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A History of Nigeria

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The first book i've read that gives detailed insight into the area called Nigeria 10,000 BC. Walks you through history in a beautiful narrative, detailing events of each era up to the colonial period and post independence. It opened my eyes to the issues that have plagued Nigeria as a country politically, why we are where we are, and what the real issues were.

A must read for every Nigerian and friend of Nigeria.

Book is well written for the most part, but often jumps back and forth through time as opposed to sticking to events in each period being discussed. Could have done more in terms of going into the history and culture of each group, or atleast the major ones. There are a lot of cultural references that could have been included but were not. Overall, it is a good book for your collection of Nigerian literary works.

Any attempt to write a history book on africa's largest country is always going to be a major undertaken. In the history of Nigeria, Toyin Falola serves us a general sweep of nigeria's storied history beginning from the precolonial times right up to the dawn of the new millenium just as the country was making its second experiment with democracy.
I was looking for a history book that would help me fill the gaps in my knowledge and help me answer certain questions so i decided to purchase this book and I came through satisfied with the time and money invested in this material.
At 256 pages, I wasnt expecting to get the depth and detail that i may have hoped for especially when i read the chapters that had to do with the military coups, specifically the overthrow of murtala mohammed's regime. What you get here is a general overview. For more detail and depth you should look to other sources. But this book misses out on nothing from a general standpoint.
I read this book in just 2 days, i found it easy to read through and void of the teduim which is generally a trait of most history books.
I'm hoping the author comes out with another volume covering the first decade of the new millenuim.

This is an extremely thorough book on Nigeria. It will provide almost any information you need or want to know. Well done!

The author has added to my body of knowledge on the history of Nigeria in a factual way. Very simple and easy to read, this book will certainly help anyone with gaps in their memory of how it was in Nigeria from precolonial times.