By Richard Bourne
ISBN-10: 1780329067
ISBN-13: 9781780329062
‘If you must comprehend Nigeria’s heritage in a single succinct pass, this can be a first-class choice.’
Noo Saro-Wiwa
Known because the African sizeable, Nigeria's tale is complicated and sometimes contradictory. How, regardless of the ravages of colonialism, civil conflict, ongoing financial sadness and such a lot lately the Boko Haram insurgency, has the rustic controlled to stick jointly for 100 years? Why, regardless of an abundance of oil, mineral and agricultural wealth, have such a lot of of its humans remained in poverty?
These are the foremost questions explored by means of Richard Bourne during this awesome and wide-ranging account of Nigeria's heritage, from its production in 1914 to the ancient 2015 elections and beyond.
Featuring a wealth of unique learn and interviews, this can be a necessary perception into the shaping of a rustic the place, regardless of the doubtless dashed optimism that was once raised at independence, there nonetheless continues to be desire 'the Nigeria venture' should still succeed.
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