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Modern World History: Nigeria

Recommended Databases for Imperialism Research

World History: The Modern Era (ABC-CLIO) This link opens in a new window
(1500 CE ~ Present)
World History in Context (Gale) This link opens in a new window
Encyclopedia Britannica This link opens in a new window

Pre-Colonization Reference Resources

ABC CLIO Modern World History
Entry for Nigeria
Gale World History in Context
Link to entry on Oyo Empire
Britannica School
Entry for Nigeria
Gale World History in Context
Nigeria entry w/ precolonial information

Primary Sources

The Inaugural Addresses and Ascension Speeches of Nigerian Elected and Non-Elected Presidents and Prime Minister, 1960-2010 by Solomon Obotetukudo
ISBN: 9780761852759
Publication Date: 2011-01-16

British Documents on the End of Empire: Nigeria
Presented by the Institute of Commonwealth Studies in association with The Stationary Office and The National Archives
Gomes Eanes de Zurara: Chronicle of the Growth of the Portuguese Slave Trade (1453), excerpt
All-African People's Conference: Resolution on Imperialism and Colonialism

Ebooks and Print Books in our Library Collection

History of Nigeria by Toyin Falola
Call Number: 966.9 FAL
ISBN: 0521862949
Publication Date: 2008-01-01

Colonization Reference Resources

ABC CLIO Modern World History
Nigeria entry
Gale World History in Context
Nigeria entry with information on British Rule and road to Independence

Op/Ed

Between the Past and a Worrisome Present [column]

Decolonization Reference Resources

Gale World History in Context
Link to Nigeria entry from Encyclopedia of Africa
ABC CLIO Modern World History
Nigeria entry
Britannica School
Nigeria entry