Animality and Colonial Subjecthood in Africa: The Human and Nonhuman Creatures of Nigeria (2022)
Aderinto, Saheed (Author)
Ohio University Press
Physical Details: 340
Language: English
Animality and Colonial Subjecthood in Africa broadens the historiography of animal studies by putting a diverse array of species (dogs, horses, livestock, and wildlife) into a single analytical framework for understanding colonialism in Nigeria and Africa as a whole. From his study of animals with unequal political, economic, social, and intellectual capabilities, Aderinto establishes that the core dichotomies of human colonial subjecthood―indispensable yet disposable, good and bad, violent but peaceful, saintly and lawless―were also embedded in the identities of Nigeria’s animal inhabitants. If class, religion, ethnicity, location, and attitude toward imperialism determined the pattern of relations between human Nigerians and the colonial government, then species, habitat, material value, threat, and biological and psychological characteristics (among other traits) shaped imperial perspectives on animal Nigerians. Conceptually sophisticated and intellectually engaging, Aderinto’s thesis challenges readers to rethink what constitutes history and to recognize that human agency and narrative are not the only makers of the past.
...MoreReview Brett Shadle (2024) Review of "Animality and Colonial Subjecthood in Africa: The Human and Nonhuman Creatures of Nigeria". Agricultural History (pp. 279-281).
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