Nigeria: its peoples and its problems

About this eBook

Author

Morel, E. D. (Edmund Dene), 1873-1924

Title

Nigeria : Its peoples and its problems

Original Publication

London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1912.

Credits

Peter Becker and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)

Language

English

LoC Class

DT: History: General and Eastern Hemisphere: Africa

Subject

Nigeria -- Description and travel

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 71863

Release Date

October 13, 2023

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.NIGERIA ITS PEOPLES AND ITS PROBLEMS
2. 2.PREFACE
3. 3.INTRODUCTION
4. 4.CONTENTS
5. 5.LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
6. 6.PART I THOUGHTS ON TREK
7. 7.CHAPTER I ON WHAT HAS BEEN AND MAY BE
8. 8.CHAPTER II ON THE GREAT WHITE ROAD
9. 9.CHAPTER III ON THE CARRIER
10. 10.CHAPTER IV ON AFRICAN MODESTY AND AFRICAN COURTESY
11. 11.CHAPTER V ON THE MEANING OF “RELIGIOUS”
12. 12.CHAPTER VI A RAGOÛT OF THINGS SEEN AND FELT
13. 13.CHAPTER VII THE SALLAH AT ZARIA
14. 14.PART II SOUTHERN NIGERIA
15. 15.CHAPTER I NIGERIA’S CLAIM UPON PUBLIC ATTENTION
16. 16.CHAPTER II THE NIGER DELTA
17. 17.CHAPTER III THE FOREST BELT
18. 18.CHAPTER IV THE CENTRAL AND EASTERN PROVINCES
19. 19.CHAPTER V LAGOS AND ITS PORT—THE FUTURE BOMBAY OF WEST AFRICA
20. 20.CHAPTER VI THE YORUBAS AND THEIR COUNTRY
21. 21.CHAPTER VII BRITISH POLICY IN YORUBALAND
22. 22.PART III NORTHERN NIGERIA
23. 23.CHAPTER I THE NATURAL HIGHWAY TO THE UPLANDS OF THE NORTH
24. 24.CHAPTER II NORTHERN NIGERIA PRIOR TO THE BRITISH OCCUPATION
25. 25.CHAPTER III THE INDIGENOUS CIVILIZATION OF THE NORTH
26. 26.CHAPTER IV THE LIFE OF THE PEOPLE—THE LONG-DISTANCE TRADER
27. 27.CHAPTER V THE LIFE OF THE PEOPLE—THE AGRICULTURIST
28. 28.CHAPTER VI THE LIFE OF THE PEOPLE—THE HERDSMAN AND THE ARTISAN
29. 29.CHAPTER VII THE CITY OF KANO AND ITS MARKET
30. 30.CHAPTER VIII A VISIT TO THE EMIR OF KANO
31. 31.CHAPTER IX GOVERNING ON NATIVE LINES
32. 32.CHAPTER X THE FOUNDATIONS OF NATIVE SOCIETY—THE TENURE OF LAND
33. 33.CHAPTER XI THE FOUNDATIONS OF NATIVE SOCIETY—THE ADMINISTRATIVE MACHINERY
34. 34.CHAPTER XII THE PRESERVATION OF THE NATIONAL LIFE
35. 35.CHAPTER XIII A PAGE OF HISTORY AND ITS MORAL
36. 36.CHAPTER XIV A SCHEME OF NATIONAL EDUCATION
37. 37.CHAPTER XV COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT
38. 38.CHAPTER XVI MINING DEVELOPMENT AND THE BAUCHI PLATEAU
39. 39.CHAPTER XVII THE NECESSITY OF AMALGAMATING THE TWO PROTECTORATES
40. 40.CHAPTER XVIII RAILWAY POLICY AND AMALGAMATION
41. 41.CHAPTER XIX AN UNAUTHORIZED SCHEME OF AMALGAMATION
42. 42.PART IV ISLAM, COTTON GROWING, AND THE LIQUOR TRAFFIC
43. 43.CHAPTER I CHRISTIANITY AND ISLAM IN SOUTHERN NIGERIA
44. 44.CHAPTER II THE COTTON INDUSTRY
45. 45.CHAPTER III THE COTTON INDUSTRY— continued
46. 46.CHAPTER IV THE LIQUOR TRAFFIC IN SOUTHERN NIGERIA
47. 47.FOOTNOTES
48. 48.INDEX
49. 49.Untitled
50. 50.Untitled

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