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What Britain did to Nigeria : a short history of conquest and rule

Title
What Britain did to Nigeria : a short history of conquest and rule / Max Siollun.
Author
Siollun, Max
Publication
  • London : Hurst & Company, 2021.
  • ©2021

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Description
xi, 390 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps; 23 cm
Summary
"Most accounts of Nigeria's colonization were written by British officials, presenting it as a noble civilizing mission to rid Africans of barbaric superstition and corrupt tribal leadership. Thanks to this skewed writing of history, many Nigerians today still have Empire nostalgia and view the colonial period through rose-tinted glasses. Max Siollun offers a bold rethink: an unromanticised history, arguing compellingly that colonialism had few benevolent intentions, but many unjust outcomes. It may have ended slavery and human sacrifice, but it was accompanied by extreme violence; ethnic and religious identity were cynically exploited to maintain control, while the forceful remoulding of longstanding legal and social practices permanently altered the culture and internal politics of indigenous communities. The aftershocks of this colonial meddling are still being felt decades after independence. Popular narratives often suggest that the economic and political turmoil are homegrown, but the reality is that Britain created many of Nigeria's crises, and has left them behind for Nigerians to resolve. This is a definitive, head-on confrontation with Nigeria's experience under British rule, showing how it forever changed the country--perhaps cataclysmically." -- Amazon
Subject
  • 1851-1899
  • British colonies
  • Colonial influence
  • Colonization
  • Nigeria > History > 1851-1899
  • Nigeria > Colonization
  • Nigeria > Colonial influence
  • Great Britain > Colonies > Africa
  • Africa
  • Nigeria
Genre/Form
History.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 363-371) and index.
Contents
The pre-colonial era, 1472-1830 -- Extraction and trade, 1832-1886 -- Invasion and war, 1851-1920 -- Resistance -- Cultural, political and religious changes.
Call Number
Sc D 21-415
ISBN
  • 1787383849
  • 9781787383845
OCLC
1142526388
Author
Siollun, Max, author.
Title
What Britain did to Nigeria : a short history of conquest and rule / Max Siollun.
Publisher
London : Hurst & Company, 2021.
Copyright Date
©2021
Type of Content
text
still image
cartographic image
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 363-371) and index.
Chronological Term
1851-1899
Research Call Number
Sc D 21-415
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