Nigeria's Diverse Peoples
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Civil Society
Civilian Rule
Colonial Era
Colonialism
Contemporary Divisions
Culture
Development
Diversity
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Ethnic Groups
Forces for Stability
Global Economy
International Crime
Migration
Military Rule
Nigerian Government Today
Oil
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- ISBN 9781576076828
- Weight: 539g
- Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
- Publication Date: 19 Nov 2003
- Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Hardback
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Exploring the history of ethnic, regional, and religious diversity in Nigeria, this volume traces most of the country's current problems to its colonial exploitation.
Plagued by ethnic divisions, economic inequality, and corruption, Nigeria appears to conform to the stereotypical view that Africa's problems are mostly the result of primitive tribalism. But as Nigeria's Diverse Peoples demonstrates, most of Nigeria's problems today were set in motion by Europeans during the slave trade and colonial eras.
Focusing on three main ethnic groups (Hausa-Falani, Yoruba, and Igbo) and ranging from precolonial times to independence in 1960 to the present, this breakthrough study portrays a Nigeria now striving to make a unified nation of itself. Offering a fresh understanding not just of Nigeria but of Africa as well, readers will enter the richly complex world of Nigeria's ethnic history.
April A. Gordon is professor of sociology at Winthrop University, Rock Hill, SC.
