Nigeria : a new history of a turbulent century
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Nigeria : a new history of a turbulent century
Zed Books, 2015
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [299]-308) and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
'If you want to understand Nigeria's history in one succinct go, this is a very good choice.'
Noo Saro-Wiwa
Known as the African Giant, Nigeria's story is complex and often contradictory. How, despite the ravages of colonialism, civil war, ongoing economic disappointment and most recently the Boko Haram insurgency, has the country managed to stay together for a hundred years? Why, despite an abundance of oil, mineral and agricultural wealth, have so many of its people remained in poverty?
These are the key questions explored by Richard Bourne in this remarkable and wide-ranging account of Nigeria's history, from its creation in 1914 to the historic 2015 elections and beyond.
Featuring a wealth of original research and interviews, this is an essential insight into the shaping of a country where, despite the seemingly dashed optimism that was raised at independence, there still remains hope 'the Nigeria project' may still succeed.
Table of Contents
Part I: 1914-39: Invention of a Country
1. A Merger Makes a Large Possession for Britain
2. First World War: Nigeria on the Front Line
3. Lugard Struggles with Opponents
4. Between the Wars: Nigeria is Not a Single State
5. Between the Wars: The Economy in a World Depression
6. Between the Wars: A New Assertive Nationalism
Part II: 1939-64: Rocky Road to Freedom
7. Another World War and Strategic Importance
8. Political Change and Divisive Regionalism
9. Regional Governments and the Coming of Independence
10. The Joy of Independence
11. Overture to Disaster
Part III: 1964-89: The Shadow of the Generals
12. Military Coups, Biafra and Civil War
13. Reconstruction, Another Coup and the Craving for Democracy
14. A Second Republic, Its Short, Inglorious Life and its Overthrow
15. Buhari, IBB and a New Military Era
Section IV: 1989-2014: A Decade of Pain, then Disappointment in Democracy
16. The Annulment of an Election Puts Nigeria on Edge
17. The Disastrous Abacha Years
18. Democracy, and the Return of Obasanjo
19. Yar'Adua, Jonathan and Threats in the Delta and the Northeast
Section V: Reflections
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