ABSTRACT

Akìwowo’s vision and scholarship were very much impacted by his historical context. Most of his work was conducted after independence when the issue of development was upmost in the minds of Nigerian academics. Born in 1922, he was an elder among the post-independence scholars who sought to help move the new nation forward. This paper focuses on the distinct ideas Akìwowo brought to this endeavour. It was the area in which I had the most discussions with him and in which I collaborated on a publication. I focus on (1) the context within which his ideas developed, (2) his perspective on indigenous sociologies and (3) his output. Akìwowo’s concerns in the 1970s are still with us as is clear from Burawoy’s Presidential address at the International Sociological Association meetings in Japan, 2014, and the ongoing work of sociologists and social scientists from other regions of the world.

摘要

Akìwowo 的远见和学识深受其历史背景的影响。他的大部分工作是在独立后进行的，当时发展问题是尼日利亚学者最关心的问题。他出生于 1922 年，是寻求帮助推动新国家向前发展的独立后学者中的一位长者。本文重点介绍 Akìwowo 为这项工作带来的独特想法。这是我与他讨论最多的领域，也是我合作出版的领域。我关注（1）他的思想发展的背景，（2）他对本土社会学的看法和（3）他的产出。2014 年，Burawoy 在日本国际社会学协会会议上的主席讲话清楚地表明了 Akìwowo 在 1970 年代的担忧，