African Studies

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Textile Ascendancies

Aesthetics, Production, and Trade in Northern Nigeria

The authors examine handwoven and manufactured textiles, aesthetic preferences as well as textile production, and trade in northern Nigeria

Growing Apart

Oil, Politics, and Economic Change in Indonesia and Nigeria

The story of how oil—and oil money—transformed political life in two major producer-nations

Population and Progress in a Yoruba Town

Argues that progress and fertility cannot be expected to follow a universal trajectory