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Table of Contents

Nigeria in General
Nigerian Newspapers Online
Western News about Nigeria
Nigerian Issues
Nigerian Historic Figures and Events
Nigerian Literature in General
Nigerian Film
Chinua Achebe
Wole Soyinka
Buchi Emecheta
Postcolonial Literature in General

Nigeria in General

Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria
Languages of Nigeria. Ethnologue.com.
Motherland Nigeria.
Nigeria. Africa South of the Sahara. Stanford University.
Nigeria. Lonely Planet. Travel information.
Nigeria. PoliSci.com.
Nigeria - A Country Study. U.S. Library of Congress.
Nigeria Masterweb.
Nigeria Nexus. Internews.
Nigeria Page. University of Pennsylvania.
Official Website of Federal Government of Nigeria.

Comet.
Guardian.
Tribune.
Vanguard.
This Day.

Western News about Nigeria

BBC Africa.
CNN Africa Archive.
Nigeria. Independent Media Center. Non-corporate.
Nigeria.com.
Nigeria - Top News. AllAfrica.com.
Nigeriaworld.
USAfrica Online. Nigeria and other African nations.
Yahoo.

Human Rights

End Environmental and Human Rights Abuses in Nigeria. Mother Jones.
The Niger Delta: No Democratic Dividend. Human Rights Watch.
Nigeria. Amnesty International. Human rights violations.
Nigeria. Human Rights Watch.

Islam

Bugaje, Usman Muhammed. Bugaje's conference papers about Islam in Nigeria.
Conference on Shariah in Nigeria.
Islam 101. Oprah.com.
Islamicweb.com. Beginner's information.
Sharia. Encyclopedia of the Orient.

Oil Industry

Delta. News about the Niger Delta oil issues and the Ogoni people.
Nigeria: Oil and Gas Industry. MBendi.
Nigerian Oil and Gas Online.
Nigerians working for environmental justice and corporate accountability. Boycott Shell.
Shell Nigeria. Corporate site.

Sports

Nigeria (NGA). 2002 FIFA World Cup. Nigeria's soccer team.
Super Eagles. Nigeria's soccer team.

Women's Issues

Amina Lawal. Amnesty International.
Empowering Nigeria's Women. Family Planet.
Korieh, Chima Jacob. "Widowhood among the Igbo of Eastern Nigeria."
National Center for Women Development Abuja.
Niger Delta Women for Justice.
Nigeria Women in Agriculture. World Bank.
Nigeria's Shunned Women. Radio Netherlands.
Notable Women of Nigeria. Motherland Nigeria.
Opeke, Oluwatoyin. Women and Work in Nigeria: Problems and Prospects.
Qualls, Alyssa. Women in Nigeria Today. Postcolonial Web.
Women are under threat since the introduction of the New Sharia Penal Legislation. Amnesty International.

Other

Foolscap: The African Court of Humour Rights. "The irreverent site dedicated to monitoring humorous activities throughout Africa, with particular attention to Nigeria."
Nigeria - The 419 Coalition Website. Deals with Nigerian Internet scams.

General Timelines and Brief Histories

Accounts of Military Coups in Nigeria 1966-1990. Urhobo Historical Society.
Brief History. Motherland Nigeria.
Country Study and Country Guide for Nigeria. 1upinfo.com.
History of Nigeria. Countryreports.org.
Key Events in Nigeria. NgEX!
Leaders of Nigeria. Includes pictures.
Nigeria: History Overview. Postcolonial Web.
Timeline: Nigeria. BBC.

Topics in Alphabetical Order

Abacha, Saninegeria. Africana.com.
Rupert, James. "Nigerian Ruler Dies after Brutal Reign." Washington Post.

Abiola, Moshood.

"Abiola's Death Not Suspicious." BBC.
Marsden, Chris. "Death of Moshood Abiola increases tensions in Nigeria." World Socialist Web Site.
"Report on Mashood Kashimawo Abiola." MediaNET. The Panos Institute.

"Abubakar plans civilian rule." BBC.
"Abubakar sees political, economic turnaround in Nigeria's future." CNN.com.
"General Abubakar." PBS.

Babangida, Ibrahim. "'No Evidence' against Babangida." BBC.

Tafawa Balewa: Independence Day Speech, October 1st, 1960.

The Berlin Conference 1884. Northpark University.
Berlin Conference of 1884-1885 to Divide Africa. About.com.

Biafra War. Federation of American Scientists.
Biafra Nation.
The Biafran War. Postcolonial Web.
Emeagwali, Philip. "After the [Biafran] War Was Over." Photoessay.

Gowon, Yakubu. Infoplease.com. Encyclopedia entry.

Lugard, Frederick John Dealtry Lugard, 1st Baron. Infoplease.com. Encyclopedia entry.

The Nok. Bigchalk.com. High-school-level site.
Nok Terracotta. Red List. International Council of Museums.

Muhammed, Murtala.

Omoigui, Nowa. "The Murtala Muhammed Coup of 1975." Urhobo Historical Society. Part 1. Part 2.
Siollun, Max. "The Rollercoaster Life of Murtala Muhammed." Nigerdeltacongress.com.

Obasanjo, Olusegun.

The Biography of President Olusegun Obasanjo." Nigeriatoday.com.
Isaacs, Dan. "Profile: Olusegun Obasanjo." BBC.
"Interview with President Olusegun Obasanjo." Allafrica.com.
"Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo discusses Nigeria, his new role as president and trade issues." PBS.
Obasanjo for President. Biography and news.
Robinson, Simon. "Olusegun Obasanjo." Time.

10th November 1996: 1st Anniversary of the Death of Ken Saro-Wiwa. Greenpeace.
ACAS Alerts & Related Materials On Ken Saro-Wiwa & Nigeria. Association of Concerned African Scholars.
"Feature Interview: Ken Wiwa In the Shadow of a Saint." CBC Canada.

Azuah, Unoma N. "The Emerging Lesbian Voice in Nigerian Feminist Literature." Chicago Network for Justice and Peace.
Gardner, Laura C. Nigerian Literature: Oral and Written Traditions. Postcolonial Web.
Ike, Chukwuemeka. "What Future for Nigerian Literature?" Thisdayonline.com.
Literature. Nigeria-Arts.net.
Nigerian Literature. dmoz.org.
Nigerian Writing. Shell Corporation.
Works from a Country in Progress: Nigerian Literature.

African Film Shop.
"A Movie Industry in Search of Investors." Allafrica.com.
Nathan, Jeremy. "No-Budget Nigeria." Filmmaker: The Magazine of Independent Film.
Other Africas: Images of Nigerian Modernity. Posters, clothing, videos.
People in Film & TV Historians, Theorists & Critics in Nigeria. Contemporary Africa Database.
WWW.Africamovies.com.

Chinua Achebe

"Achebe bags North Star 2002 award - for lifetime achievement - from the Zora Neale Hurston/Richard Wright Foundation." USAfrica Online.
Achebe, Chinua: 1930. EducETH.
Achebe, Chinua. dmoz.org. Links.
Chinua Achebe. Humanities 211.
Chinua Achebe. Postcolonial Web.
Killam, Douglas. "Since 1958, Achebe's "Things Fall Apart" set a standard of artistic excellence, and more." USAfrica Online.
Sengupta, Somini. "Chinua Achebe: A Literary Diaspora Toasts One of Its Own." USAfrica Online.
Things Fall Apart Site Listings. Yahoo.

Wole Soyinka

Kreisler, Harry. "Writing, Theater Arts, and Political Activism: Conversation with Nobel Laureate Wole Soyinka." University of California, Berkeley.
The Nobel Prize in Literature 1986. Biography and lecture.
Soyinka, Wole. dmoz.org. Links.
Thomas, John D. "A Dramatic Life." Emory Magazine.
Wole Soyinka. Stanford Presidential Lectures and Symposia in the Humanities and Arts.
Wole Soyinka. Postcolonial Web.
Wole Soyinka Study Guide. Washington State University. Biography.
"Wole Soyinka's Gift to the World." Boston Globe.

Buchi Emecheta

Buchi Emecheta.
Buchi Emecheta. Emory University.
Buchi Emecheta. Postcolonial Web.
Buchi Emecheta: The Joys of Motherhood Study Guide. Washington State University.

Postcolonial Literature in General

Postcolonial Literature Site. Queens College, City University of New York.
Postcolonial Web. National University of Singapore.