In June 1979, the writer and civil rights activist James Baldwin embarked on a project to tell the story of America through the lives of three of his murdered friends: Medgar Evers, Malcolm X and Martin Luther King, Jr. He died before it could be completed. In this documentary film "I am not your negro", Raoul Peck imagines the book Baldwin never wrote, using his original words to create a radical..

In inimitable, rhythmic prose, the author and winner of the prestigious Windham-Campbell Prize Emmanuel Iduma tells the story of his return to Nigeria, where he grew up, after years of living in New York. He traveled home with an elusive mission: to learn the fate of his uncle Emmanuel, his namesake, who disappeared in the Nigerian Civil War in the late 1960s. A conflict that left so many families..

I am the Nigerian Nation (1914-2007) This book is a find-out-everything-about-Nigeria compendium. The voice of the book is Nigeria's own, proudly delineating her own history. It covers the period between the amalgamation of the northern and southern protectorates of Nigeria under Frederick Lugard in 1914 and the end of Olusegun Obasanjo's administration in 2007. ..

This is an unprecedented reference guide to fhe development of ibadan from the last years of true African autonomy in the early nineteenth century through the onslaught of British Colonialism, all the way up until Nigeria's Independence...

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It is fifty years since Chief Festus Samuel Okotie-Eboh , CMG, MP, Federal Minister of Finance, was assassinated by a group of soldiers rebelling against the constituted civilian government of Nigeria. A frontline politician and member of NCNC delegation involved in negotiations for the independence of Nigeria from Great Britain, he became an important stakeholder in the new government of Nigeria...

The Author goes beyond the individual level and the web of intrigues that cost General Aguiyi Ironsi his life. He laments Nigeria's farcical democratic enterprise, condemns the excesses of the political entrepreneurs responsible for the status quo and posits political restructuring that is based on a brand new autochthonous constitution as a design for drilling water out of the current pervasive a..

The book examines the key moments in the history of Lagos: from the concerted attack by the British in the 1860s, Independence in 1960, the 1966 coup through to FESTAC and the assassination of Murtala Muhammed. Also included are vivid character portraits of some of the most powerful Lagosians in history, from Oba Kosoko and Madam Tinubu, to well-regarded colonial figures such as Sir Bernard Bourdi..

Last Train to Biafra tells the tragic story of the massacre of over 100,000 Igbos across principal towns and cities of Northern Nigeria in 1966 and the civil war that ensued leading to the decimation of an estimated 20% of the Igbo population. The author also pays a glowing tribute to some God-fearing leaders and individuals in the Northern' Region who vehemently opposed the killing of Easterners ..

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"This book is essentially the account of my command of the 3 Marine Commando Division and the story of the end of the civil war. "First published a decade after the end of the Nigerian Civil War, My Command takes a keen look at the events leading up to—and shortly following—the war, as well as the war itself Starting with a study of Nigeria's political landscape in the years following indepen..

This book takes everyone - young and old - on a voyage back into the history of the remarkable and wonderful people called Nigerians. With illustrations, facts and anecdotes about Nigerian ancestors (the people who lived around the Niger River centuries ago), the history of the country is depicted as never before seen. ..