Books about Nigeria
by Paul GrantBooks are better than websites and newpapers for gaining an understanding of the world. The arguments are usually more complete, and the sources are often more reliable. Fiction is also a good means of understanding the heartbeat of a people, because the authors usually have more freedom of expression in repressive regimes than journalists.
History
The Black Man’s Burden:
Africa and the Curse of the Nation-State
Discussion of how the Nation-state model of world affairs came
to dominate the African map. Important for understanding nationalism in the
post-WWII world.
New Trends and Developments
in African Religions
Collection of Academic-Level studies
Abolitionists Abroad: American
Blacks and the Making of Modern West Africa
More about Sierra Leone than Nigeria, but enlightening discussion
of the indigenization of African Christianity
Fiction
Kicking Tongues
Beautiful. Canterbury Tales set in the context of contemporary Nigeria.
Among the finest Christian literature since Dostoevski.
Things
Fall Apart
Written nearly 50 years ago, this book about Nigeria is among
the finest books of the 20th century
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