Trade and Politics in the Niger Delta, 1830-1885

Trade and Politics in the Niger Delta, 1830-1885
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Publisher : Greenwood
Total Pages : 250
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ISBN-10 : 0313232970
ISBN-13 : 9780313232978
Rating : 4/5 (70 Downloads)

Synopsis Trade and Politics in the Niger Delta, 1830-1885 by : Kenneth Onwuka Dike

Dr. Dike has made a contribution to the study of Nigeria's principal formative period by drawing on local as well as British sources for his material. He describes how the revolution in trade reacted upon the social and political systems and how the existing native governments were gradually supplanted by British sonsular power. His study ends with the recognition of the British claim to supremacy in the Niger territories at the Berlin West African Conference of 1885.

Imperial Incarceration

Imperial Incarceration
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Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Total Pages : 770
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ISBN-10 : 9781009020299
ISBN-13 : 1009020293
Rating : 4/5 (99 Downloads)

Synopsis Imperial Incarceration by : Michael Lobban

For nineteenth-century Britons, the rule of law stood at the heart of their constitutional culture, and guaranteed the right not to be imprisoned without trial. At the same time, in an expanding empire, the authorities made frequent resort to detention without trial to remove political leaders who stood in the way of imperial expansion. Such conduct raised difficult questions about Britain's commitment to the rule of law. Was it satisfied if the sovereign validated acts of naked power by legislative forms, or could imperial subjects claim the protection of Magna Carta and the common law tradition? In this pathbreaking book, Michael Lobban explores how these matters were debated from the liberal Cape, to the jurisdictional borderlands of West Africa, to the occupied territory of Egypt, and shows how and when the demands of power undermined the rule of law. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.

The Land and People of Rivers State

The Land and People of Rivers State
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Publisher :
Total Pages : 708
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ISBN-10 : UOM:39015056883336
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Rating : 4/5 (36 Downloads)

Synopsis The Land and People of Rivers State by : Ebiegberi Joe Alagoa

This is a comprehensive reference work, and a unique and original compendium of knowledge and analysis on Nigeria's Rivers State from the distant past to recent times. It includes contributions from some fifty scholars on diverse subjects relating to aspects of the lives, history and environment of the peoples of Rivers State. The material is organised into sections on the environment, peoples and cultures, the arts, history, politics, economics, social services and gender. As a whole, the work is concerned with the rights of minorities in Nigeria and for indigenous control over natural and human resources. It aims to present the cases of the peoples of the Niger delta to the world from an insider's perspective, and articulate a sense of their political, human rights, and humanitarian concern in an objective and academic format. A companion volume to Land and People of Bayelsa State: Central Niger Delta (1999).

Nigerian History, Politics and Affairs

Nigerian History, Politics and Affairs
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Publisher : Africa World Press
Total Pages : 736
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ISBN-10 : 1592213243
ISBN-13 : 9781592213245
Rating : 4/5 (43 Downloads)

Synopsis Nigerian History, Politics and Affairs by : Adiele Eberechukwu Afigbo

These essays attempt to focus the light of history,on Nigeria, Nigerians and their contemporary,condition. The root idea here is that fundamental,to all historical works - that when the mind,interacts with the past, the result is something,like a torchlight whose beam is focused on the,present, thus enabling us to achieve a better,understanding of the problems which face us.,Afigbo has probed deep into Nigeria's pastbringing out all the facets, all the elements and,all the issues that are necessary to improve the,present.

The Acquisition of Africa (1870-1914)

The Acquisition of Africa (1870-1914)
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Publisher : BRILL
Total Pages : 364
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ISBN-10 : 9789004321199
ISBN-13 : 9004321195
Rating : 4/5 (99 Downloads)

Synopsis The Acquisition of Africa (1870-1914) by : Mieke van der Linden

Over recent decades, the responsibility for the past actions of the European colonial powers in relation to their former colonies has been subject to a lively debate. In this book, the question of the responsibility under international law of former colonial States is addressed. Such a legal responsibility would presuppose the violation of the international law that was applicable at the time of colonization. In the ‘Scramble for Africa’ during the Age of New Imperialism (1870-1914), European States and non-State actors mainly used cession and protectorate treaties to acquire territorial sovereignty (imperium) and property rights over land (dominium). The question is raised whether Europeans did or did not on a systematic scale breach these treaties in the context of the acquisition of territory and the expansion of empire, mainly through extending sovereignty rights and, subsequently, intervening in the internal affairs of African political entities.