Description
The Oxford Handbook of Nigerian History provides a comprehensive history of Africa's most populous and most rapidly developing country. Rather than centering the rise of the nation-state, the Handbook reads the narrative of 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.Consisting of 36 chapters, the Handbook is separated into five major sections, starting with the historiography of Nigeria--namely, the systems of knowledge handed down by the indigenous, Christian, Islamic, colonial, and post-colonial traditions. From that foundation, the chapters cover the development of nomadic and agricultural societies, the colonial era, the emergence of a modern Nigeria, and the impact of Nigerians outside of the country's borders. This transnational approach incorporates the most important ideas from the new scholarship emerging in the 21st century, creating a forward-looking volume appropriate for a dynamic, diverse, and swiftly changing Nigeria.
Table of Contents
IntroductionMatthew M. Heaton and Toyin FalolaPart I: Knowledge Production and Epistemologies of Nigerian History1. Indigenous Knowledge and Oral Traditions in NigeriaToyin Falola2. Archaeology, Linguistics, and Early Histories of NigeriaConstanze Weise3. Islamic Education in NigeriaMustapha Hashim Kurfi4. Colonial and Postcolonial Historiography of NigeriaSati U. FwatshakPart II: States and Societies to the Nineteenth Century5. Prehistoric Developments in NigeriaPeter Breunig6. The Origins of Kingdoms and Empires in Precolonial NigeriaVincent Hiribarren7. State Management and Political Institutions in Nigeria before 1800Osarhieme Benson Osadolor8. Economic Production and Exchange of States and Societies in Precolonial NigeriaAribidesi Usman9. Religion in Precolonial NigeriaShobana Shankar10. European Contact with Nigeria and the Trans-Atlantic Slave TradeMatthew M. Heaton11. Abolition, Legitimate Commerce, and Christianity in NigeriaAyodeji Olukoju12. Political Revolutions in Nineteenth Century NigeriaToyin FalolaPart III: Colonial Rule and the Making of Nigeria13. The Conquest of NigeriaAbubakar Babajo Sani14. The Colonial Administration of NigeriaOlufemi Vaughan15. Colonial Economies of NigeriaSteven Pierce16. Gender, Class, and Culture in Colonial NigeriaFunmilayo Idowu Agbaje17. Nigeria and the World WarsOliver Coates18. Political, Economic, and Social Change in Nigeria, 1945-1960Lynn SchlerPart IV: Nigeria Since Independence19. Federalism and the First Republic of Nigeria, 1960-1966Rotimi T. Suberu20. The Nigerian Civil War and Its LegaciesRoy Doron21. The Nigerian Oil Economy and the Rentier StateAdeoye O. Akinola22. Dictatorship and Democracy in Nigeria, 1966-1999Eghosa E. Osaghae23. Religious Nationalisms in NigeriaMatthews A. Ojo24. Ethnic Nationalism and Minority Politics in NigeriaAkin Iwilade and Iwebunor Okwechime25. Popular Culture, Literature, and the Arts in NigeriaToyin Falola26. Women and Gender Relations in Twenty-First Century NigeriaAdanna Ogbonna-Oluikpe27. Agriculture, Environment, and Sustainable Development in NigeriaChima J. Korieh28. Architecture, Infrastructure, and the Built Environment in NigeriaToyin Falola29. An Afrocentric Overview of Education, Health, and Welfare Service in Twenty-First Century NigeriaJamaine M. Abidogun30. Federalism and Politics in Nigeria's Fourth RepublicCyril Obi and Godwin Onuoha31. Dimensions of Nigeria's National Security and Development Challenges in Changing Global ContextsN. Oluwafemi MimikoPart V: Nigeria in the World32. Nigeria's Impact on Diasporic Cultures in the AmericasMatt D. Childs33. Nigeria and the Global UmmaBrandon Kendhammer34. Migrants, Immigrants, and the New Nigerian DiasporaOnoso Imoagene35. Nigeria and African AffairsAdebayo Oyebade36. Nigerian Diplomacy, Foreign Relations, and International EntanglementsToyin FalolaIndex
