Nigeria: A Bilbliography:

Compiled by Matthew DeFusco '94, Carolyn Greely '92, Karen Hauser'92, Alyssa Qualls'94, Simon Rakov (Vassar '92)


Afolabi, G.J. Yoruba Palaces. London, England: University of London Press, 1966.

Akintoye, S. A. Revolution and Power Politics in Yorubaland 1840-1893. New York: Humanities Press, 1971.

Aluko, Grace B., and Mary O. Alfa. "Marriage and Family," in Women in Nigeria Today.

Asiwaju, A. I. Western Yorubaland under European Rule 1889-1945. New York: Humanities Press, 1976. London: Zed Books, 1985. pp. 163-174.

Cohen, Abner. Custom and Politics in Urban Africa. Los Angeles: University of California Press, 1969.

Dennet, R. E. Nigerian Studies, or, The Religious and Political System of the Yoruba.London: Macmillan., 1910.

Dictionary of Black African Civilization.

Emeagwali, Gloria Thomas. "Women in Pre-Caplitalist Socio-economic Formations in Nigeria,"Women in Nigeria Today. London: Zed Books, 1985. pp. 52-56.

Nigeria: British Empire Exhibition 1925.

Gibbs, James, Wole Soyinka, London, Macmillan Publishers 1986.

Graf, William D., The Nigerian State, London, James Curry Ltd. 1988.

Hodgkin, Thomas. Nigerian Perspectives: An Historical Anthology. London: University Press, 1960.

Idowu, E. Bolaji. African Traditional Religion. New York: Orbis Books, 1973.

_____. Olodumare: God in Yoruba Belief. New York: Frederick A. Praeger, 1963.

Meek, C. K. The Northern Tribes of Nigeria. London: Oxford University Press, 1925.

Metuh, Emefie Ikenga. Comparative Studies of African Traditional Religions. Onitsha, Nigeria: IMICO Publishers, 1987.

National Dictionary of Nigeria

Nelson, Harold D. Nigeria: A Country Study. American University, 1982.

Ogundipe-Leslie, Molare. "Women in Nigeria," Women in Nigeria Today. London: Zed Books, 1985.. pp. 119-132.

Ojo, G.J. Afolabi. Yoruba Culture. London: University of London Press, 1966.

Okpu, Ugbana. Ethnic Minority Problems in Nigerian Politics: 1960-1965. Stockholm: LiberTryck AB, 1977.

Parrinder, Geoffrey. African Traditional Religion. London: Clowes & Sons, 1962.

Parrinder, E. G. "Theistic Beliefs of the Yoruba and Ewe People of West Africa." ed.
Smith, Edwin W. African Ideas of God. London: Edinburgh House Press, 1950.

Talbot, P. Amoury, Tribes of the Niger Delta, London Frank Cass, 1967.

Temple, O., Notes on the Tribes, Provinces, Emirates, and States of the Northern Provinces of Nigeria, Nigeria The C.M.S Bookshop 1922.

Women in Africa and the African Diaspora edited by Rosalyn Terborg-Penn, Sharon Harley, and Andrea Benton Rushing, Women, State, and Ideology: Studies from Africa and Asia edited by Haleh Afshar.

Zuesse, Evan M. Ritual Cosmos: The Sanctification of Life in African Religions. Athens: Ohio University Press, 1979.


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