Assignment:
SECTION I.
1. Compare and Contrast the process and nature of state formation in precolonial Nigeria. Remember: be specific, use detailed historical examples, and make an ARGUMENT.
2. How and in what ways did colonialism transform Nigeria until 1960? Remember: be specific, use detailed historical examples, and make an ARGUMENT.
3. How and why did Nigerian political elites, politicians, and nationalists lead Nigeria to independence in 1960? Remember: be specific, use detailed historical examples, and make an ARGUMENT.
SECTION II
1. Explain the failure of the First Republic and the Outbreak of the Nigerian Civil War. To what extent were these two major and defining moments in Nigerian history a result of a failure of leadership or of structural problems spawned by colonialism? Remember: be specific, use detailed historical examples, and make an ARGUMENT.
2. Why didn't oil "develop" Nigeria in the 1970's and 1980's? Remember: be specific, use detailed historical examples. and make an ARGUMENT.
3. Why did the transition to civilian rule initiated by the 2nd Republic fail so soon after it began in 1979'? He sure to discuss the politicians, politics and economics of the 2nd Republic and the role of the military in Nigerian History from 1979 to 1999.
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