Author: Kenneth Vaughn Elphinstone
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Category : Ilorin Province (Nigeria)
Languages : en
Pages : 80

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Author: Hilton Fyle
Publisher: Universal-Publishers
ISBN: 9781581127164
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 244

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An amazing survival story which can easily pass for a thriller in the field of fiction. But it is true. Journalist Hilton Fyle packs his bags and heads back home to Sierra Leone after 20 years as a star broadcaster with the BBC in London England, during which he became a household name in Africa and most of the English-speaking world. His new challenge is to participate in the new democracy that the United States and its allies are planting in the country, after 25 years of dictatorship and oppression. Unfortunately, he gets a bad deal from the new, "democratic" government of president Tejan Kabba. His newspaper is forced to close after publishing a "Corruption" story involving two cabinet ministers. Kabba is overthrown in May 1997 and is planning to return with military force. But journalist Hilton Fyle uses his FM radio station to campaign for a peaceful return. Kabba does return with a bang. His opponents are shot and burned alive on the streets of the capital. Fyle escapes instant death, but he is beaten, imprisoned, tried and sent to Death Row awaiting execution. The climax of it all is that he walks out of Death Row without the consent of the government or the prison authorities. All this would not have happened he says, if United Nations peacemakers in Sierra Leone had not played a "dirty game."

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Category : Nigeria, Northern
Languages : en
Pages : 368

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Author: James Patrick Hubbard
Publisher: University Press of America
ISBN: 9780761815891
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 326

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In this comprehensive work, James P. Hubbard provides an in depth examination of education in Nigeria under British colonial rule, placing it in its broader social and political context. He focuses on one of the most advanced schools in the Northern Provinces, Katsina College. Using information from government archives, he explores the major factors and government policies that shaped the College and colonial education in general. He reveals how colonial educators implemented these policies as well as African reactions to the educational system. Details concerning the kinds of subjects that were taught and characteristics of the student body are also included. Relevant for scholars of African history, this book provides new insights on the sociopolitical dynamics surrounding colonialism and the educational system that ultimately supported it.

Author: Andrew E. Barnes
Publisher: University Rochester Press
ISBN: 1580462995
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 347

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A thought-provoking study of the role of Africans in the colonial process of cultural transfer.

Author: Reuben K. Udo
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 228

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Author: Mohammad L. Raja
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 1728381339
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 377

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This book is pure and simple knowledge, brought to us by the teachings of Prophet Mohammad (PBUH) and the early history of Islam. The book looks at the birth of the prophet (PBUH), his first profession, and his becoming a prophet. It delves into all we know about his life; the way he taught the people and the reaction of the people at the time. Furthermore, it investigated the leaving of Mecca and journey to Medina, and the many battles that followed: The battle of Badhar where angels came to fight for Allah’s religion, the battle of Audh, the battle of the trench and finally, the conquest of Mecca. This book also looks at the controversial topic of Mohammad’s (PBUH) eleven wives, before finishing with the death of Mohammad (PBUH). It is truly a book for any and every knowledge seeker, as it summarizes all the information we have about the Prophet Mohammad (PBUH), the entire truth as we know it, completely bared , holding nothing back; gifting us all the knowledge that we have about the religion of Allah. ( - if you need more we can provide more)

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Category : Germplasm resources, Plant
Languages : en
Pages : 608

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Category : Ilorin (Nigeria : Province)
Languages : en
Pages : 74

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Author: Lamin O. Sanneh
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 0429943911
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 225

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When originally published in 1979, this was the first comprehensive study of the Jakhanke in any language. Despite the 19th ambience of jihad, the Jakhanke maintined their tradition of consistent pacifism and political neutrality which is unique in Muslim Black Africa. Drawing on histories, interviews, and colonial reports the book traces the details of the Jakhanke pilgrimages and analyses important themes such as their system of education, their function as dream-interpreters and amulet-makers and finally the dependence of their way of life on the institution of slavery.