Introduction, A. Carl LeVan and Patrick Ukata
Part I: Locating Nigeria in African History
1:From Borno to Sokoto: Meaning and Muslim Identities in Northern Nigeria, Murray Last
2:State Formation in Precolonial Nigeria, Nonso Obikili
3:Precolonial Christianity and Missionary Legacies, Shobana Shankar
4:The Atlantic Slave Trade and its Lasting Impact, Wasiq N. Khan
5:Colonial Rule, Matthew M. Heaton and Toyin Falola
6:The Anti-Colonial Struggle in Nigeria, Rotimi Ajayi
7:Women's Protests in the Struggle for Independence, Chiedo Nwankwor
8:The Nigerian Novel and the Anti-Colonial Imagination, Cajetan Iheka
9:Ecologies of Rule: Politics, Political Economy and Governing the Environment in Nigeria, Michael J. Watts
Part II: Political Institutions
10:The Long Shadow of Nigeria's Military Epochs, 1966-1979 and 1983-1999, Eghosa E. Osaghae
11:Fiscal Federalism, Subnational Politics, and State Creation in Contemporary Nigeria, Olufunmbi M. Elemo
12:The Legislatures in the First and Second Republics, Joseph Olayinka Fashagba
13:Legislative Development and Decadence in the Fourth Republic National Assembly, Rotimi T. Suberu
14:Sharia Politics, the 1999 Constitution, and the Rise of the Fourth Republic, Olufemi Vaughan
15:Executive Dominance and Hyper Presidentialism in Nigeria, Yahaya T. Baba
16:Civil Military Affairs and Military Culture in Post-Transition Nigeria, Max Siollun
17:Progress and Setbacks in Nigeria's Anti-Corruption Efforts, Daniel Jordan Smith
18:The Judiciary in Nigeria Since 1999, Patrick Ukata
19:Elections and Electoral Performance, Nkwachukwu Orji
20:Drivers and Dynamics of Electoral Reform, 1999-2015, A. Carl LeVan and Abiodun Ajijola
21:The People's Democratic Party: From the 1999 Transition to the 2015 Turnover, Adigun Agbaje, Adeolu Akande, and Jide Ojo
Part III: Civil Society
22:Civil Society in Nigeria, Darren Kew and Chris M. A. Kwaja
23:The Political Struggles of Nigerian Labor, Jon Kraus
24:In the trenches with Fela: Reassessing Protest Political Music Culture before the Fourth Republic, Garhe Osiebe
25:Nigeria's Non-Western Democracy: A Postcolonial Aspiration and Struggle with Opportunity, Conflict, and Transformation, Rita Kiki Edozie
26:Women's Contemporary Struggles for Rights and Representation, Cheryl O'Brien
27:Human Rights Status in Nigeria Since Obasanjo' Second Coming, Idayat Hassan
28:Revenue and Representation: The Political Economy of Public Participation, Oliver Owen
Part IV: Economic and Social Sectors: Policies and Peoples
29:Fiscal Policy during Boom and Bust, Kingsley Moghalu and Nonso Obikili
30:Nigeria's Petroleum Booms: A Changing Political Economy, Peter M. Lewis
31:The 'Resource Curse' and the Constraints on Reforming Nigeria's Oil Sector, Zainab Usman
32:Nigeria's Response to the HIV Epidemic, Olusoji Adeyi, Oluwole Odutolu, John Idoko, and Phyllis Kanki
Part V: Identity and Insecurity
33:Islamic Social Movements and Political Unrest in Nigerian History, Abimbola O. Adesoji
34:The Origins of Boko Haram, Kyari Mohammed
35:Boko Haram: Indigeneity, Internationalism, and Insurgency, Virginia Comolli
36:The Nigerian Civil War and the Biafran Secessionist Revival, Obi Nwakanma
37:The Rise and Decline (and Rise) of the Niger Delta Rebellion, Omolade Adunbi
38:Crime, Cults, and Informal Security, Kemi Okenyodo
39:Land, Citizenship, and the Laws of Disenfranchisement, V. Adefemi Isumonah
40:Pastoralism, Ethnicity, and Subnational Conflict Resolution in the Middle Belt, Laura Thaut Vinson
41:Nigeria and the World: War, Nationalism, and Politics, 1914-1960, Oliver Coates
42:Nigeria and the Commonwealth: Influence by Accident or Design, Elizabeth Donnelly and Daragh Neville
43:Faith, Fame, and Fortune: Varieties of Nigerian Worship in Global Christianity, Asonzeh Ukah
44:he Pathology of Dependency: Sino-Nigerian Relatins as a Case Study, Ian Taylor