Nigeria, Outline of a Colony. By C. R. Niven. London: Nelson. 1946. Pp. vi + 162 (Illus.). 6s.
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Have We Failed in Nigeria?
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The native economies of Nigeria.
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27. Notes on the King-God Shango and His Temple at Ibadan, Southern Nigeria
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The Nigerian Constitution
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The new constitutional arrangements in Nigeria have been considered at some length in previous numbers of this Journal; but readers may like to have the benefit of Sir Bernard Bourdillon's matured views on the subject, as delivered at a combined meeting with the Royal Empire Soci…
48. Archaeological Notes from Northern Nigeria
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The Fulani of Northern Nigeria. By F. W. de St. Croix. Government Printer, Lagos, 1944. Pp. 75. 2s.
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Proposals for the Revision of the Constitution of Nigeria
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Professor Auguste Chevalier, the veteran French biologist of the Musee d'Histoire Naturelle, who travelled from Paris.At a public session Professor Forde delivered an address in French on ' The Contribution of Ethnography to African Development', in the course of which he outline…
The Future of Native Authorities
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Opening Paragraph Some months ago, in a paper read before the Royal Society of Arts on the subject of ‘Partnership in Nigeria’, I called attention to the necessity for a closer connexion between native authorities and the central legislature. I went on to say that I did not consi…
Some Aspects of the Economics of Sixteen Ibo Individuals
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Opening Paragraph Of the various aspects of ethnology, perhaps that of economics has been most neglected. Within the past few years a number of books and articles have appeared with the intent to remedy this situation, but the study of the economic life of primitive peoples is st…
THE TRAINING OF AFRICAN SURVEYORS IN NIGERIA
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Whenever the Government wants to receive new students to be trained as surveyors for the Government Service it is usual for the public to be informed by means of a Gazette Notice outlining the conditions of entry into the Survey School which is attached to the Land and Survey Dep…
THE TRAINING OF AFRICAN SURVEYORS IN NIGERIA
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Whenever the Government wants to receive new students to be trained as surveyors for the Government Service it is usual for the public to be informed by means of a Gazette Notice outlining the conditions of entry into the Survey School which is attached to the Land and Survey Dep…
62. Nigeria and Its Reactions to the War
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A Black Byzantium; the Kingdom of Nupe in Nigeria.
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Originally published in 1942 this now classic book is a study of the Nupe of Northern Nigeria. The economic and political complexity of their kingdom evoked comparisons with the civilization of Byzantium. The detailed description and analysis of their social life and political in…
The Unprinted Indigenous Arabic Literature of Northern Nigeria
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It is uncertain when Islam began to penetrate the “western Sudan”: for a review of the evidence, reference may be made to the earlier chapters of Bovill's Caravans of the old Sahara. That the age-old north to south and west to east trade routes (carrying outwards gold and slaves,…
Books in review
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A Black Byzantium. The Kingdom of the Nupe in Nigeria. By S. F. Nadel. 1942. Oxford University Press. London: Milford. 420 pp. 25s. Stamregering by die Tlhaping. Deur F. J. Language. Stellenbosch: Pro Ecclesia Drukkery. 1943. Pp. xix, 177. 5s. The Black Man's Burden. By John Burg…
'Truth'-without-justice-and-reconciliation: a study of the passivity of the Nigerian Government to the confession of the 'Abacha boys' to state terrorism.
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Paper presented at the University of Witwaterstrand History Workshop on \n"The TRC: Commissioning the Past", \nJohannesburg, 1l-14June 1999.
Recent Activities of the Literature Bureau, Zaria, Northern Nigeria
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Opening Paragraph The Literature Bureau was originally started, in 1930, by the Education Department of Northern Nigeria, as a Translation Bureau. Its main function at first was to produce Hausa text-books for use in schools, but in the years before the war it was trying to lay t…
Wood-Carving in the Yoruba Country To-day
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Opening Paragraph In no other part of West Africa has the art of wood-carving flourished to such an extent as in the Yoruba country in south-western Nigeria. Even to this day, this part of Africa is still the richest field for traditional wood-carving of all descriptions, althoug…
REVIEWS OF BOOKS ON AFRICA
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