In the early 1950s, as Nigeria approached independence from Great Britain, a vibrant literary culture developed in the vast and lively market of Onitsha, a city on the eastern bank of the Niger River.

Introduction: Firearms in twentieth-century colonial Africa -- "This destructive implement of European ingenuity": firearms, the Atlantic world, and technology transfer in precolonial Nigeria -- All ...

Ahebi Ugbabe made history as the first and only female king in colonial Nigeria. She shattered gender norms, becoming the first woman to serve as a warrant chief, rule as king in an Igbo kingdom, and ...

The firm reported back to Vodafone, declaring magisterially – as they are wont to – that the entire market size for phones in Nigeria could not exceed 5 million mobile phones. The people were so poor, ...