Nigeria @61 ����
Happy Independence Nigeria!!

Even as things are not as we want them to be, the change we desire can be made by us. From knowing the past, we can create a better future.

As we celebrate our independence, here are some books that will help you understand the country better.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mBdRnsEfB2w

1. Soldiers of Fortune: A history of Nigeria 1963 - 1993
Written by the Nigerian historian Max Siollun, Soldiers of Fortune is an analysis of the major events of the Buhari and Babangida era. It reveals the true story behind past controversies between 1983 - 1993 in Nigeria.

Max Siollun has also authored other books that look further into the Nigerian military and how it has affected (and still affecting) the socio-political trajectory of the country.

Share the pdf link please.

2. Half of a Yellow Sun
This fiction by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie is based on the event of the Nigerian Civil war that broke out partly because of the numerous attempts of the southeastern provinces of Nigeria to secede and form the Republic of Biafra. It's a story of how the war affected families, individuals, careers, communities, and relationships.

The effect of the war is shown through the relationships of five major characters: the twins (Olanna and Kainene), a professor (Odenigbo), a British expat (Richard), and a Nigerian houseboy(Ugwu).

3. Nigeria: What Everyone Needs to Know
This book written by John Campbell and
Matthew T. Page gives an overview of the issue of Boko Haram and insurgency in Nigeria, unrest in the Niger delta, ethnicity, culture, religion (the half Christian and half Muslim situation), history, and politics of the people.

The authors highlight the corruption and rigging that permeate elections while also bringing forth the country’s positive achievements and milestones.

4. There was a Country: A Personal History of Biafra
This is a memoir by Chinua Achebe giving his account of the Nigerian Civil War. This "factual history", as some have called it, is the narration of how the Nigerian Civil War (also known as the Biafran War) began, what caused it, etc. Hence, giving a clear view of what has been left out in the curriculum of Nigerian schools.

5. Contemporary Nigerian Politics: Competition in a Time of Transition and Terror
This book by A. Carl Levan is one that examines the Nigerian 2015 election, writing on the idea that African elections are always about big men mobilizing their own ethnic groups and never about voters thinking through issues for themselves.

LeVan also crucially examines the four critical barriers to Nigeria's democratic consolidation as well as the defeat of the People's Democratic Party (PDP) by the All Progressives Congress (APC).

Nigeria is our country and we are responsible for her. What we could not do in the past, we posses the potential to do for the future. With the knowledge of the past, let's strive to make the future better.

Happy Independence Nigeria!
Keep the hope Alive!!

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Continue, biko...... I want to see the ones I've read.

Interesting.

I have only read the Chinua Achebe's memoir. And that has enlightened me a bit about how the Nigerian civil war/ Biafran war happen.

If more of our youths could read, the modern Nigeria will be born and we will enjoy our ethnic diversity to the fullest.

seraphvictoria:
5. Contemporary Nigerian Politics: Competition in a Time of Transition and Terror
This book by A. Carl Levan is one that examines the Nigerian 2015 election, writing on the idea that African elections are always about big men mobilizing their own ethnic groups and never about voters thinking through issues for themselves.

LeVan also crucially examines the four critical barriers to Nigeria's democratic consolidation as well as the defeat of the People's Democratic Party (PDP) by the All Progressives Congress (APC).

u see that emboldened? It's very apt.

seraphvictoria:
Nigeria @61 ����
Happy Independence Nigeria!!

Even as things are not as we want them to be, the change we desire can be made by us. From knowing the past, we can create a better future.

As we celebrate our independence, here are some books that will help you understand the country better.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mBdRnsEfB2w

You didn't include Becoming Nigerian by Elnathan John?
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theenchanter:
u see that emboldened? It's very apt.

For Nigeria, as long as that continues, so many ethnic groups will stand no chance of winning elections.

Dreebieee:


You didn't include Becoming Nigerian by Elnathan John?
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That was not a deliberate omission
I have read that book and it speaks so much of the kind of material Nigeria is woven in.

However, there are many book that talks about Nigeria but I just wanted to write about only 5.

Good Compilation.
But OP failed to include Max Solliun Oil, Politics and Violence which was the first book before Soldiers of Fortune.

CharleyBright:
Good Compilation.
But OP failed to include Max Solliun Oil, Politics and Violence which was the first book before Soldiers of Fortune.

It was included in the video whose link was attached. There are about two other books by Max Siollun that was also included.