Nigeria and World War II Colonialism, Empire, and Global Conflict

A sophisticated history of colonial interactions in Nigeria during World War II drawing on hitherto unexplored archival resources.

About the author

Chima J. Korieh is Professor of History and Director of Africana Studies at Marquette University, Milwaukee where his research focuses on West African economic and social history in the colonial period. He is the author of 'Life Not Worth Living': Nigerian Petitions Reflecting an African Society's Experiences During World War II (2014). He was a British Academy Fellow at the University of Oxford.

Summary

Recounting the extraordinary and often neglected story of the Nigerian people in World War II, this history of colonial interactions in Nigeria during the largest global conflict of the twentieth century draws on hitherto unexplored archival resources, challenging the perception that it was primarily a European conflict.

Product details

• Authors: Korieh Chima J., Chima J. (Marquette University Korieh, Chima J. Korieh, Chima J Korieh
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press Academic
• Content: Book
• Product form: Hardback
• Publication date: 31.03.2020
• Subject: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous
• EAN: 9781108425803
• ISBN: 978-1-108-42580-3
• Dimensions (packing): 16 x 23.5 x 1.9 cm
• Subjects: Nigeria, Afrikanische Geschichte, Zweiter Weltkrieg - Periode (1939 bis 1945), HISTORY / Military / World War II, HISTORY / Africa / General, military history, History - General History, c 1938 to c 1946 (World War Two period), African History, c 1939 to c 1945 (including WW2)