Nigeria's Diverse Peoples

Exploring the history of ethnic, regional, and religious diversity in Nigeria, this volume traces most of the country''s current problems to its colonial exploitation.Plagued by ethnic divisions, economic inequality, and corruption, Nigeria appears to conform to the stereotypical view that Africa''s problems are mostly the result of primitive tribalism. But as demonstrates, most of Nigeria''s problems today were set in motion by Europeans during the slave trade and colonial eras.Focusing on three main ethnic groups (Hausa-Falani, Yoruba, and Igbo) and ranging from precolonial times to independence in 1960 to the present, this breakthrough study portrays a Nigeria now striving to make a unified nation of itself. Offering a fresh understanding not just of Nigeria but of Africa as well, readers will enter the richly complex world of Nigeria''s ethnic history.>

About the author

April A. Gordon is professor of sociology at Winthrop University, Rock Hill, SC.

Product details

• Authors: April A. Gordon, Gordon April A.
• Assisted by: Elliott Robert Barkan (Editor), Elliott Barkin (Editor)
• Publisher: Abc Clio Press
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: ages 7 to 17
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 19.11.2003
• EAN: 9781576076828
• ISBN: 978-1-57607-682-8
• No. of pages: 291
• Series: Ethnic Diversity Within Nations
• Subjects: Children's and young people's books > Children's books up to 11 years of age; Social sciences, law, business > Ethnology > Folklore; Nigeria, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Minority Studies, Anthropology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Reference, HISTORY / Africa / West, HISTORY / Reference, Reference works, Ethnic groups and multicultural studies, African History, Ethnic minorities & multicultural studies, Physical anthropology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Biracial & Multiracial Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / African Studies