Nigeria has long lacked an accessible and comprehensive one-volume history for the general reader. Richard Bourne, a British author and former journalist with a long history of Nigeria-watching, seeks to fill the gap with this swift round-up of the first century of Africa’s most populous country. Anyone without previous knowledge of Nigeria’s history would do well to start with his book, Nigeria: A New History of a Turbulent Century for an introduction to the complexities of its politics and to the characters that have shaped the development of the state. Those who already know the history will find new details to savour.

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