colonial influence
Human-animal relationships
Politics and government
SUBJECT Nigeria -- Colonial influence
Nigeria -- Politics and government -- To 1960. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85091881
Subject Nigeria
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2021031168
ISBN 0821447688
9780821447680