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10%OFFLynn Schler - Nation on Board: Becoming Nigerian at Sea - 9780821422182 - V9780821422182
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Nation on Board: Becoming Nigerian at Sea

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Description for Nation on Board: Becoming Nigerian at Sea Paperback. Series: New African Histories. Num Pages: 240 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HFDN; JHB; JPA; KNXB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 13. Weight in Grams: 408.

In the 1940s, British shipping companies began the large-scale recruitment of African seamen in Lagos. On colonial ships, Nigerian sailors performed menial tasks for low wages and endured discrimination as cheap labor, while countering hardships by nurturing social connections across the black diaspora. Poor employment conditions stirred these seamen to identify with the nationalist sentiment burgeoning in postwar Nigeria, while their travels broadened and invigorated their cultural identities.
Working for the Nigerian National Shipping Line, they encountered new forms of injustice and exploitation. When mismanagement, a lack of technical expertise, and pillaging by elites led to the NNSL’s collapse ... Read more

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Ohio University Press United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
Series
New African Histories
Number of Pages
264
Place of Publication
Athens, United States
ISBN
9780821422182
SKU
V9780821422182
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Ref
99-1

About Lynn Schler
Lynn Schler is a senior lecturer in African history in the Department of Politics and Government, and the director of the Tamar Golan Africa Centre, at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev in Israel.

Reviews for Nation on Board: Becoming Nigerian at Sea
”Highly organized and well written, Lynn Schler’s Nation on Board is an important addition to the fields of maritime history, labor history, business history, and the history of decolonization.“
H-Net Reviews
“This is an outstanding piece of social historical research and a significant addition to Nigerian labour and industrial/business history. Schler has made excellent use of a range ... Read more

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