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Colonialism and Violence in Nigeria

This work serves as a prequel to Falola's earlier Violence in Nigeria (CH, Feb'99, 36-3580), a somber look at religious violence in the late 20th century. The current work deals with political and other public mayhem, with a chapter on gendered violence. Falola (Texas) describes late-19th-century British conquests, the role of force in sustaining colonial rule, taxation conflicts (a notably gendered issue during the 1929 Women's War in southeastern Nigeria), and labor struggles and riots and concludes that colonial-era violence severely scarred Nigerian political culture. A seemingly surprisin…