Adamawa past and present:
Date
2020
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London: Pall Mall London, S W.I.
Abstract
General description; Ethnological notes; Exploration; The royal Niger company; The British occupation;War and peace; Some later travellers; The development of general administration; History of Adamawa division; History of Muri division; History of Numan division; Leaves from the provincial diary; Valedictory; Adamawa bibliography;
Description
Mr. Kirk-Greene’s introduction to the history of Adamawa province presents straight forward and vivid picture of the province as an officer in the Nigerian administration has come to know it during several years of service and study devoted to its interests and problems. He describes its mountains and waterways, the character and occupations of its peoples, the political and economic conditions of the present day. He also sketches, in an equally lively manner, the history of the area over the past 150 years—a period in which it was the scene of the rise and warfare of the Fulani kingdoms, became of increasing interest to European
trading firms, and was laid claim to by three different European powers within the short space of twenty-five years. For this part of his book the author draws on the works of French, German, and British travellers and explorers, on the reports and records of administrators and trading companies, and on Fulani texts and traditions, using verbatim quotations many of which are here translated for the first time.