Children and Childhood in Colonial Nigerian Histories
This book brings together the newest and the most innovative scholarship on Nigerian children—one of the least researched groups in African colonial history. It engages the changing conceptions of childhood, relating it to the broader themes about moderni
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Children and Childhood in Colonial Nigerian Histories
Edited by
Saheed Aderinto
CHILDREN AND CHILDHOOD IN COLONIAL NIGERIAN HISTORIES
Copyright © Saheed Aderinto, 2015. Softcover reprint of the hardcover 1st edition 2015 978-1-137-50162-2 All rights reserved. First published in 2015 by PALGRAVE MACMILLAN® in the United States— a division of St. Martin’s Press LLC, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10010. Where this book is distributed in the UK, Europe and the rest of the world, this is by Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited, registered in England, company number 785998, of Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG21 6XS. Palgrave Macmillan is the global academic imprint of the above companies and has companies and representatives throughout the world. Palgrave® and Macmillan® are registered trademarks in the United States, the United Kingdom, Europe and other countries. ISBN 978-1-349-50559-3 ISBN 978-1-137-49293-7 (eBook) DOI 10.1057/9781137492937 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Children and childhood in colonial Nigerian histories / edited by Saheed Aderinto. pages cm Includes bibliographical references and index. 1. Children—Nigeria—History—20th century. 2. Children— Nigeria—Social conditions—20th century. I. Aderinto, Saheed. HQ792.N5C446 2015 305.23096690904—dc23
2014043392
A catalogue record of the book is available from the British Library. Design by Newgen Knowledge Works (P) Ltd., Chennai, India. First edition: May 2015 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
For Itandola and Itandayo Omoniyi Omolaso Omoleye
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C on ten t s
List of Figures
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List of Tables
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Notes on Contributors
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Acknowledgments
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Introduction: Colonialism and the Invention of Modern Nigerian Childhood Saheed Aderinto 1 Researching Colonial Childhoods: Images and Representations of Children in Nigerian Newspaper Press, 1925–1950 Saheed Aderinto
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2 Processing Juvenile Delinquents at the Salvation Army’s Boys’ Industrial Home in Lagos, 1925–1944 Simon Heap
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3 Children’s Masquerade: Performance and Creativity in Benin City Uyilawa Usuanlele
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4 “500 Children Missing in Lagos”: Child Kidnapping and Public Anxiety in Colonial Nigeria Saheed Aderinto and Paul Osifodunrin
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5 “A World of Good to Our Boys”: Boy Scouts in Southern Nigeria, 1934–1951 Adam Paddock
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6 The Colonial Office and the Employment of Children in the Nigerian Tin Mines in the 1950s Tokunbo Aderemi Ayoola
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CONTENTS
7 Framing the Colonial Child: Childhood Memory and Self-Representation in Autobiographical Writings Saheed Aderinto
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8 Within Salvation: Girl Hawkers and the Colonial State in Development Era Lagos Abosede George
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Index
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Figur es
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Abuja boys with their toy cars Children and Maternity Hospital in Lagos in the 1940s Advertisement of children’s cough medicine Advertisement of children’s body lotion The three children kidnapped by Lamidi Alabi A wooden box. One of the exhibi
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