The political economy of colonialism and nation-building in Nigeria / Samuel Ojo Oloruntoba, editor.

"This book examines the ways in which colonialism continues to define the political economy of Nigeria sixty years after gaining political independence from the British. It also establishes a link between colonialism and the continued agitation for restructuring the political arrangement of the coun...

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Other Authors: Oloruntoba, Samuel O. (Samuel Ojo), 1970- (Editor)
Language:English
Published: Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan, [2022]
©2022.
Subjects:
Nigeria > History > 1960-
Nigeria > Politics and government > 1960-
Nation-building > Nigeria.
Nation-building.
Politics and government.
Nigeria.
Since 1960
History.
Genre:
History.
Physical Description:xii, 397 pages ; 22 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Introduction : Colonialism and challenges of nation-building in Nigeria / Samuel Ojo Oloruntoba
  • The political economy of colonialism and nation-building in Nigeria / Samuel Ojo Oloruntoba
  • British colonial administration and development of western education in Ilorin Emirate, 1900-1960 / Eliasu Yahaya
  • Imperial citizens or economic nationalists? An analysis of colonially restructured northern Nigerian economy in the 1940s / Stephen Yohanna
  • That they do not labour in vain : British colonial exploitation and expropriation of cocoa industry in Abadan, southwest Nigeria / Abiodun Shamsideen Afolabi
  • A history of anti-leprosy campaign in Sokoto Area of Northern Nigeria, 1919-1975 / Labbo Abdullahi
  • Power, politics, and pilgrimage : the Jajj and colonial ideology in Nigeria, 1903-1927 / Matthew M. Heaton
  • Nigeria since 2014 : restructuring or dismemberment? / Egodi Uchendu and Emmanuel T. Eyeh
  • The Nigerian restructuring agitations and debates in perspective / Sati U. Fwatshak
  • African women in politics : past, present and the future / Damilola Taiye Agbalajobi
  • Women in political leadership in Nigeria : issues, prospect and challenges / Oluyemi O. Fayomi, Lady A. Ajayi, Rosemary O. Popoola, and Oluwatobi Njoaguani
  • Democracy and demilitarization in Africa : towards a reconceptualization / Adelaja Odukaya and Abubakar Momoh
  • Ethnicity, citizenship identity and nation building in Africa : the Nigeria experience / Sunday Inyokwe Otinche
  • Ethnicity, farmer-herder conflicts, and nation-building in Nigeria / Michael Ihuoma Ogu
  • ECOWAS protocol on free movement, border porosity, and the emerging threats to human security in north central Nigeria : an appraisal of the influx of migrant Fulani herders / Dare Leke Idowu and Damilola Taiye Agbalajobi
  • The role of leadership in governance and development crises at the grassroots level : insights form Ijebu north local government area, Ogun state Nigeria / Joseph O. Nkwede, Ahmed O. Moliki, Kazeem O. Dauda, and Olanrewaju A. Orija
  • Local government finance and implications for development : a case study of the Ikorodu government area Lagos state / Gift Ntiwunka and Temitope Mary Ayodele
  • Cooperative societies and the sustainable development goals (SDGs) : a viable model for human development in Nigeria / Ajibola Anthony Akanji.