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Colonialism and Violence in Nigeria
Indiana University Press 2009; US$ 21.20Colonialism and Violence in Nigeria looks closely at the conditions that created a legacy of violence in Nigeria. Toyin Falola examines violence as a tool of domination and resistance, however unequally applied, to get to the heart of why Nigeria has not built a successful democracy. Falola's analysis... more...
African Minorities in the New World
Taylor and Francis 2007; US$ 42.95This book uncovers the reality that new African immigrants now represent a significant force in the configuration of American polity and identity especially in the last forty years. Despite their minority status, African immigrants are making their marks in various areas of human endeavor and accomplishments?from academic, to business, to even scientific... more...
The Human Cost of African Migrations
Taylor and Francis 2007; US$ 128.00In an era of globalization, population growth, and displacements, migration is now a fact of life in a constantly shifting economic and political world order. This book contributes to the discourse on the beneficiaries, benefactors, and the casualties of African displacement. While the few existing studies have emphasized economic motivation as the... more...
Trans-Atlantic Migration
Taylor and Francis 2010; US$ 42.95This book argues that a new cadre of African immigrants are finding themselves in the New World?mostly well educated, high-income earning professionals, and belonging to the category termed "African brain drain," they constitute the antinomy of those Africans who were forcibly removed from Africa during slavery. Along with this sense of freedom and... more...
A History of Nigeria
Cambridge University Press 2008; US$ 23.00An exploration of Nigeria's pre-colonial and colonial past, and its journey from independence to statehood. more...
Facts, Fiction, and African Creative Imaginations
Taylor and Francis 2009; US$ 113.00This volume brings together insights from distinguished scholars from around the world to address the facts, fiction and creative imaginations in the pervasive portrayals of Africa, its people, societies and cultures in the literature and the media. The fictionalization of Africa and African issues in the media and the popular literature that blends... more...
The Yoruba Diaspora in the Atlantic World
Indiana University Press 2005; US$ 23.75This innovative anthology focuses on the enslavement, middle passage, American experience, and return to Africa of a single cultural group, the Yoruba. Moving beyond descriptions of generic African experiences, this anthology will allow students to trace the experiences of one cultural group throughout... more...
Historical Dictionary of Nigeria
Scarecrow Press 2009; US$ 119.99Since independence in 1960, Nigeria has undergone tremendous change shaped by political instability, rapid population growth, and economic turbulence. The Historical Dictionary of Nigeria introduces Nigeria's rich and complex history. Readers will find a wealth of information on important contemporary issues like AIDS, human rights, petroleum, and... more...
Culture and Customs of Sudan
ABC-CLIO 2008; US$ 70.00Amid a Sudan's dark history, saturated with conflicts and tragic current events, lies a culture with deep roots, going back as far as 8000 BC. With several hundred ethnic groups and languages, Sudan is one of the world's most diverse countries. Learn how these cultures have blended and collided throughout the centuries, and examine how traditions... more...
The Politics of the Global Oil Industry
ABC-CLIO 2005; US$ 66.00The petroleum industry is among the most lucrative and most important in the world, and its impact within the realm of international politics is tremendous (although it can be overstated). Taking a well-balanced and objective approach to the complicated web of political and economic threads that make up the fabric of the oil industry, Falola and Genova... more...









