Max Siollun

The Forgotten Era

Nigeria Before British Rule

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The beautifully complex history of how Nigerians lived before colonisation

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Pluto Press (UK)
• Seitenzahl: 352
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. Februar 2025
• Englisch
• Gewicht: 454g
• ISBN-13: 9780745350080
• ISBN-10: 0745350089
• Artikelnr.: 70235562

Autorenporträt

Max Siollun is a historian. He has written four acclaimed books on Nigeria's history, most recently What Britain Did to Nigeria: A Short History of Conquest and Rule, which was shortlisted in BBC History Magazine 's 2021 Books of the Year. He has written for many publications including the New York Times, Guardian, the Independent and Foreign Policy.

Inhaltsangabe

Prologue: In the Beginning
Part I: The Founding Fathers and Mothers
1. The Hausa Seven
2. Oduduwa's Children
3. The Kings from Heaven
4. A Remarkable and Mysterious People
5. The God Who Carries the World
Part II: When Worlds Collide
6. Son of the Learned
7. Mohammed from Kanem
8. The First Family of Northern Nigeria
9. Afonja's Coup
Part III: Battlefield of the Mind
10. The Masterpieces of World Sculpture
11. People of the Book
12. The Black Bishop
13. Sisterhood
Conclusion