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30 BOOKS TO START YOUR JOURNEY TO UNDERSTANDING NIGERIA/ AFRICA HISTORY

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Guess what, I just converted my Blog to a website, so I plan on posting every Wednesday.  So invite your friends to come and read interesting and educating posts on my website.

So in launching this website, I want to answer one question that I get regularly which is, what books do you recommend or have read that can help in understanding Nigeria/Africa History?

So here are my Suggestions on Books to give you an understanding of Nigeria and African History, to give you a head start on the what Nigerian/ Africa History covers.

FYI: this is my opinion, as these books includes  the ones I have  used, the ones I have in my library, the ones that was recommended to me overtime , I recognized that we have more thousands of Materials which includes the ones i cannot remember. Or have not seen before.  So I will focus on the ones I have used or that was once recommended to me  So in  Alphabetical order here you go

  1. Adesina (ed) C.O. 2017. Nigeria in the Twentieth Century: History, Governance and Society, Ibadan, Connel Publications.  IMG_20200422_024441
  2. Coleman J.S. 1971. Nigeria Background to Nationalism. Berkeley, University of California.
  3. Cambridge History of Africa Vol 1 -12
  4. Eghosa E. Osaghae 2002. The Crippled Giant. Ibadan :John Archers Limited
  5. Ekundare R.O. 1973.  An Economic History of Nigeria 1860-1960.  Great Britain: The Chauncer Press Ltd
  6. Falola T.  and Heaton M. 2008. A History of Nigeria. Cambridge University PressIMG_20200422_025305
  7. Falola T.  and Genova A. 2009. Historical Dictionary of Nigeria( African Historical Dictionaries). Scare crow Press.IMG_20200422_025333
  8. Falola T (ed), 1987. Britain and Nigeria: Exploitation or Development? Zed,
  9. Falola, T (eds) History of Nigeria Book 1 ,2 and 3. Falola T, (eds). 1991. History of Nigeria Book 3: Nigeria in the twentieth Century.IMG_20200422_012924IMG_20200422_012924
  10. Falola T, (ed), 1988 Nigeria Under the British, 1900-1960, Obafemi Awolowo University Press.
  11. Ikime, O, 1980.(ed) Groundwork of Nigerian History, Heinemann.4717514._UY630_SR1200,630_
  12. Ikime O. The Fall of Nigeria: The British Conquest. London. Heinemann.
  13. Mackintosh, J. O. (1966). Nigerian Government and Politics. Evanston:  North western University Press.   
  14. Ojiako,  J.  O.  (1981).  Nigeria:  Yesterday,  Today,  And  ?  Onitsha:    Africana Educational Publishers
  15. Olusanya, G. O (1973). The Second World War and Politics in Nigeria,  1939-1953. London: Evans Brothers.
  16. Oyediran, O. 1979 (ed). Nigerian Government & Politics under Military  Rule 1966-1979.  London: Macmillan.  
  17. Isichei, Elizabeth, 1983,A History of Nigeria, Longman, 1983.
  18. Ogbogbo, C.B.N (ed). 2011. Africa Perspective in Africa History,  Ibadan: Book wright Publishers.IMG_20200422_010405
  19. S.U Fwatswak and J.W Akinwunmi. 2014. The House that “ Lugard Built” Perspective on Nigeria’s First Century: The Gains and The Agenda for the Future.   Jos: HSN  , Jos University Press Limited.IMG_20200422_012904
  20. Oyebade A. Ed. 2003. A Retrospect on  Colonial Nigeria. The Foundation of Nigeria: Essays in Honour of Toyin Falola. . Eritrea. Africa Word Press INC
  21. Perkins W.A. Stembridge. 1962. Nigeria: A descriptive Geography. Oxford. Oxford University
  22. Sofela B., Edo V.O, and Olaniyi R.O (eds ), 2013. Nigeria at 50: Politics, Society and Development. Ibadan, John  Archer Publisher.IMG_20200422_010630
  23. Tarikh. 1970. Indirect Rule in British Africa, Vol. 3, No. 3, Longman
  24. Tamuno, T. N 1966. Nigeria and Elective Representatives, 1923-1947    London
  25. Tamuno. T.N. 1972. The Evolution of the Nigerian State: The Southern Phase 1898-1914. Longman. Ibadan History Series.
  26. Oyebade.A.   ed 2003. The Foundation of Nigeria: Essays in Honour of Toyin Falola. Ed. Eritrea: Africa Word Press INC.

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I am sure you are wondering how you can get your hands on this book?

You can purchase some of them from online book stores eg. Good reads, Amazon’s etc.

You can also purchase on physical book shops such as University of Ibadan book shop

You can also visit university libraries.

I hope this was helpful. Do check out my other post, like, share, leave a comment and subscribe/ follow my blog.

 

 

4 Comments

  1. Interesting list, I hope to read some of them soon.

  2. Daramola Folashade

    These are great books by erudite scholars. They have helped young historians in their quest of knowledge especially of past events. They have also pontificated the pitfalls our forbearers fell in to.
    Well done Kadi in collating these rich books.

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