@article{437703,
      recid = {437703},
      author = {Cunliffe-Jones, Peter.},
      title = {My Nigeria : five decades of independence /},
      publisher = {Palgrave Macmillan,},
      address = {New York :},
      pages = {x, 238 p., [8] p. of plates :},
      year = {2010},
      abstract = {"His nineteenth century cousin was paddled ashore by  slaves, and twisted the arms of tribal chiefs to sign away  their territorial rights in the oil rich Niger Delta. Sixty  years later, his grandfather helped craft Nigeria's  constitution and negotiate its independence, the first of  its kind in Africa. Four decades later, journalist Peter  Cunliffe-Jones arrived as a journalist in the capital,  Lagos, just as military rule ended, to face the country his  family had a hand in shaping. Part family memoir, part  history, My Nigeria is a piercing look at the colonial  legacy in an emerging power in Africa. Marshalling his deep  knowledge of the economic, political, and historic forces,  Cunliffe-Jones surveys the country's colonial past and  explains why British rule led to collapse at independence.  He also takes an unflinching look at the complicated  country today: from email hoaxes and political corruption  to the vast natural resources that make it one of the most  powerful African nations; from life in Lagos's virtually  unknown and exclusive neighborhoods to the violent  conflicts between the numerous tribes that make up this  populous African nation. As Nigeria celebrates its five  decades of independence, this is a timely and personal look  at a captivating country that is still due to achieve its  great potential"--},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/437703},
}