Grounded in the ideas of modernity and progress, this book dwells on the difficulties and
\nchallenges of transforming Nigeria. It offers an extensive conversation on political modernity,
\nincluding a foundation laid as far back as the nineteenth century; the implementation of a number
\nof policies and practices in the first half of the twentieth century; and the trajectories of change
\nafter the country\u2019s independence. Arguing that the burdens of the past cannot be divorced from
\nthe challenges of the present, Toyin Falola also links the troubled present to an unpredictable
\nfuture.<\/p>\n
Toyin Falola is Past President, African Studies Association; Kluge Chair in Countries and Cultures
\nof the South at the Library of Congress; and the Mwalimu Julius Nyerere Chair of Modern Africa,
\nBenue State University. He teaches at the University of Texas at Austin.<\/p>\n
ISBN: 978-1-943533-07-7 \u0399 Published 2016, Paperback* | Pan-African University Press<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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