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Mailing Address Department of History MC B7000 The University of Texas at Austin Austin, Texas 78712 USA

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Research Interests Writes and teaches African history since the 19th century.

Teaching Interests Writes and teaches African history since the 19th century.

Publications * Selected books: Author of: Colonialism and Violence in Nigeria. Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press, 2009. The Power of African Cultures. Rochester, NY: University of Rochester Press, 2008. A Mouth Sweeter Than Salt: An African Memoir. East Lansing, MI: Michigan State University Press, 2005. Key Events in Africna History: A Reference Guide. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 2002. Nationalism and African Intellectuals. Rochester, NY: Rochester University Press, 2001. Development Planning and Decolonization in Nigeria. Gainesville, Florida: University Press of Florida, 1996. Politics and Economy in Ibadan, 1893-1945. Lagos, Nigeria: Modelor, 1989. The Political Economy of a Pre-Colonial African State: Ibadan, 1830-1900. Ile-Ife, Nigeria: University of Ife Press Ltd., 1984. Editor of Africa. Vols. 1-5. Durham, NC: Carolina Academic Press, 2000-2003. Co-edited works include: With Emily Brownell. Africa, Empire and Globalization: Essays in Honor of A.G. Hopkins. Durham, NC: Carolina Academic Press, 2011. With Raphael Chijioke Njoku. War and Peace in Africa. Durham, NC: Carolina Academic Press, 2010. With Ann Genova. Historical Dictionary of Nigeria. Lanham, MD: Scarecrow Press, 2009. With Matthew Heaton. Health Knowledge and Belief Systems in Africa. Durham, NC: Carolina Academic Press, 2008. With Matthew Heaton. A History of Nigeria. Cambridge, UK; New York, USA: Cambridge University Press, 2008. With Christian Jennings. Sources and Methods in African History: Spoken, Written, Unearthed. Rochester, NY: University of Rochester Press, 2008. With Salah M. Hassan. Power and Nationalism in Modern Africa: Essays in Honor of Don Ohadike. Durham, NC: Carolina Academic Press, 2008. With Akinwumi Ogundiran. Archaeology of Atlantic Africa and the African Diaspora. Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press, 2007. With Pat Williams. Religious Impact on the Nation State: The Nigerian Predicament. Aldershot, Hants, England; Brookfield, Vt.: Avebury, 1995. With Julius O. Ihonvbere. The Rise and Fall of Nigeria's Second Republic, 1979-84. London: Zed Books, 1985.

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