The Transformation of Nigeria: Essays in Honor of Toyin Falola

by Toyin Falola (Editor)

This book is a tribute to Professor Toyin Falola in honor and celebration of his contribution to the study of Africa, especially Nigeria. A distinguished Africanist and a leading historian of Nigeria, Falola has established an enduring academic legacy. No modern historian of Africa has received more praise than him. Regarded as the most prolific and brilliant historian of Africa in the last quarter of the twentieth century, his vast reputation and matchless record ensure that he will be one of the most prominent historians of Africa in the twenty-first century. This edited book covers all the major themes in the modern history of education, law, political development, economy, gender, ethnicity, language, cultures, and art. Filled with original and fresh interpretations, it presents the most comprehensive knowledge about Nigeria in a single volume.

638 pages, Paperback

Published June 1, 2002

About the author

Toyin Omoyeni Falola is a Nigerian historian and professor of African Studies. He is currently the Jacob and Frances Sanger Mossiker Chair in the Humanities at the University of Texas at Austin. Falola earned his B.A. and Ph.D. (1981) in History at the University of Ife, Ile-Ife (now Obafemi Awolowo University), in Nigeria. He is a Fellow of the Historical Society of Nigeria and of the Nigerian Academy of Letters. Falola is author and editor of more than one hundred books, and he is the general editor of the Cambria African Studies Series (Cambria Press), Falola served as the president of the African Studies Association in 2014 and 2015.