Nigeria's Urban History

Past and Present

Hakeem Ibikunle Tijani (Anthology Editor) , Toyin Falola (Contributor) , Hakeem I. Tijani (Contributor) , Jare Ajayi (Contributor) , Wole Atere (Contributor) , Akeem Akinwale (Contributor) ,
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Nigeria's Urban History

Past and Present

Hakeem Ibikunle Tijani (Anthology Editor) , Toyin Falola (Contributor) , Hakeem I. Tijani (Contributor) , Jare Ajayi (Contributor) , Wole Atere (Contributor) , Akeem Akinwale (Contributor) ,
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Nigeria's Urban History is a collection of sixteen peer-reviewed essays that explore the nature of Nigeria's urbanism and the challenges it faces. Beginning with analysis of the role of colonialism in the country's urban identity, the volume examines the role of the present oil economy, gender issues, human interactions, poverty, crime, prostitution, and transportation on the nature of urban life and culture. The insights of this collection will benefit students and researchers, historians and social scientists, policymakers and planners alike.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 List of Tables and Illustrations
Chapter 2 Acknowledgements
Chapter 3 Foreword
Chapter 4 Abbreviations
Chapter 5 1. Reflection on Nigeria's Urban History
Chapter 6 2. Human Factor in Urbanization
Chapter 7 3. Gender, Urbanization, and Socio-Economic Development
Chapter 8 4. The Impact of Road Transportation
Chapter 9 5. Role of Theater and Drama in Political and Urban Development
Chapter 10 6. Prostitution and Urban Social Relations
Chapter 11 7. Policing Urban Prostitution
Chapter 12 8. Urban Neglect and Underdevelopment of a Border Town
Chapter 13 9. Transformation of the Sabongari
Chapter 14 10. Colonial and Postcolonial Architecture and Urbanism
Chapter 15 11. Legal Aspect of Urban Development
Chapter 16 12. Industries as Catalyst of Urban Development: A Microanalysis
Chapter 17 13. Urbanism and Traditional Religion
Chapter 18 14. Urbanism and Ethnic Crises Since the 1980s
Chapter 19 15. Managing Rural and Urban Poverty
Chapter 20 16. The Development of a Federal Capital Territory-Abuja
Chapter 21 About the Editor and Contributors
Chapter 22 Index

Product details

Published Mar 28 2006
Format Paperback
Edition 1st
Extent 270
ISBN 9780761834335
Imprint University Press of America
Dimensions 229 x 160 mm
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing

About the contributors

HT
Anthology Editor

Hakeem Ibikunle Tijani

TF
Contributor

Toyin Falola

Toyin Falola is Professor of History, University D…

HT
Contributor

Hakeem I. Tijani

JA
Contributor

Jare Ajayi

WA
Contributor

Wole Atere

AA
Contributor

Akeem Akinwale

DO
Contributor

Dipo Olubomehin

PE
Contributor

Patrick Ebewo

SA
Contributor

Saheed Aderinto

AA
Contributor

Abolade Adeniji

RO
Contributor

Rasheed Olaniyi

SF
Contributor

Seyi Fabiyi

MF
Contributor

Mosope Fagbongbe

DO
Contributor

Danoye Oguntola-Laguda

OA
Contributor

Olayemi Akinwunmi

AO
Contributor

Adoyi Onoja

IU
Contributor

Ibrahim Umaru

Reviews

  • In Nigeria's Urban History, Tijani has successfully put together one of the most comprehensive discourses on urbanization in Nigeria. A truly scholarly enterprise, with contributions by a corps of experts…this work is a critical and balanced study, and an informative excursion into the under-researched but important aspect of Nigerian studies. The compendium is a giant achievement and a compelling read.

    Adebayo Oyebade, Tennessee State University

  • Nigeria's Urban History: Past and Present is a considerable body of scholarship on Nigerian urbanization…[in the vein of] Akin Mabogunje's pioneering study... Hakeem Tijani must be commended for this volume that enriches the knowledge of the general reader…[and] pushes the frontiers of the specialist's understanding.

    Akanmu Adebayo, professor of History, Kennesaw State University

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