The food sector in Nigeria, like most other aspects of her national life, is in a state of crisis. Poor performance is in part accountable for the food and agricultural crisis in Nigeria. The existing ...
In the early 1950s, as Nigeria approached independence from Great Britain, a vibrant literary culture developed in the vast and lively market of Onitsha, a city on the eastern bank of the Niger River.
Introduction: Firearms in twentieth-century colonial Africa -- "This destructive implement of European ingenuity": firearms, the Atlantic world, and technology transfer in precolonial Nigeria -- All ...
The Nigeria pavilion, themed around the concept of "now," hopes to shape a cultural and national identity outside of the colonialist narrative that the country has long been forced into. “I’m not ...
In our paper on Nigeria’s colonial history, we apply a different lens. We focus rather on British colonial rule through imperial companies. We argue that the British colonist did not conceive of or ...
Citing the plight of pensioners, restrictions on free speech, and political repression, Sowore compared present-day governance to colonial rule. Human rights activist and convener of #RevolutionNow ...
When historians and the public think about the end of domestic slavery in west Africa, they often imagine colonial governors issuing decrees and missionaries working to end local traffic in enslaved ...
Human rights activist and former presidential candidate, Omoyele Sowore, has said Nigeria was yet to attain true independence despite over six decades since its liberation from British colonial rule.
A lawyer and author, Osigwe Momoh, has said his new book, The World We Once Had, was written to help people have a better understanding of pre-colonial Nigeria. In an interview with Society Plus at ...