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Falola, Toyin. The History of Nigeria. Greenwood, 1999. An introduction to Nigerian history.

Khan, Sarah Ahmed. Nigeria: The Political Economy of Oil. Oxford University Press, 1995. The history, management, and mismanagement of Nigeria's leading industry.

Maier, Karl. Into the House of the Ancestors: Inside the New Africa. Wiley, 1997. The problems, possibilities, and resources of postcolonial Nigeria and sub-Saharan Africa.

Maier, Karl. This House Has Fallen: Midnight in Nigeria. Public Affairs, 2000. An account of Nigeria's resilience, from failure to the hope for renewal.

Olaniyan, Richard, ed. Nigerian History and Culture. Longman, 1985. Twenty college-level essays, primarily on history.

Oyewole, Anthony, and John Lucas. Historical Dictionary of Nigeria. Scarecrow, 1999. A clear account of Nigeria's complex culture and political factions.

Shaw, Timothy M., and Julius O. Ihonvbere. Nigeria: The Illusions of Power. Westview, 1992. Chronicles the country's ethnic troubles and economic chaos.

Soyinka, Wole. Aké: The Years of Childhood. Random House, 1982. This renowned Yoruba writer evokes the customs of a village in western Nigeria.

Temperley, Howard. White Dreams, Black Africa: The Anti-Slavery Expedition to the River Niger, 1841-1842 Yale University Press, 1992. Account of a little-known attempt to establish a commercial trade that did not involve slaves in 19th-century West Africa.

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