Author: I. M. OkonjoPublisher: New York : NOK Publishers
ISBN:
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 420
Book Description
British Administration in Nigeria, 1900-1950
Author: I. M. OkonjoPublisher: New York : NOK Publishers
ISBN:
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 420
Book Description
Islam under the Palestine Mandate
Author: Nicholas E. RobertsPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1786731274
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
Concerns about the place of Islam in Palestinian politics are familiar to those studying the history of the modern Middle East. A significant but often misunderstood part of this history is the rise of Islamic opposition to the British in Mandate Palestine during the 1920s and 1930s. Across the empire, imperial officials wrestled with the question of how to rule over a Muslim-majority countries and came to see traditional Islamic institutions as essential for maintaining order. Islam under the Palestine Mandate tells the story of the search for a viable Islamic institution in Palestine and the subsequent invention of the Supreme Muslim Council. As a body with political recognition, institutional autonomy and financial power, the council was designed to be a counterweight to the growing popularity of nationalism among Palestinians. However, rather than extinguishing the revolutionary capacity of the colonized, it would become a significant opponent of British rule under its highly controversial president, the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem, Hajj Amin al-Husayni. Making extensive use of primary sources from British and Israeli archives, this book offers an innovative account of the Supreme Muslim Council's place within a colonial project that aimed to control Palestinian religion and politics. Roberts argues against the standard view that the council's creation was an act of appeasement towards Muslim opinion, showing how British actions were guided by techniques of imperial administration used elsewhere in the empire.
The Yoruba from Prehistory to the Present
Author: Aribidesi UsmanPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107064600
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 519
Book Description
A rich and accessible account of Yoruba history, society and culture from the pre-colonial period to the present.
Ethnicity and Political Development in Nigeria
Author: Ebenezer Ikechukwu EnwemnwaPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Ethnicity
Languages : en
Pages : 708
Book Description
The Nigerian Journal of Public Affairs
Author: Nigeria, a Country Study
Author: Carlyn Dawn AndersonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Nigeria
Languages : en
Pages : 406
Book Description
The National Bibliography of Nigeria
Author: The Acquisition of Africa (1870-1914)
Author: Mieke van der LindenPublisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004321195
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 364
Book Description
In the ‘Scramble for Africa’ during the Age of New Imperialism (1870-1914), European States and non-State actors mainly used treaties to acquire territory. The question is raised whether Europeans did or did not on a systematic scale breach these treaties in their expansion of empire.
Poverty in Nigeria
Author: Mustapha C. DuzePublisher: Adonis & Abbey Publishers Ltd
ISBN: 1912234564
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 242
Book Description
One of the critical concerns in Nigeria is how to alleviate poverty in the country. The general prevalence of poverty in Nigeria is paradoxical because the country is one of the biggest oil-producing countries in the world. A 1999 World Bank report for instance showed that some 70 per cent of the population lives below the bread line - usually considered as living on less than US$1.00 a day. This raises a number of very important questions: What are really responsible for the wide prevalence of poverty in Nigeria in the midst of plenty? How is poverty manifested in the country? What alleviation strategies are in place? How effective are they? And what are the implications of all these for the country's democracy project, political stability, nation-building and development discourse?Contributors to this volume address these questions and provide insights into some of the central issues in the discussion of poverty, including how the poor themselves struggle to cope or adapt to their condition. Using multidisciplinary perspectives, the contributors critique the current alleviation strategies and recommend more viable and better- targeted approaches that will sharply reduce the incidence of poverty in Nigeria.
U.S. Army Area Handbook for Nigeria
Author: American University (Washington, D.C.). Foreign Areas Studies DivisionPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Nigeria
Languages : en
Pages : 620
Book Description