Ifra Nigeria: 20 books
The Dilemma of Post-Colonial Universities
Elite Formation and the Restructuring of Higher Education in sub-Saharian Africa
Language: English
Release Date: January 16, 2015
The papers in this volume were presented at a conference organized by the Institut Français de Recherche en Afrique (IFRA) at the University of Ibadan on the 26th and 27th of October 1998, as part of the 50 anniversary celebrations of the University. This conference brought together scholars from...
by Kolawole Raheem, Rasheed Olaniyi, Emmanuel O. Ojo
Language: English
Release Date: April 16, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: April 16, 2013
With an estimated population of about 130 million and over 250 ethnic nationalities, Nigeria ranks the most populous country in black Africa. It is also one of the most resource-endowed countries in the continent, having an enormous stock of natural resources that include petroleum, bitumen, gold,...
by Gani Yoroms, Asonzeh F.-K. Ukah, Paul Osifodunrin
Language: English
Release Date: April 9, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: April 9, 2013
The ugly phenomenon of terrorism has a long history, it hit the world like a thunderstorm in the 1970s, especially with the 1972 Black Septembist kidnapping of Jewish athletes during the Munich Olympic, and the plane hijacking that led to the Israeli raid on Entebbe airport in 1976 to free Jewish...
by Rotimi T. Suberu
Language: English
Release Date: April 9, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: April 9, 2013
Ethnic Minority Conflicts and Governance in Nigeria explores and analyses the underlying sources and salient features of recent ethnic minority conflicts in Nigeria, the largely controversial policies by which the Nigerian state has sought to contain these conflicts, and the prospects and preconditions...
A Dangerous Awakening
The Politicization of Religion in Nigeria
Language: English
Release Date: February 21, 2013
Students of religion and interested observers of politics in Africa will cherish this book for providing a thorough analysis of the origin and politics of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN). A Dangerous Awakening chronicles the religious clashes in Nigeria, and shows how religion has been...
Nigeria during the Abacha Years (1993-1998)
The Domestic and International Politics of Democratization
Language: English
Release Date: April 4, 2013
The autocratic regime of Sani Abacha (1993-1998) stands out as a watershed in the history of independent Nigeria. Nigeria’s darkest years since the civil war resulted from his unrestrained personal rule; very close to the features associated with warlordism. Nepotism, corruption, violation of human...
by Adepoju Onibokun, Adetoye Faniran
Language: English
Release Date: April 4, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: April 4, 2013
This project was embarked upon to assemble and describe the available literature, on the urban sector in Nigeria, with special reference to technical/research reports, journal articles, theses, books and conference papers. The aim is to make researchers/scholars aware of the extent and range of urban...
Nigerian Art Music
With an Introduction Study of Ghanaian Art Music
Language: English
Release Date: April 4, 2013
ART MUSIC IN NIGERIA is the most comprehensive book on the works of modem Nigerian composers who have been influenced by European classical music. Relying on over 500 scores, archival materials and interviews with many Nigerian composers, the author traces the historical developments of this new idiom...
Trends of Migrant Political Organization in Nigeria
The Igbo in Kano
Language: English
Release Date: April 4, 2013
After a long period of neglect and apparent abandonment by many scholars, the study of ethnicity in Nigeria and other parts of Africa has been revived, and with as much vigor as that which attended its ascendancy in African studies in the 1960s. The reasons for the reawakening are not surprising:...
by Oluseyi Fabiyi
Language: English
Release Date: April 3, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: April 3, 2013
One of the consequences of the failure of the state to protect life and property of its entire citizens especially in developing countries like Nigeria is the emergences of private alternatives to crime prevention and control. This process of privatisation of security in Nigeria often involves recruitment...
by Isaac Olawale Albert, Wuyi Omitoogun, Georges Hérault
Language: English
Release Date: April 5, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: April 5, 2013
This is a study of the informal channels of conflict resolution among people living in Ibadan. Although the informal channels of justice are generally preferred by the poor because they cannot afford to hire an attorney, this study has shown that informal channels are often the first choice of citizens who wish to solve their conflicts outside a court of law.
The Frontier States of Western Yorubaland
State Formation and Political Growth in an Ethnic Frontier Zone
Language: English
Release Date: February 21, 2013
The Yorùbá are one of the peoples of West Africa affected by the demarcation of territories by European powers at the close of the nineteenth century. Although the bulk of the people are now found in South-western Nigeria, impressive indigenous Yorùbá communities are in the neighbouring Republics...
Urban Violence in Africa
Pilot Studies (South Africa, Côte-d'Ivoire, Nigeria)
Language: English
Release Date: April 5, 2013
The urban environment is a breeding ground for various forms of violence. As the hub of political, social and economic processes, the city is the meeting point for peoples from diverse cultural, racial, and religious backgrounds. It is often the venue of intense class and social struggles for scarce...
Trans-Border Studies
The Motivation and Integration of Immigrations in the Nigeria-Niger Border Area/ Transborder Movement and Trading. A Case Study of a Borderland in Southwestern
Language: English
Release Date: June 27, 2013
This report is a pilot study - a fuller picture will emerge after more data shall have been collected, analysed and explained. Borders are artificially constructed, geographic or astronomic lines that form the boundary of a nation. Within this delimited boundary, a nation exercises power and jurisdiction...
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