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This novel about Nigeria prophesied the 1983 coup.
Author : Chinua Achebe
Publisher : Heinemann
Page : 86 pages
File Size : 30,24 MB
Release : 1984
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780435906986
This novel about Nigeria prophesied the 1983 coup.
Author : Max Siollun
Publisher : Hurst & Company
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 26,29 MB
Release : 2024-04-18
Category :
ISBN : 9781911723264
A revelatory account of British imperialism's shameful impact on Africa's most populous state.
Author :
Publisher :
Page : 356 pages
File Size : 27,6 MB
Release : 1992
Category : Nigeria
ISBN :
Author : Peter Cunliffe-Jones
Publisher : Macmillan + ORM
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 41,23 MB
Release : 2010-09-14
Category : History
ISBN : 0230112609
His nineteenth-century cousin, paddled ashore by slaves, twisted the arms of tribal chiefs to sign away their territorial rights in the oil-rich Niger Delta. Sixty years later, his grandfather helped craft Nigeria's constitution and negotiate its independence, the first of its kind in Africa. Four decades later, Peter Cunliffe-Jones arrived as a journalist in the capital, Lagos, just as military rule ended, to face the country his family had a hand in shaping.Part family memoir, part history, My Nigeria is a piercing look at the colonial legacy of an emerging power in Africa. Marshalling his deep knowledge of the nation's economic, political, and historic forces, Cunliffe-Jones surveys its colonial past and explains why British rule led to collapse at independence. He also takes an unflinching look at the complicated country today, from email hoaxes and political corruption to the vast natural resources that make it one of the most powerful African nations; from life in Lagos's virtually unknown and exclusive neighborhoods to the violent conflicts between the numerous tribes that make up this populous African nation. As Nigeria celebrates five decades of independence, this is a timely and personal look at a captivating country that has yet to achieve its great potential.
Author : John Campbell
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Page : 243 pages
File Size : 44,47 MB
Release : 2013-06-06
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1442221585
Nigeria, the United States’ most important strategic partner in West Africa, is in grave trouble. While Nigerians often claim they are masters of dancing on the brink without falling off, the disastrous administration of President Goodluck Jonathan, the radical Islamic insurrection Boko Haram, and escalating violence in the delta and the north may finally provide the impetus that pushes it into the abyss of state failure. In this thoroughly updated edition, John Campbellexplores Nigeria’s post-colonial history and presents a nuanced explanation of the events and conditions that have carried this complex, dynamic, and very troubled giant to the edge. Central to his analysis are the oil wealth, endemic corruption, and elite competition that have undermined Nigeria’s nascent democratic institutions and alienated an increasingly impoverished population. However, state failure is not inevitable, nor is it in the interest of the United States. Campbell provides concrete new policy options that would not only allow the United States to help Nigeria avoid state failure but also to play a positive role in Nigeria’s political, social, and economic development.
Author : Toyin Falola
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 793 pages
File Size : 23,4 MB
Release : 2022
Category : History
ISBN : 0190050098
This book reads the narrative of the national politics alongside deeper histories of political and social organization, as well as in relation to competing influences on modern identity formation and inter-group relationships, such as ethnic and religious communities, economic partnerships, and immigrant and diasporic cultures
Author : N. Nik Onyechi
Publisher :
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 29,41 MB
Release : 1989
Category : Nigeria
ISBN :
Author : Barry Floyd
Publisher : Springer
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 34,87 MB
Release : 1969-06-18
Category : Science
ISBN : 1349006661
Author : King Kayode Yeotan
Publisher : iUniverse
Page : 112 pages
File Size : 37,93 MB
Release : 2011-07-26
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 1462020089
Talk Nigeria was created to help those that often travel to and from Nigeria and would like a more efficient way of communicating with the majority of Nigerians. This handbook will enable foreign-born Nigerians and their families to teach their native language to their children. Talk Nigeria makes it possible for them to not only learn the languages, but also to assist them with phonetic pronunciation of the words in their native languages. This is not just another boring language guide that is only based upon endless repetitions of language drills. It is a handbook that promotes quick and effective communication with Nigerians in the three major languages. It includes • easy-to-read translations from English into the three main languages spoken in Nigeria—Yoruba, Ibo, and Hausa, • all translations include the phonetic pronunciation for each word and phrase; • translations for greetings, everyday phrases, and a reference dictionary. An innovative way to learn to speak a very common African language, this handbook is an indispensable guide to speaking the Nigerian languages correctly and effectively.
Author : Sarah Ladipo Manyika
Publisher :
Page : pages
File Size : 15,40 MB
Release : 2019
Category : FICTION
ISBN : 9781911115786
In the early sixties, Tayo Ajayi sails to England from Nigeria to take up a scholarship at Oxford University. There he discovers a whole generation high on visions of a new and better world. He meets Vanessa Richardson, the beautiful daughter of a former colonial officer. Their story, which spans four decades, is a bittersweet tale of a brave but doomed affair and the universal desire to fall truly, madly and deeply in love. A lyrical and moving story of unfulfilled love fraught with the weight of history, race and geography and intertwined with questions of belonging, aging, faith and family secrets. In Dependence explores the complexities of contemporary Africa, its Diaspora and its interdependence with the rest of the world.