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Nigeria: How Kingdoms, Colonial Betrayal, and Decades of Military Rule Shaped a Nation Still Fighting for Its Soul
Paperback
African HistoryGeneral Political Science
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Aug 20 2026
Pages: 300
Weight: 0.89
Height: 0.63 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Before Nigeria had a name, it already had a soul.
Long before British administrators drew lines across a map and called it a country, this land was home to ancient civilizations that smelted iron, cast breathtaking bronze, and built kingdoms that rivaled anything Europe had produced. What happened next - the conquest, the amalgamation, the broken promises, the stolen elections, the civil war that killed over a million people, and the generation that finally said enough - is one of the most extraordinary stories never fully told.
Nigeria: How Kingdoms, Colonial Betrayal, and Decades of Military Rule Shaped a Nation Still Fighting for Its Soul takes you on a sweeping journey through more than two thousand years of history, from the terracotta sculptors of the Nok civilization to the young protesters who stood at the Lekki tollgate in October 2020 and refused to move even when the soldiers arrived.
Few people know that the country called Nigeria was never designed to be a nation. It was designed to be convenient. What you are about to discover is how a people assembled by foreign hands against their will fought, mourned, resisted, and survived - and why that story matters more today than ever before.
Inside these pages, you will uncover the hidden truth behind the 1851 bombardment of Lagos, the annulment that broke a nation's democratic heart on June 12, 1993, the five billion dollars looted by a dictator who died before justice could reach him, and the generation of young Nigerians who used their phones to organize the most significant civil movement in the country's post-independence history.
This book is for anyone who has ever wanted to understand Africa's most populous nation beyond the headlines. Whether you are Nigerian or simply a reader who believes that history should be told honestly and completely, this narrative will change how you see Nigeria, colonialism, democracy, and the price of freedom.
Scroll up and grab your copy today. Nigeria's full story is finally here - and it demands to be read.
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