Toyin Falola is Professor of History, University Distinguished Teaching Professor, and the Jacob and Frances Sanger Mossiker Chair in the Humanities, at the University of Texas at Austin. He had served as the General Secretary of the Historical Society of Nigeria, the President of the African Studies Association, Vice-President of UNESCO Slave Route Project, and the Kluge Chair of the Countries of the South, Library of Congress. He is a member of the Scholars' Council, Kluge Center, the Library of Congress. He has received over thirty lifetime career awards and thirteen honorary doctorates. He has written extensively on Nigeria, including A History of Nigeria (2008), Nigerian Political Modernity (2016), Violence in Nigeria (1998), Colonialism and Violence in Nigeria (2009) and co-author of The Yoruba from Prehistory to the Present (2019). He is also the series co-editor for Cambridge University Press's series African Identities.
Inhaltsangabe
Part I. Introduction: 1. Narrating Postcolonial Nigeria 2. In Search of Modernity Part II. Context and History: 3. Colonial Modernity 4. Political Pluralism 5. Religious Identities 6. Federalism and Its Fault-Lines Part III. Democracy and Governance: 7. Ethnicities and Political Identities 8. Religion and Geopolitics 9. Democracy and Its Limits 10. Governance, Citizenship and the State: Part IV. Development Crises: 11. Corruption 12. The Political Economy of Oil 13. Environment and Sustainable Development 14. Food, Society, and Human Capabilities 15. Women's Marginalization 16. Human and Minority Rights 17. Political Violence 18. Challenges of Western Education Part V: Reforms and Revolutions: 19. Change Agents: Youths and Politics 20. Hashtags and Social Protests: Reformation and Revolution in the Age of Social Media 21. Reformist Option: Grassroots and Political Activism 22. Revolutionary Option: Social Movements and Power to the Citizens 23. Nationalist Ethos, Collective Reformation, and Citizenry Power 24. Popular Culture and Politics Part VI. Conclusion: Pathways to the Future.
Part I. Introduction: 1. Narrating Postcolonial Nigeria 2. In Search of Modernity Part II. Context and History: 3. Colonial Modernity 4. Political Pluralism 5. Religious Identities 6. Federalism and Its Fault-Lines Part III. Democracy and Governance: 7. Ethnicities and Political Identities 8. Religion and Geopolitics 9. Democracy and Its Limits 10. Governance, Citizenship and the State: Part IV. Development Crises: 11. Corruption 12. The Political Economy of Oil 13. Environment and Sustainable Development 14. Food, Society, and Human Capabilities 15. Women's Marginalization 16. Human and Minority Rights 17. Political Violence 18. Challenges of Western Education Part V: Reforms and Revolutions: 19. Change Agents: Youths and Politics 20. Hashtags and Social Protests: Reformation and Revolution in the Age of Social Media 21. Reformist Option: Grassroots and Political Activism 22. Revolutionary Option: Social Movements and Power to the Citizens 23. Nationalist Ethos, Collective Reformation, and Citizenry Power 24. Popular Culture and Politics Part VI. Conclusion: Pathways to the Future.
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