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Nigeria: A New History of a Turbulent Century de Richard Bourne

Nigeria: A New History of a Turbulent Century

Autor Richard Bourne
en Limba Engleză Hardback – 15 oct 2015
'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.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781780329079
ISBN-10: 1780329075
Pagini: 272
Dimensiuni: 143 x 222 x 25 mm
Greutate: 0.59 kg
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Colecția Zed Books
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom

Cuprins

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

Recenzii

Writing about the diversity and complexity of governance in Nigeria poses a challenge even to established historians. Richard Bourne has in this book tackled the challenge with detailed research and admirable perspicacity. Recommended reading for all those interested in Nigerian history.
[A]n excellent overview of the main political events of Nigeria's first hundred years.
The book currently stands as the most extensive documentation on Nigeria.
Fills a gap for a one-stop history of the first century ... Bourne relates a century's worth of politics at a brisk clip.
[A]n excellent introduction to Africa's most populous country.
An insightful account of great interest to scholars.
Well researched and full of the anecdotes that turn a great history into an enjoyable one, Bourne's book is a necessary addition to the growing canon of comprehensive histories of Nigeria.
Richard Bourne's meticulously researched book is a major addition to Nigerian history.
This book is a major achievement and I defy anyone who reads it not to learn from it and gain greater understanding of the nature and development of a major African nation.
If you want to understand Nigeria's history in one succinct go, this is a very good choice.
Richard Bourne's brilliant new book is an admirable, fair-minded account of a complex story, embellished with excellent portraits of its extended cast.
With his characteristic candour, pithiness and immaculate judgement, Bourne gives us a Nigerian history that reveals not only its full complexity but its huge range of dynamism, resilience and hope for the future. This is a very fine book.
This is a charming read that will educate the general reader, while allowing specialists additional insights to build upon. It deserves an audience far beyond the confines of Nigerian studies.