History of Nigeria: Nigeria in the nineteenth century
Author: Toyin Falola
Publisher:
Published: 1991
Total Pages: 240
ISBN-13: 9789781396779
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Toyin Falola
Publisher:
Published: 1991
Total Pages: 240
ISBN-13: 9789781396779
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Toyin Falola
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2008-04-24
Total Pages: 313
ISBN-13: 1139472038
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Nigeria is Africa's most populous country and the world's eighth largest oil producer, but its success has been undermined in recent decades by ethnic and religious conflict, political instability, rampant official corruption and an ailing economy. Toyin Falola, a leading historian intimately acquainted with the region, and Matthew Heaton, who has worked extensively on African science and culture, combine their expertise to explain the context to Nigeria's recent troubles through an exploration of its pre-colonial and colonial past, and its journey from independence to statehood. By examining key themes such as colonialism, religion, slavery, nationalism and the economy, the authors show how Nigeria's history has been swayed by the vicissitudes of the world around it, and how Nigerians have adapted to meet these challenges. This book offers a unique portrayal of a resilient people living in a country with immense, but unrealized, potential.
Author: Toyin Falola
Publisher: African Studies Program University of Wisconsin
Published: 1998
Total Pages: 138
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Chima J. Korieh
Publisher:
Published: 2013-05-01
Total Pages: 392
ISBN-13: 9781938598036
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Based on over a decade of research and scholarly writing on aspects of Nigerian history, Essays on Nigerian History, Gender, and Society provides important accounts of the transformations that have taken place in what became Nigeria from the late nineteenth century to the present. Significant attention is devoted to the Eastern region of Nigeria, particularly the Igbo speaking people. The essays pay attention to the transformation and responses that occurred as the people encountered Europeans as traders, missionaries and colonists. Thus, the essays deal with aspects of the Atlantic slave trade and its abolition, the missionary impact, and colonialism. The essays pay significant attention to the gendered nature of these transformations.
Author: Obaro Ikime
Publisher: Hebn Publishers
Published: 1980
Total Pages: 634
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Filling a gap, this study presents a comprehensive history of Nigeria's diverse peoples. The first two chapters provide a geographical and archaeological background. The main body of the work is divided into three sections: Nigeria Before 1800; Nigeria in the 19th century: and Nigeria in the 20th century. Contributors cover a multitude of different issues andregions such as the Benin Kingdom, the trans-atlantic slave trade, nationalist movements, and Borno in the 19th century.
Author: Elizabeth Allo Isichei
Publisher: Longman Publishing Group
Published: 1983
Total Pages: 552
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Olayemi Akinwumi
Publisher: LIT Verlag Münster
Published: 2002
Total Pages: 144
ISBN-13: 9783825861971
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This book examines German participation in the colonial contest for Nigeria during the scramble for and partition of Africa at the end of the nineteenth Century. It focuses on the activities of some German individuals and organisations that were actively engaged in the struggle to acquire the Nigerian region as a colony for Germany. There are two reasons for this failure: one, lack of consisient colonial policy during Bismarck's era and two, the Opposition of the Royal Niger Company. The only success recorded in Nigeria was in Adamawa and Borno. Germany got some parts of these emirates as a result of the determination of the Royal Niger Company, supported by the British government, to deny the French any access to the navigable part of the two major rivers. Germany retained control of this region until the outbreak of the First World War.