Formation: The Making of Nigeria, from Jihad to Amalgamation

The story of the hundred-year time period between 1804 and 1914

When Dan Fodio’s jihad erupted to life one Tuesday in February 1804, hardly anyone could have anticipated that this motley crew of amateurs would still be alive in one week, never mind triggering the birth of a nation. It was the first in a series of unlikely and mostly unrelated events across the

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