Download or read book Ancient and Modern Influence in Nigerian History written by Obiaku Christopher and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2014-10-02 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ancient And Modern Influence In Nigerian History will provide the reader with rich interdisciplinary knowledge, from political, law and sociological perspective to historical and philosophical insights-all enabling the reader to analyze complex political issues. The book extensively discusses several historical events in Africa as championed by the Europeans with Nigeria as the topic of discussion. Permit to suggest that history of Africa or individual countries as titled by scholars should be tagged as "European activities in Africa or individual countries in the continent" since Africans were meant to believe what the were told. The highly researched work is derived from the combination of great ideas developed on variety of resources centered on history of Nigeria and Africa in general.
Download or read book Ancient and Modern in Nigerian History written by Obunike Obiaku and published by . This book was released on 2013-02-02 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is meant to serve as a knowledge base for student of government, political science, law and history as well as for non-students. The book will provide the student or reader with rich interdisciplinary knowledge, from political and sociological perspective to historical, psychological and philosophical insights-all enabling the reader to analyze complex issues. The book extensively discusses several historical European activities in Africa with Nigeria as the topic of discussion. Permit to suggest that history of Africa or individual countries as titled by scholars should be tagged as European activities in Africa or individual countries in the continent since those activities largely impacted negatively in member states as Africans were meant to believe what they were told, which results to great altering of its historical events, which this book will address by presenting the true cause of events in Nigeria and Africa in general. The amalgamation of northern and southern Nigeria in 1914 by Lord Frederick lugard made Nigeria the most populous nation in Africa with over 250 ethnic groups with diverse culture and languages. The major ethnic groups; Igbo, Hausa and Yoruba accounts for about 70 percent of the population, ethnic groups like Kanuri, Tiv and Ibibio accounts for about 10 percent while more than hundred other ethnic groups occupies the rest of the twenty percent, which were on 1914 amalgamation joined together to make up what became Nigeria. The highly researched work is derived from the combination of great ideas developed on variety of resources centered on history of Nigeria and Africa in general. It contains maps and pictures for a better understanding. The resources from the ministry of information in Nigeria and various universities across the country play a greater role in the success of this book. Nigeria is derived from the two words; "Niger" and "Area" combined together to make up with the name "Nigeria" as suggested by Lady Flora Shaw, a British journalist with London time's newspaper. The Niger is the name of the river that constitutes most remarkable geographical feature of the country. Nigeria is a country that has a land mass of about 923,768 square kilometers. Benin republic bordered her in the east, south by the Niger and Chad republic, west by the republic of Cameroon, and north by the gulf of guinea. The country gained independence from British government on October 1st, 1960 and became a republic on October 1st, 1963. The journey to independent started with some constitutional developments, these constitutional developments saw the country attainment of self-rule in some regions; East and south in 1957 and North in 1959, come the total liberation on October 1st, 1960. The occupation of Lagos in 1861 and the formation of Niger coast protectorate in 1893 could be seen as the formation of real takeover of Nigeria by the British. The withdrawal of the charter given to the royal Niger Company in 1900 and the inclusion of the colony of Lagos into the southern protectorate in 1906, as well as the amalgamation of 1914, all resulted in the complete and official control of the British government administering Nigeria as a colony of the British Empire. The first constitutional development in Nigeria could be said to had started with adoption of Clifford constitution of 1922, which for the first time provided for the elected Nigerian members to the legislative council (3 for Lagos and one for Calabar). Clifford constitution led to the development of nationalism and formation of political parties, starting with National Nigerian Democratic Party (NNDP), which served as a tool for the attaining independence. The constitution later failed among other reasons, since the white still held supreme power, leading to establishment of Richard constitution.
Download or read book Understanding Modern Nigeria written by Toyin Falola and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2021-06-24 with total page 691 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An introduction to the politics and society of post-colonial Nigeria, highlighting the key themes of ethnicity, democracy, and development.
Download or read book Nigerian Chiefs written by Olufemi Vaughan and published by University Rochester Press. This book was released on 2006 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An analysis of how traditional power structures in Nigeria have survived the forces of colonialism and the modernization processes of postcolonial regimes. This book analyzes how indigenous political power structures in Nigeria survived both the constricting forces of colonialism and the modernization programs of postcolonial regimes. With twenty detailed case studies on colonial andpostcolonial Nigerian history, the complex interactions between chieftaincy structures and the rapidly shifting sociopolitical and economic conditions of the twentieth century become evident. Drawing on the interactions between the state and chieftaincy, this study goes beyond earlier Africanist scholarship that attributes the resilience of these indigenous structures to their enduring normative and utilitarian qualities. Linked to externally-derived forces, and legitimated by neotraditional themes, chieftaincy structures were distorted by the indirect rule system, transformed by competing communal claims, and legitimated a dominant ethno-regional power configuration. Olufemi Vaughan is Professor in the Department of Africana Studies and the Department of History, State University of New York at Stony Brook. Winner of the 2001 Cecil B. Currey Book-length Award from the Association ofThird World Studies.
Download or read book A History of Nigeria written by Toyin Falola and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2008-04-24 with total page 313 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Download or read book Ibibio Pioneers in Modern Nigerian History written by and published by . This book was released on 1980 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A History of Borno written by Vincent Hiribarren and published by Hurst & Company. This book was released on 2017 with total page 325 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Borno (in northeast Nigeria) is notorious today as the home of an Islamist terrorist group, Boko Haram, whose insurgency is a major security threat, but it was once the heartland of the Kanuri-speaking royal empire of Kanem-Borno, renowned throughout Africa and beyond, which in its later incarnation, the Bornu Empire, lasted from 1380 to 1893. This book offers the reader the first modern history of Borno, drawing upon sources in London, Berlin, Paris, Kaduna and Maiduguri and recently released 'migrated archives'. As its longevity suggests, what is particularly remarkable about Borno is the permanence of its boundaries-its territorial integrity-which dates back centuries, and the political and social identities that such borders framed in the minds of its inhabitants.
