OBAFEMI AWOLOWO AND THE MAKING OF REMO: THE LOCAL POLITICS OF A NIGERIAN NATIONALIST
By: NOLTE, INSA
ISBN: 1592217567
$34.95
“This admirable and richly textured book should be widely read not only by those inter-ested in Yoruba history and modern Nigeria but by all those who seek a mature under-standing of the intricate connections between local and national politics. Nolte provides powerful insights on the towering stature of Chief Obafemi Awolowo, the preeminent politician of the era, along with the social dimensions of power, the richness of political networks, institutional con?icts, the construction of mythologies of power and popular loyalty, and many more crucial topics, all ably analyzed with clarity and precision.”
—Toyin Falola,
University of Texas at Austin
—Toyin Falola,
University of Texas at Austin