Animality and Colonial Subjecthood in Africa
Animality and Colonial Subjecthood in Africa
The Human and Nonhuman Creatures of Nigeria
Aderinto, Dr. Saheed
Ohio University Press
05/2022
340
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Acknowledgments
Abbreviations
Introduction
PART 1: LOYAL COMPANIONS, TASTY FOOD, DISTINGUISHED ATHLETES, POLITICAL BEINGS
1. A Meaty Colony: Nigerians and the Animals They Ate
2. The Living Machines of Imperialism: Animal Aesthetics, Imperial Spectacle, and the Political Economy of the Horse and Donkey
3. "Dogs Are the Most Useful Animals": A Canine History of Colonial Nigeria
4. The Nigerian Political Zoo: Animal Art, Modernism, and the Visual Narrative of Nation Building
PART 2: PATHOLOGY, EMPATHY, ANXIETY
5. "Beware of Dogs": Rabies and the Elastic Geographies of Fear
6. The Lion King in the Cage: Nature, Wildlife Conservation, and the Modern Zoo
7. "Let Us Be Kind to Our Dumb Friends": Animal Cruelty in the Discourse of Colonial Modernity'
8. "A Great Evil Ritual Murder": The Save-the-Nigerian-Horse-and-Donkey Campaign
Conclusion
Notes
Bibliography
Index
Acknowledgments
Abbreviations
Introduction
PART 1: LOYAL COMPANIONS, TASTY FOOD, DISTINGUISHED ATHLETES, POLITICAL BEINGS
1. A Meaty Colony: Nigerians and the Animals They Ate
2. The Living Machines of Imperialism: Animal Aesthetics, Imperial Spectacle, and the Political Economy of the Horse and Donkey
3. "Dogs Are the Most Useful Animals": A Canine History of Colonial Nigeria
4. The Nigerian Political Zoo: Animal Art, Modernism, and the Visual Narrative of Nation Building
PART 2: PATHOLOGY, EMPATHY, ANXIETY
5. "Beware of Dogs": Rabies and the Elastic Geographies of Fear
6. The Lion King in the Cage: Nature, Wildlife Conservation, and the Modern Zoo
7. "Let Us Be Kind to Our Dumb Friends": Animal Cruelty in the Discourse of Colonial Modernity'
8. "A Great Evil Ritual Murder": The Save-the-Nigerian-Horse-and-Donkey Campaign
Conclusion
Notes
Bibliography
Index