Culture Areas Of Nigeria

By Wilfrid Dyson Hambly

Wilfrid Dyson Hambly's Culture Areas of Nigeria is a seminal mid-20th century study that sets out the country's cultural regions with calm authority and close observation. A careful, lucid regional study. Hambly combines patient field reporting with a comparative eye, tracing how patterns of kinship, settlement, craft and ritual respond to environment and history across distinct areas. At once a rigorous African ethnography book and a practical African culture reference, the work addresses the full range of ethnic groups in Nigeria while situating them within the wider tapestry of traditional societies in West Africa. Its analytic frame, attentive to ecology, migration and exchange, makes it useful not only to specialists in Nigerian cultural studies and regional anthropology in Nigeria but also to historians of West African history and to students of comparative African cultures. For the general reader, Hambly's descriptive passages are absorbing and clear, offering entry to the study of traditional societies in West Africa without dense jargon. Teachers and departments have found it a readable complement to course reading, and it sits comfortably alongside more recent surveys in academic African studies. Republished by Alpha Editions in a careful modern edition, this volume preserves the spirit of the original while making it effortless to enjoy today, a heritage title prepared for readers and collectors alike. Casual readers, students and classic-literature collectors alike will appreciate Hambly's combination of readable description and analytical precision; the text works as both a compact reference and as companion reading for comparative work. Academic departments routinely recommend it as a university anthropology textbook and as a foundational African culture reference for teaching and research. As an historical document, it offers a mid-20th century Nigeria perspective that continues to inform scholarship and enrich conversations about cultural diversity in Nigeria. It rewards both close study and casual rereading.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9354219438
• ISBN13: 9789354219436
• Release Date: November 2020
• Publisher: Alpha Edition
• Length: 212 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"