Publisher's Synopsis
Offered as the first tribute to celebrate and honour the immense contribution of Professor Toyin Falola to the study of Africa and Nigeria, this book covers all the major themes in the modern history of Nigeria: education, law, political development, economy, gender, ethnicity, language, culture and art. The contributors work with original manuscripts and fresh interpretations to present, in a single volume, the most original and comprehensive knowledge about Nigeria, Africa's most populous country.