Colonialism and Violence in Nigeria

Falola, Toyin

Colonialism and Violence in Nigeria Toyin Falola - U.S.A Indiana University Press 2009 - 231tr. Paperback, Illustration 24 cm

Colonialism 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 centers on two phases of Nigerian history: the last quarter of the 19th century, when linkages between violence and domination were part of the British conquest

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Africa History
Violence
Great Britain

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