Nigeria's Diverse Peoples

"Illuminating Nigeria's most pressing issues and problems, Nigeria's Diverse Peoples provides an authoritative, eye-opening analysis of the country's past and present ethnic, regional, and religious differences and sheds light on the historical background - including the impact of the Atlantic slave trade, European colonial influence, the Biafra civil war, and ethnomilitary rule. Readers will acquire a thorough understanding of Nigeria and gain unique insight into the crosscutting complexities of ethnicity and religion in Nigerian society."--Jacket.