Table of Contents
Social justice in traditional societies -- Nineteenth century wars and Yoruba ethnicity -- Cultural foundations of African unity -- Tradition and development -- Henry Venn and the policy of development -- Nineteenth century origins of Nigerian nationalism -- Bishop Crowther: a patriot to the core -- Native agency in nineteenth century west Africa -- A new Christian politics? -- Continuity of African institutions under colonial rule -- Colonialism: an episode in African history -- Decolonization and the birth of neo-colonialism -- Legitimacy in Africa and the factor of colonialism --Africa and the new world order -- The national question in Nigeria in historical perspective -- National history in the context of decolonization -- Ethnicity and nationalism in Nigeria -- Democracy in Nigeria : an historical analysis -- The Atlantic slave trade and Africa -- Africa's development crisis in historical perspective -- Bishop Crowther and Taubman Goldie in the Sokoto Caliphate -- The crusade for reparations -- Pan-Africanism and the struggle for reparation -- The Ibadan school of history -- History and the nation -- Mortality and change -- History and the social sciences -- The search for relevance in the humanities in Africa -- On being an Africanist.