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A review by robinwalter
A History of Nigeria by Matthew M. Heaton, Toyin Falola
challenging
informative
reflective
sad
medium-paced
4.25
A dense book that moves briskly though the history of the state of Nigeria, with the early chapters looking at the history of the region before it became Nigeria. I lerned a lot from the book and the author certainly pulled no punches in highlighting the corruption and brutality that was endemic under British rule nand has not changed appreciably since