Rural Violence in Contemporary Nigeria
Edited by Usman A. Tar and Bashir Bala (2023) This book was written by a range of experts to provide an authoritative view on the causes and extent of the…[...]
PROBLEMATISING HISTORY AND AGENCY: FROM NATIONALISM TO SUBALTERNITY
Introduction In The Historicity of the Peoples and Polities of Nigeria: Observations on Historical Consciousness and Historiography, Professor Yusufu Bala Usman presents a compelling and intellectually rigorous critique of the…[...]
Revolution and Counter-revolution in Iran
The fall of any tyrant raises hope for oppressed people the world over. So it was when the Shah of Iran fled into exile in January 1979, propelled by a…[...]
The works of Björn Beckman on Capitalist Development in Nigeria
Björn Beckman was a Swedish political economist who taught political economy in Nigeria, Ghana and Sweden. He taught at Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, between 1978 and 1987. He made invaluable…[...]
Union Power in the Nigerian Textile Industry: Labour Regime and Adjustment (Andrae and Beckman 1998)
The focus of this book is on the trade unions, their role in industrial restructuring and their ability to defend workers’ interests and rights. Despite the unfavourable conditions in Nigeria’s…[...]
Women and Trade Unionism in Nigeria, 1995
Edited by Sokunbi, Jeminiwa and Onaeko As mothers and wives, women do exert considerable impacts on the productivity of male workers. As workers in their own rights they can conveniently…[...]
UNDER-EDUCATION IN AFRICA
Under-Education In Africa – from colonialism to neoliberalism - Karim F Hirji Karim Hirji (2019)An inspiring collection of vivid stories and profound critiques of education from a committed scholar-activist who…[...]
The Groundings with My Brothers
A striking book on the international operations of racism and the global meaning of Black Power In his short life, the Guyanese intellectual Walter Rodney emerged as one of the…[...]
A Certain Amount of Madness – the life, politics and legacies of Thomas Sankara
Edited by Amber Murray Thomas Sankara was one of the most confident and vocal anti-imperialists of the late twentieth century. His life and political praxis continue to be significant in…[...]
The Ebb of the Pink Tide The Decline of the Left in Latin America
by Mike Gonzalez (2018) Following the election of Hugo Chavez to the Venezuelan presidency, and the Cochabamba water wars, Latin American politics were radicalised and their governments populated with former…[...]