drop titles here.

Could be general nigerian history or history of your region.






for titles with the Nigerian civil war as the main theme, please post them on the following thread:


https://www.nairaland.com/1823438/books-nigerian-history-regional-nigerian

when posting titles, include a photo of the book cover if possible.

Note: i may post titles and photos of books I havent necessarily read.

list fictional books on the following thread:


https://www.nairaland.com/1823441/books-nigerian-history-regional-nigerian

A History of the Yoruba people, by SA Akintoye

tpia1: A History of the Yoruba people, by SA Akintoye

Really like this book. More balanced and perhaps more comprehensive than S. Johnson's masterpiece.

The largely unknown woman (I didn't know about her till late last year) who was the only female warrant chief in all of British West Africa. Recently got the book on Amazon. Still reading it.

Radoillo:



Really like this book. More balanced and perhaps more comprehensive than S. Johnson's masterpiece.

will check it out.

The problem is its rather difficult to match the standard of earlier works, however thats not to say the more modern accounts are not also noteworthy in their own right.

i've come across a few books published recently (not on yoruba history though, but other subjects), which have been comparable with any older work one wants to name.

Radoillo:

The largely unknown woman (I didn't know about her till late last year) who was the only female warrant chief in all of British West Africa. Recently got the book on Amazon. Still reading it.

first time I'm hearing of her also. Will put the book on my to-read list.

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These three books ('Ibo people and the Europeans', 'A History of the Igbo People', and 'The Igbo Worlds') were written by Professor Elizabeth Isichei in the '70s. Sadly the first two are (I believe) no longer in print. The last time i saw them was in a private collection almost ten years ago. If the last one is still in print, then it is extremely rare. I acquired an old copy last year from an old bookseller.

I've seen some of her work online, but never actually read her books.

Radoillo:
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These three books ('Ibo people and the Europeans', 'A History of the Igbo People', and 'The Igbo Worlds') were written by Professor Elizabeth Isichei in the '70s. Sadly the first two are (I believe) no longer in print. The last time i saw them was in a private collection almost ten years ago. If the last one is still in print, then it is extremely rare. I acquired an old copy last year from an old bookseller.

would like to read those, very interesting I'm sure.