F O R M A T I O N: The Making of Nigeria
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F O R M A T I O N: The Making of Nigeria
Fola Fagbule and Feyi Fawehinmi discuss the themes, ideas and stories in their forthcoming book.
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The Sources of Formation
In this episode, Fola and Feyi talk about the books and papers they read and researched in writing Formation and some of the reasons why they chose th...
FORMATION: Conquest & Discontent (Part 2)
In this season finale of the Formation Podcast, Feyi and Fola discuss how much of an impact World War I had on the new colonial creation of Nigeria, L...
FORMATION: Conquest & Discontent (Part 1)
So you've conquered Nigeria, now what? In this episode, Fola and Feyi talk about the first part of the final (and longest) chapter in Formation - Conq...
FORMATION: Frederick Lugard, The King in the North (Part 2)
In this episode, Fola and Feyi discuss the second part of the ninth chapter of Formation. They talk about Lugard's time 'on ground' in Nigeria and how...
FORMATION: Frederick Lugard, The King in the North (Part 1)
In this episode, Fola and Feyi discuss the first part of the ninth chapter of Formation. They talk about the early part of Lugard's life, the supporti...
FORMATION: Game of Thrones in the Niger Heartland
In this episode, Fola and Feyi discuss the powerful and storied Nupe kingdom in the Niger heartland. They also take a detour to Ilorin and Akassa and...
FORMATION: The Glorious Incompetents
In this episode, Fola and Feyi discuss the implications of the Imperial Era in Benin and Igboland and the European foreign policy environment in which...
FORMATION: Exit the Bible, Enter the Gun
In this episode, Fola and Feyi discuss the aftermath of the Clapham Sect Era and how it gave way to a more muscular and violent engagement with Europe...
FORMATION: Mad Men and Missionaries
In this episode, Fola and Feyi discuss the Mad Men and the Missionaries from Europe who entered pre-colonial Nigeria with their own ambitious agenda,...
FORMATION: Sunrise Within The Tropics
In this episode, Fola and Feyi discuss war, diplomacy, economics, treachery, human suffering and redemption at a newly independent 19th century city-s...
FORMATION: The Caliphate In Session
In this episode, Fola and Feyi discuss the aftermath of Usman Dan Fodio's revolution and what was the governing reality for the large new state, both...
FORMATION: Son of the Jurist
In this episode, Fola and Feyi discuss one of the biggest and most consequential characters in Nigeria's Formation - Usman Dan Fodio, the son of the j...
F O R M A T I O N - River of Rivers
Fola Fagbule and Feyi Fawehinmi discuss the main theme in the opening chapter of their forthcoming book FORMATION: The Making of Nigeria from Jihad to...