History of Nigeria: Nigeria before 1800 AD
Author: Toyin Falola
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Published: 1989
Total Pages: 220
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Author: Toyin Falola
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Published: 1989
Total Pages: 220
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Toyin Falola
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2008-04-24
Total Pages: 313
ISBN-13: 1139472038
DOWNLOAD EBOOKNigeria 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: Obaro Ikime
Publisher: Hebn Publishers
Published: 1980
Total Pages: 642
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKFilling 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: Carlyn Dawn Anderson
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Published: 1979
Total Pages: 406
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: K. B. C. Onwubiko
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Published: 1982
Total Pages: 406
ISBN-13: 9789781750618
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Toyin Falola
Publisher:
Published: 1989
Total Pages: 208
ISBN-13: 9789781396762
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Randy J. Sparks
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Published: 2009-07-01
Total Pages: 224
ISBN-13: 9780674043893
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn 1767, two “princes” of a ruling family in the port of Old Calabar, on the slave coast of Africa, were ambushed and captured by English slavers. The princes, Little Ephraim Robin John and Ancona Robin Robin John, were themselves slave traders who were betrayed by African competitors—and so began their own extraordinary odyssey of enslavement. Their story, written in their own hand, survives as a rare firsthand account of the Atlantic slave experience. Randy J. Sparks made the remarkable discovery of the princes’ correspondence and has managed to reconstruct their adventures from it. They were transported from the coast of Africa to Dominica, where they were sold to a French physician. By employing their considerable language and interpersonal skills, they cleverly negotiated several escapes that took them from the Caribbean to Virginia, and to England, but always ended in their being enslaved again. Finally, in England, they sued for, and remarkably won, their freedom. Eventually, they found their way back to Old Calabar and, evidence suggests, resumed their business of slave trading. The Two Princes of Calabar offers a rare glimpse into the eighteenth-century Atlantic World and slave trade from an African perspective. It brings us into the trading communities along the coast of Africa and follows the regular movement of goods, people, and ideas across and around the Atlantic. It is an extraordinary tale of slaves’ relentless quest for freedom and their important role in the creation of the modern Atlantic World.
Author: Mieke van der Linden
Publisher: BRILL
Published: 2016-10-05
Total Pages: 364
ISBN-13: 9004321195
DOWNLOAD EBOOKOver recent decades, the responsibility for the past actions of the European colonial powers in relation to their former colonies has been subject to a lively debate. In this book, the question of the responsibility under international law of former colonial States is addressed. Such a legal responsibility would presuppose the violation of the international law that was applicable at the time of colonization. In the ‘Scramble for Africa’ during the Age of New Imperialism (1870-1914), European States and non-State actors mainly used cession and protectorate treaties to acquire territorial sovereignty (imperium) and property rights over land (dominium). The question is raised whether Europeans did or did not on a systematic scale breach these treaties in the context of the acquisition of territory and the expansion of empire, mainly through extending sovereignty rights and, subsequently, intervening in the internal affairs of African political entities.
Author: Douglas Brent Chambers
Publisher: Univ. Press of Mississippi
Published: 2005
Total Pages: 344
ISBN-13: 9781617034374
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Toyin Falola
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2022
Total Pages: 793
ISBN-13: 0190050098
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis 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