Olaudah Equiano and the Igbo world : history, society and Atlantic diaspora connections

The contributors to this volume draw from history, literature, philosophy and anthropology to address the intersection between the Igbo and the outside world and how this encounter shaped the currents of slavery, colonialism and the accompanying social transformations Igboland and across the African diaspora. Introduction: Mapping The Igbo-atlantic Connection / Chima J. Korieh -- (re)imagining Community : Olaudah Equiano And The (re)construction Of Igbo (african) Identity / Maureen N. Eke -- The Igbo Roots Of Olaudah Equiano / Catherine Obianuju Acholonu -- Igbo Sense Of Place And Identity In Olaudah Equiano's The Interesting Narrative / Dorothy Chinwe Ukaegbu -- Status In Eighteenth-century Igboland : Perspectives From Olaudah Equiano's The Interesting Narrative / Dorothy Chinwe Ukaegbu -- Olaudah Equiano And The Question Of African Identity / Ogbo Ugwuanyi -- Between Literature, Facts, And Fiction : Perspectives On Olaudah Equiano's The Interesting Narrative / Elizabeth Odachi Onogwu -- Neoliberal Tradition In Pre-colonial Igbo Society / Raphael Chijioke Njoku -- Gathering Figs From Thistles : Hinterland Slave Trade And The Christianization Of Igboland, 1900-1950 / Ogbu U. Kalu -- Gender And Class Transformation Resulting From The Atlantic Slave Trade And Colonialism / J. Akuma-kalu Njoku -- Episodes Of Igbo Resistance To European Imperialism / Felix K. Ekechi -- Revolution And Reaction In Eastern Nigeria, 1900-1929 : The Background To The Women's Riot Of 1929 / Adiele Afigbo -- Igbo Women From 1929 To 1960 / John N. Oriji -- Igbo Ethnicity And Identity In The Atlantic Diaspora / Chime J. Korieh -- Igbo Women In The Early Modern Atlantic World : The Burden Of Beauty / Douglas B. Chambers -- African Cultural Values : Significance Of Igbo Oral Forms In Caribbean Poetry / Hannah N. Eby Chukwu -- African Origins Of Igbo Slave Resistance In The Americas / Daniel Kloza -- Editing Race : The Mediation Of Equiano's Interesting Narrative And The Correlating Black Aesthetic / Ron Milland. Edited By Chima J. Korieh. Includes Bibliographical References (p. [381]-391) And Index. Introduction: Mapping the Igbo-Atlantic connection / Chima J. Korieh (Re)Imagining community : Olaudah Equiano and the (re)construction of Igbo (African) identity / Maureen N. Eke The Igbo roots of Olaudah Equiano / Catherine Obianuju Acholonu Igbo sense of place and identity in Olaudah Equiano's The interesting narrative / Dorothy Chinwe Ukaegbu Status in eighteenth-century Igboland : perspectives from Olaudah Equiano's The interesting narrative / Dorothy Chinwe Ukaegbu Olaudah Equiano and the question of African identity / Ogbo Ugwuanyi Between literature, facts, and fiction : perspectives on Olaudah Equiano's The interesting narrative / Elizabeth Odachi Onogwu Neoliberal tradition in pre-colonial Igbo society / Raphael Chijioke Njoku Gathering figs from thistles : hinterland slave trade and the christianization of Igboland, 1900-1950 / Ogbu U. Kalu The Atlantic slave trade, colonialism, gender, and class transformations in the bight of Biafra hinterland / J. Akuma-Kalu Njoku Episodes of Igbo resistance to European imperialism / Felix K. Ekechi Revolution and reaction in eastern Nigeria, 1900-1929 : the background to the women's riot of 1929 / Adiele Afigbo Igbo women in colonial Nigeria, 1929-1960 / John N. Oriji Igbo ethnicity and identity in the Atlantic diaspora / Chime J. Korieh Igbo women in the early modern Atlantic world : the burden of beauty / Douglas B. Chambers African cultural values : significance of Igbo oral forms in Caribbean poetry / Hannah N. Eby Chukwu African origins of Igbo slave resistance in the Americas / Daniel Kloza Editing race : the mediation of Equiano's Interesting narrative and the correlating Black aesthetic / Ron Midland.