History of Nigeria 3:
Date
1991
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Publisher
Ikeja, Lagos State: 52 Oba Akran Avenue P.M.B. 21036, Longman Nigeria PLC,
Abstract
The early phase of British rule 1900-1914; Political impact of colonial rule; Economic and social impacts of colonial rule; The decolonisation process before the Second World War; Nationalist movements and attainment of independence 1945-1960; Nigeria in the First Republic 1960-1966; The civil war; The military administration 1966-1979; The Second Republic 1979-1983;. Nigeria since the fall of the Second Republic;. Nigeria and the wider world: The ECOWAS and the OAU; Nigeria and the wider world: The Commonwealth and the United Nations Organisation.
Description
History of Nigeria (in three Volumes) is written in response to the changes in the history curriculum for the Senior Secondary Schools and Colleges. These changes derive from a genuine concern that all Nigerians should have a good understanding of their nation's history. The three books have adequately responded to both the changes
in the syllabus and the need to study Nigerian history. They include all the most important themes on Nigerian history, incorporate the major findings of new researches conducted in the last three decades and expose the readers to new interpretations, even on familiar topics.
The demarcation of the three volumes of the series has been designed in such a way that the student progresses naturally in his history studies from the earliest times to the contemporary period: