The Routledge Handbook of Contemporary Nigeria offers an innovative interdisciplinary perspective into Africa’s most populous country. The handbook investigates the making of Nigeria, by shining a light on five pillars of nationhood within contemporary Nigerian society: · Polity · Economy · Culture · Education · Religion Multidisciplinary in its coverage and bringing together a mix of leading and emerging scholars, this handbook tracks the manifold societal, political and economic developments that have shaped the contemporary Nigerian state. It delves into detailed analyses of the dynamic tensions at play, between regional and national, modern and traditional and stability and change, while also examining how individuals, ideas and movements have brought about transformation. It juxtaposes the country’s modern complexities with investigations into its past in order to provide a comprehensive analysis of twenty-first century Nigeria. The Routledge Handbook of Contemporary Nigeria will be essential reading for students and scholars across the humanities and social sciences, as well as policymakers or those interested in understanding Nigeria today. Olufemi O. Vaughan is the Alfred Sargent Lee ’41 and Mary Ames Lee Professor of Black Studies at Amherst College. He is the author and editor/coeditor of 17 books, including Letters, Kinship, and Social Mobility in Nigeria (2023), Religion and the Making of Nigeria (2016), and the Oxford Encyclopedia of African Historiography: Methods and Sources, Vols. 1 & 2 (2019). A Guggenheim Fellow and Wilson Fellow, Olufemi O. Vaughan was Professor of Africana Studies and History and Associate Provost at Stony Brook University. He was also the Geoffrey Canada Professor of Africana Studies and History at Bowdoin College. Nimi Wariboko is the Walter G. Muelder Professor of Social Ethics and Director of the African Studies Center at Boston University. His transdisciplinary scholarship focuses on economic and social ethics, African studies, political theory, and philosophy. He is the author of multiple books, including Transcripts of the Sacred in Nigeria: Beautiful, Monstrous, Ridiculous (2023) and Ethics and Society: Identity, History, Political Theory (2019).
