The Season of 'Kongi's Harvest': The Rockefeller Foundation and the University of Ibadan, Nigeria

dc.contributor.advisorSayward, Amyen_US
dc.contributor.authorKinnebrew, Jeanna Lynnen_US
dc.contributor.committeememberLy, Aliouen_US
dc.contributor.committeememberPaulauskas, Michaelen_US
dc.contributor.departmentHistoryen_US
dc.date.accessioned2015-06-12T19:07:41Z
dc.date.available2015-06-12T19:07:41Z
dc.date.issued2015-04-09en_US
dc.description.abstractThis thesis explores the efforts of the Rockefeller Foundation in Nigeria's University of Ibadan during the years 1960 to 1969. I argue that the Foundation, though ostensibly nonpartisan, in truth served as an extension of the existing U.S. foreign policy apparatus. To promote American ideals of democracy and capitalism in the newly-independent former British colony, the Foundation contributed more than one million dollars per year to various projects at the University. While most projects focused on public health, agriculture, or economic development, the Foundation also single-handedly funded the creation of the School of Drama. Among the School's primary goals were to take English-language "theatre to the people." I argue that the School's founding was the result of a conscious effort by the Rockefeller Foundation to promote American ideals via drama productions throughout Nigeria, in an effort to combat the perceived Soviet influence in the newly-independent nation.en_US
dc.description.degreeM.A.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://jewlscholar.mtsu.edu/handle/mtsu/4482
dc.publisherMiddle Tennessee State Universityen_US
dc.subjectCold Waren_US
dc.subjectNigeriaen_US
dc.subjectPhilanthropyen_US
dc.subjectRockefeller Foundationen_US
dc.subject.umiAmerican historyen_US
dc.subject.umiAfrican historyen_US
dc.thesis.degreegrantorMiddle Tennessee State Universityen_US
dc.thesis.degreelevelMastersen_US
dc.titleThe Season of 'Kongi's Harvest': The Rockefeller Foundation and the University of Ibadan, Nigeriaen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

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