Includes bibliographical references (pages 253-262) and index.
Contents
Introduction: understanding "native alien" subcolonialism and its legacies -- The Hausa-caliphate imaginary and ideological foundations of proxy colonialism -- Zazzau and southern Kaduna in precolonial and colonial times -- Emirate maneuvers and "pagan" resistance in the Plateau-Nasarawa basin -- Hausa colonial agency in the Benue Valley -- Fulani expansion and subcolonial rule in early colonial Adamawa Province -- Non-Muslim revolt against Fulani rule in Adamawa -- Middle Belt self-determination and caliphate political resurgence in the transition to national independence -- Conclusion: subcolonialism, ethnicity, and memory.