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245			_aHometown Associations: _bindigenous knowledge and development in Nigeria/ _cedited by Rex Honey and Stanley I Okafor
260			_aLondon: _bIntermediate Technology Publication, _c1998.
300			_avi,168p.: _bill.; _c23 cm
500			_aincludes bibliographical references
520			_aThis book focuses on the Nigerian hometown association (HTA). HTAs are based on ties of kinship and ancestry, but are products of migrations and urbanization and are therefore of contemporary vintage. Associational life was, and remains, an important part of Nigerian social structure, and hometown associations have evolved into the most visible form of that associational life. Though they vary in many respects, HTAs have a few common properties, a crucial one being that they have significance both at home and abroad. At home, the focus is on improvement, though the specifics of what is to be improved and who decides is the subject of struggle. Abroad, the focus is dual - maintaining connections with home but also providing a supportive environment for people in a place where they are regarded as strangers.
700			_aHoney, R _eEditor _qRex Honey
700			_aOkafor, S. _eEditor _qStanley Okafor
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