Download or read book Religion and the Making of Nigeria written by Olufemi Vaughan and published by Duke University Press. This book was released on 2016-11-10 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Religion and the Making of Nigeria, Olufemi Vaughan examines how Christian, Muslim, and indigenous religious structures have provided the essential social and ideological frameworks for the construction of contemporary Nigeria. Using a wealth of archival sources and extensive Africanist scholarship, Vaughan traces Nigeria’s social, religious, and political history from the early nineteenth century to the present. During the nineteenth century, the historic Sokoto Jihad in today’s northern Nigeria and the Christian missionary movement in what is now southwestern Nigeria provided the frameworks for ethno-religious divisions in colonial society. Following Nigeria’s independence from Britain in 1960, Christian-Muslim tensions became manifest in regional and religious conflicts over the expansion of sharia, in fierce competition among political elites for state power, and in the rise of Boko Haram. These tensions are not simply conflicts over religious beliefs, ethnicity, and regionalism; they represent structural imbalances founded on the religious divisions forged under colonial rule.
Download or read book Nigerian History Politics and Affairs written by Adiele Eberechukwu Afigbo and published by Africa World Press. This book was released on 2005 with total page 736 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: These essays attempt to focus the light of history,on Nigeria, Nigerians and their contemporary,condition. The root idea here is that fundamental,to all historical works - that when the mind,interacts with the past, the result is something,like a torchlight whose beam is focused on the,present, thus enabling us to achieve a better,understanding of the problems which face us.,Afigbo has probed deep into Nigeria's pastbringing out all the facets, all the elements and,all the issues that are necessary to improve the,present.
Download or read book Understanding Modern Nigeria written by Toyin Falola and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2021-06-24 with total page 691 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since its independence from Britain in 1960, Nigeria has emerged as Africa's second largest economy and one of the biggest producers of oil in the world. Despite its economic success, however, there are deep divisions among its two hundred and fifty ethnic groups. Centered around three of the dominant themes of Nigeria's post-colonial narrative - ethnicity, democracy and governance, this is an accessible and comprehensive introduction to the history and events that have shaped these three areas. World-renowned expert in Nigerian history, Toyin Falola shows us how the British laid the foundations of modern Nigeria, with colonialism breading competition for resources and power and the widening cleavages between the Hausa-Fulani, Yoruba, and Igbo ethnic groups that had been forced together under British rule, the choice of federalism as a political system, and the religious and political pluralism that have shaped its institutions and practices. Using an examination of the outcomes of this history, manifested in hunger, violence, poverty, human rights violations, threats of secession and corruption, where power and resources are used to reproduce underdevelopment, Falola offers insights and recommendations for the future of policy and the potential for intervention in the country.
Download or read book A Tropical Dependency written by Flora Louisa Shaw and published by . This book was released on 1905 with total page 534 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Historical Development of Science and Technology in Nigeria written by Gloria Thomas-Emeagwali and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Areas discussed in this text include traditional methods of food processing, cassava-processing technology in the contemporary period, textile technology, and pedagogy and science teaching in Nigeria. There is also a specific focus on gender and technology. The text concentrates on the historical dimension but approaches the subject in the context of multidisciplinary interpretation.
Download or read book An Introduction to Nigerian Political History written by Dan O. Chukwu and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A Tropical Dependency written by Flora Louisa Shaw and published by Black Classic Press. This book was released on 1997 with total page 526 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Lady Lugard sat down to write A Tropical Dependency, it was not her intention to inspire generations of Africans to regain the independence of their countries. Lugard writes of slavery as though it was a God-given right of Europeans to own Africans as slaves. Ironically, her text on Africa's place in history reaffirms the belief that "If Africa did it once, Africa can do it again!"
Download or read book History of Nigeria Nigeria before 1800 AD written by Toyin Falola and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Oxford Handbook of Nigerian History written by Toyin Falola and published by . This book was released on 2022 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Oxford Handbook of Nigerian History provides a comprehensive history of Africa's most populous and most rapidly developing country. Rather than centering the rise of the nation-state, the Handbook 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. Consisting of 36 chapters, the Handbook is separated into five major sections, starting with the historiography of Nigeria-namely, the systems of knowledge handed down by the indigenous, Islamic, colonial, and post-colonial traditions. From that foundation, the chapters cover the development of nomadic and agricultural societies, the colonial era, the emergence of a modern Nigeria, and the impact of Nigerians outside of the country's borders"--
Download or read book A Complete History of Nigeria written by Verity Press and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2024-02-20 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Embark on an illuminating journey through the turbulent yet fascinating history of Nigeria in "A Complete History of Nigeria: The Historical Evolution of the Nigerian Society and People." From the ancient Neolithic and Iron Age civilization of Nok to the modern-day complexities of political upheaval and social unrest, this comprehensive narrative delves deep into the heart of Nigeria's rich heritage. Witness the rise and fall of powerful empires, the devastating impact of colonialism and the transatlantic slave trade, and the struggle for independence and democracy. From the era of Hausa kingdoms and Borno dynasty to the British colonial rule and the subsequent fight for self-governance, every milestone is meticulously documented, offering invaluable insights into the nation's past. From the Biafran conflict to the insurgency of the modern era, this book captures the resilience and spirit of the Nigerian people as they navigate through centuries of triumphs and tribulations. An essential read for anyone seeking to understand the intricate tapestry of Nigeria's history and its enduring quest for peace, progress, and unity.
