or of the abridged young reader’s version of Possessed with illustrations, titled The King and The Colony. Olasupo Shasore lives in Lagos Nigeria. He is married with children.Over the course of fifty-four years till the eve of independence, eight colonial pro-consuls ...
PRICE
N6500
QUANTITY
- 1 +
A Platter of Gold: Making Nigeria 1906 – 1960 (Soft Cover)
Olasupo Shasore
Over the course of fifty-four years till the eve of independence, eight colonial pro-consuls governors for the British Empire pitched wit, passion, and guile against under-celebrated, sometimes everyday Nigerians – Ahmadu Attahiru I, the Sokoto Caliph and his cavalry, who violently resisted British ouster and occupation; Eleko and the Lagos Chieftains, who first claimed they would “rather die than pay tax”... This is a story of Nigeria’s history as well as the history of Nigeria’s story. The other story!
GENRE
Non-Fiction, History
LANGUAGE
ENGLISH
Olasupo Shasore
Olasupo Shasore, SAN, is of the Nigerian inner bar, a leading Senior Advocate of Nigeria. He is the author of Possessed, a historical book based on law and justice in the crown colony of Lagos from the year 1861 to 1906. He is also the auth...
or of the abridged young reader’s version of Possessed with illustrations, titled The King and The Colony. Olasupo Shasore lives in Lagos Nigeria. He is married with children.Over the course of fifty-four years till the eve of independence, eight colonial pro-consuls ...
ISBN : 20221012
Current Stock : 356