In the Shadow of the Bush, P. Amaury Talbot's 1912 ethnographic account from William Heinemann, London, documents the religion and social life of peoples in what is now southern Nigeria, drawn from Talbot's own colonial-era fieldwork. Its strength is direct firsthand observation recorded close to the time. Its limit is that Talbot wrote as a British colonial official, whose framing and categories reflect that era's colonial ethnography rather than the communities' own self-description; later Nigerian and independent scholarship should be read alongside it.
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P. Amaury Talbot's In the Shadow of the Bush, William Heinemann, 1912, the middle tier reflecting direct firsthand colonial-era fieldwork recorded close to the time, weighed against Talbot writing as a British colonial official whose framing reflects that era's colonial ethnography; later Nigerian and independent scholarship should be read alongside it. NotesP. Amaury Talbot's ethnographic account of Nigerian peoples and their religion, William Heinemann, 1912.
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AuthorP. Amaury Talbot
PublisherWilliam Heinemann, London
Publication Year1912
Source TypeEthnography
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