| Nigeria's Diverse Peoples: A Reference Sourcebook Contributor(s): Gordon, April A. (Author), Barkin, Elliott (Editor), Barkan, Elliott Robert (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1576076822 ISBN-13: 9781576076828 Publisher: ABC-CLIO OUR PRICE: $69.30 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: November 2003 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Ethnic Studies - General - History | Africa - General - Social Science | Anthropology - Cultural & Social |
| Dewey: 305.800 |
| LCCN: 2003016243 |
| Series: Ethnic Diversity Within Nations |
| Physical Information: 0.85" H x 6.34" W x 9" (1.18 lbs) 320 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - African |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Plagued by ethnic divisions, economic inequality, and corruption, Nigeria appears to conform to the stereotypical view that Africa's problems are mostly the result of primitive tribalism. But as Nigeria's Diverse Peoples demonstrates, most of Nigeria's problems today were set in motion by Europeans during the slave trade and colonial eras. Focusing on three main ethnic groups (Hausa-Falani, Yoruba, and Igbo) and ranging from precolonial times to independence in 1960 to the present, this breakthrough study portrays a Nigeria now striving to make a unified nation of itself. Offering a fresh understanding not just of Nigeria but of Africa as well, readers will enter the richly complex world of Nigeria's ethnic history. |
