Main entry:

Dixon-Fyle, Mac, 1948-

Title & Author:

A Saro community in the Niger Delta, 1912-1984 : the Potts-Johnsons of Port Harcourt and their heirs / Mac Dixon-Fyle.

Publication:

Rochester, NY : University of Rochester Press, 1999.

Description:

xv, 279 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Series:

Rochester studies in African history and the diaspora, 1092-5228 ; v. 5

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-269) and index.
List of Tables -- List of Maps -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- A Note on Sources -- Introduction (starting p. 1) -- 1 The Formative Years, 1912-30 (starting p. 8) -- 2 Crossing the Lines of Class, 1930-39 (starting p. 54) -- 3 Establishing a Group Presence, 1930-49 (starting p. 87) -- 4 Political and Economic Change in the War Years and After, 1939-49 (starting p. 121) -- 5 The Gathering Clouds: Independence, the Civil War, and Its Aftermath, 1950-75 (starting p. 153) -- 6 The Final Eclipse: The Resurgence of the Indigenes, 1976-84 (starting p. 179) -- Conclusion (starting p. 193) -- App. 1 Sierra Leone Union (Port Harcourt) -- The Constitution (starting p. 200) -- App. 2 The Diamond Club (Port Harcourt) -- Rules and Regulations (starting p. 203) -- App. 3 Port Harcourt Optimists -- Rules and Regulations (starting p. 210) -- App. 4 House Tenants Union -- The Constitution (starting p. 215) -- App. 5 The Sierra Leone Union on the Nigerian Civil War (starting p. 222) -- Notes (starting p. 226) -- Select Bibliography (starting p. 263) -- Index (starting p. 270)
Dust jacket.
Library copy: selected for the Multidisciplinary Research Project on Centring Africa: Postcolonial Perspectives on Architecture, 2019-2021, developed by the CCA with the generous support of the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
Library copy: inscription by the author to "Nafhat".

Summary:

"A Saro Community in the Niger Delta, 1912-1984: The Potts-Johnsons of Port Harcourt and Their Heirs reviews the history of Sierra Leoneans in the Niger Delta from the time of their migration there in the early twentieth century." "By focusing on the Reverend L.R. Potts-Johnson, the unofficial leader of the Saro community, the work provides an inside view of the trends, thus enhancing the treatment of many important issues to be considered when researching African history, among them intra-African migration, status of and dominance by elites (both indigenous and immigrant), women's roles in social relationships, and preservation of family and cultural values under extreme socioeconomic stress."--Jacket.

ISBN:

1580460380 (alk. paper)
9781580460385 (alk. paper)

Subject:

Potts-Johnson, L. R. (Lionel Randal), 1886-1949.
Potts family History.
Johnson family History.
Johnson (Famille) Histoire.
Johnson family.
Potts family.
Creoles (Sierra Leone) Nigeria Port Harcourt History 20th century.
Creoles (Sierra Leone)
Auswanderung
Etnische groepen.
Havensteden.
Port Harcourt (Nigeria) History 20th century.
Nigeria Port Harcourt.
Nigeria
Sierra Leone
Kreolen.

Form/genre:

History.

Added entries:

Dixon-Fyle, Mac, 1948- autographer
Rochester studies in African history and the diaspora ; v. 5.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 307853
Call No.: BIB 253326
Status: Available