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Index
Cover
About the author
Title
Copyright
Contents
Preface
Timeline
Acronyms and abbreviations
Map of Nigeria
Section 1: 1914–39: Invention of a country
1. A merger makes a large possession for Britain
2. First World War: Nigeria on the front line
3. Lugard struggles with opponents
4. Between the wars: Nigeria is not a single state
5. Between the wars: the economy in a world depression
6. Between the wars: a new assertive nationalism
Section 2: 1939–64: Rocky road to freedom
7. Another world war and strategic importance
8. Political change and divisive regionalism
9. Regional governments and the coming of independence
10. The joy of independence
11. Overture to disaster
Section 3: 1964–89: The shadow of the generals
12. Military coups, Biafra and civil war
13. Reconstruction, another coup and the craving for 130 democracy
14. A second republic, its short, inglorious life and its 142 overthrow
15. Buhari, IBB and a new military era
Section 4: 1989–2014: A decade of pain, then disappointment in democracy
16. The annulment of an election puts Nigeria on edge
17. The disastrous Abacha years
18. Democracy, and the return of Obasanjo
19. Yar’Adua, Jonathan and threats in the Delta and 224 the northeast
Section 5: Reflections
Politics as business
Ethnicity and religion
Oil, inequity and poverty
One Nigeria?
Afterword
Notes
Bibliography
Index
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