Nigeria's Diverse Peoples
Subtitle: A Reference Sourcebook (Ethnic Diversity Within Nations.)
Contributors: Elliott Barkan (Editor)
Publisher: ABC-CLIO
Published: November 19, 2003
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 291
ISBN-13: 9781576076828
Subjects: African history; Ethnography; Multicultural studies; Reference works; Handbooks & Manuals; Ethics; Children's 12-Up - History - General; Reference; Children's Books/Young Adult Misc. Nonfiction; Ethnicity; Nigeria; Ethnic Studies - General; Africa - Central - Nigeria; Anthropology - Cultural; Social Science / Human Geography; Colonization; Ethnic groups; Ethnic relations
Description: "Illuminating Nigeria's most pressing issues and problems, Nigeria's Diverse Peoples provides an authoritative, eye-opening analysis of the country's past and present ethnic, regional, and religious differences and sheds light on the historical background - including the impact of the Atlantic slave trade, European colonial influence, the Biafra civil war, and ethnomilitary rule. Readers will acquire a thorough understanding of Nigeria and gain unique insight into the crosscutting complexities of ethnicity and religion in Nigerian society."--Jacket.