ISBN: 978-2904-53-8
(Paper); 978-2904-54-6 (Hard Cover) First Edition (C) Agozino 2016
Blurb:
This book situates the socio-political thought
of Agwuncha Arthur Nwankwo within the paradigm of Africana Studies as a way of
encouraging more scholars in the field to pay more attention to contributions
from scholars based in Africa. At the same time, scholars in African Studies
should radicalize the field by embracing the revolutionary field of Africana
Studies to make all the respected African Studies Institute in the world to
evolve into Africana Studies Institutes. Nwankwo’s revolutionary theory and
praxis are challenging to academic scholars in Africa who appear to be satisfied
with quoting theorists from Europe without adequate originality in the
development of indigenous knowledge systems for the explanation and
transformation of the enduring conditions in Africa. This book differs from the
previous tributes to Nwankwo by his admirers in the sense that this is not a
tribute but a constructive critique and also because this book goes beyond the
theoretical and historical texts of Nwankwo to read his creative writings
inter-textually.
Praise for the book:
“… critically incisive study of outstanding intellectuel
engagé Agwuncha Arthur Nwankwo by Biko Agozino, one of the most prolific
and accomplished scholars of his generation.” - Herbert
Ekwe-Ekwe, Visiting Professor in Graduate Programme of Constitutional Law,
Universidade de Fortaleza, Brazil.
"The book is very
informative, lucid and analytical. It provides a rigorous analysis of one of
Nigeria's and Africa's foremost activist and revolutionary (Arthur Nwankwo) who
challenged the oppressive and unjust rule of military and civilian regimes in
Nigeria. Furthermore, the book elucidates the complexity of the Nigerian
state and the position of the Igbo Nation. The book is compulsory reading for
all those interested in both the Nigerian and African project." Professor
Akpan Hogan Ekpo, Director General, West African Institute For Financial And
Economic Management (WAIFEM), Central Bank of Nigeria Learning Centre and
Professor of Economics, Department of Economics, University of Uyo, Akwa Ibom
State.
‘This is the first
systematic study of the ideas and praxis of Arthur Nwankwo. Biko took a studied
and methodical approach to Nwankwo's worldview and political practice in a
critical and yet fair minded way. It is an inspiring work in the realm of
African political thought which scholars and activists will find useful.’
Professor Abubakar Momoh, Director of the National Electoral Institute, Abuja,
and Professor of Political Science, Lagos State University, Lagos.
‘The book Critical,
Creative and Centered Scholar-Activism: The Fourth Dimensionalism of Agwuncha
Arthur Nwankwo by Professor
Agozino presents a brilliant, refreshingly in-depth
understanding of the works of the great African intellectual, Arthur
Nwankwo. The book provides uncommon insight into the possible motivations and
reasoning behind certain beliefs of Dr. Arthur Nwankwo as espoused through some
of his published works. Reading through Professor Agozino's work should remind
the present and future generation of Africans, that life, to be well lived must
be founded on values, principles and moral convictions. Writing the book must
clearly have been a sacrificial exercise embarked upon for the sole purpose of
bringing what should come to light, to light. Generations to come owe a
mountain of debt to professor Agozino for this selfless act.’ Dr. Chika
Ezeanya, Assistant Professor of African Business Studies, University of Rwanda,
Kigali.
‘It seems safe to say
that CRITICAL, CREATIVE AND CENTRED SCHOLAR ACTIVISM: THE FOURTH
DIMENSIONALISM OF AGWUNCHA ARTHUR NWANKWO will be one of the best social
science books of the year in Nigeria and may be of the decade. Biko, arguably
one of the worlds leading experts on sociology and Africana Studies, made a
powerful case for Afrocentricity: "AFROCENTRICITY … DOES NOT START FROM
THE PREMISE THAT EUROCENTRICISM IS ALWAYS WRONG BUT FROM THE FACT THAT WHATEVER
IS THE FOCUS OF ANY SCHOLARSHIP SHOULD BE PLACED AT THE CENTRE OF SUCH
SCHOLARSHIP". By this, Afrocentricity as an approach, is elevated to a
global principle with broader human implications.’ Dr. Augustine Obelagu Agu,
Retired Senior Social Policy Officer, UNICEF, Independent Policy Consultant,
Texas, USA.
‘I enjoyed reading every single line of your work;
and I’m quite surprised that you had to produce this solid work in 2 months.
That’s an incredible turn out time for an incisive scholarly work of this
nature. It’s a big lesson for me who has been playing around endlessly with two
manuscripts for years. … Your big brain is, therefore, also partly responsible
for the global warming.’ Dr. Ifeanyi Ezeonu, Professor of Sociology, Brock
University, Canada.
About the Author:
Biko Agozino is a
Professor of Sociology and Africana Studies, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA. He
is the author of the following books - Today Na Today (Poetry), 2013; The Debt
Penalty (Play), 2010; ADAM: Africana Drug-Free Alternative Medicine, 2006;
Counter-Colonial Criminology, 2003; Pan African Issues in Crime and Justice
(co-edited), 2004; Nigeria: Democratising a Militarised Civil Society,
(co-authored) 2001; Theoretical and Methodological Issues in Migration Research
(edited), 2000; and Black Women and the Criminal Justice System, 1997. Also
Director-Producer-Editor of Reparative Justice, 30 minutes, color, African
Independent Television, Lagos, Nigeria, 2002; Director-Producer of CLR James:
The Black Jacobins Sociology Series, 2008; Director-Producer, 'Shouters and the
Control Freak Empire', Winner of the Best International Short Documentary,
Columbia Gorge Film Festival, USA, 2011. Editor-In-Chief of the African Journal
of Criminology and Justice Studies, and Series Editor, Ashgate Publishers
Interdisciplinary Research Series in Ethnic, Gender and Class Relations. Ph.D.
(Edinburgh); MPhil. (Cambridge); B.Sc. First Class Hons (Calabar).
Book Review Editors of Journals who wish to receive review copies and those who wish to order copies and or arrange readings should contact the publishers or the author directly:
Publishers Contact: Fourth Dimension Publishing Co. Ltd,
House 8, First Avenue, City Layout, New Haven, Enugu, Enugu State, Nigeria.
Phone: +2348035511487; +2348055790009; email: chairman@arthurnwankwo.com or Arthur.nwankwo@yahoo.com www.arthurnwankwo.com
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