Jamb Recommended Textbook for History 2025

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Jamb Recommended Textbook for History

Below we have taken our time to list out all the textbooks that Jamb have recommended for history students, we advise you add this to your other materials including you Past questions and Syllabus

• Abba, A. (2006). The Politics of Mallam Aminu Kano. Kaduna: Vanguard Publishers.
• Ayandele, A. E., et al. (1986). The Making of Modern Africa, The Twentieth Century Vol 2. London: Longman.
• Ajayi, J. F. A., & Crowther, M. (1971). History of West Africa Vol. I. London: Longman.
• Ajayi, J. F. A., & Crowther, M. (1974). History of West Africa Vol. II. London: Longman.
• Akinloye, S. A. (1976). Emergent African States: Topics in Twentieth Century African History. London: Longman.
• Akinyemi, A. B., Agbi, S. O., & Otunbanjo, A. O. (Eds.) (1989). Nigeria since Independence: The First 25 years. (International Relations) Vol X. Ibadan: Heinemann.
• Anene, J. C., & Brown, G. (1966). Africa in the 19th and 20th Centuries. Ibadan: University Press.
• Anene, J. C. (1966). Southern Nigeria in Transition, 1885 – 1906. Cambridge: University Press.
• Anene, J. C., & Brown, G. (Eds.) (1972). Africa in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries: A Handbook for Teachers and Students. Ibadan: University Press and Nelson.
• Ashiwaju, A. I., Croder, M., & Denzer, I. R. (Eds.). Tariki 25, Grassroots Leadership in Colonial West Africa, Vol. 7. London: Longman.
• Atanda, J. A., Ashiwaju, G., & Abubakar, Y. (Eds.) (1989). Nigeria since Independence: The First Years: Religion Vol. I. Ibadan: Heinemann.
• Barkindo, B., et al. (1989). Africa and the Wider World, Vol. 1. Lagos: Longman.
• Barkindo, B., et al. (1996). Africa and the Wider World, Vols. 2 and 3. Lagos: Longman.
• Boahen, A. (1969). The Revolutionary Years: Africa since 1800. London: Longman.
• Boahen, A. (1969). The Revolutionary Years: West Africa since 1800. London: Longman.
• Sokoto Caliphate: History and Legacies, 1804 – 2004, Vols. I and II. Kaduna: Arewa House.
• Celeman, J. S. (1986). Nigeria: Background to Nationalism. Benin: Broburg and Wistrom.
• Clerk, T. A. (1991). Right Honourable Gentleman: The Life and Times of Alhaji Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa. Zaria: Hudahuda Publishing Company.
• Cohen, D. I., & Daniel, J. (Eds.) (1981). Political Economy of Africa: Selected Readings. London: Longman.
• Crowther, M. (1977). West Africa: An Introduction to Its History. London: Longman.
• Crowther, M. (1979). Nigeria: An Introduction to Its History. London: Longman.
• Dike, K. O. (1956). Trade and Politics in the Niger Delta. London: Oxford University Press.
• Ekeh, P. P., & Ashiwaju, G. (Eds.) (1989). Nigeria since Independence: The First 25 Years: Culture, Vol. VII. Ibadan: Heinemann.
• Falola, T., et al. (1989). History of Nigeria Vol. I. Lagos: Longman.
• Falola, T., et al. (1989). History of Nigeria Vols. 2 and 3. Lagos: Longman.
• Gboyega, A., Abubakar, Y., & Aliyu, Y. (Eds.) (1989). Nigeria since Independence: The First 25 Years Public Administration, Vol. III. Ibadan: Heinemann.
• Hallet, R. (1975). Africa since 1875. Ibadan: Heinemann.
• Hopkins, A. G. (1973). An Economic History of West Africa. London: Longman.
• Ikime, O., & Osoba, S. O. (Eds.) (undated). Peoples and Kingdoms of West Africa in the Pre-colonial Period, Vol. 5, No. 1. London: Longman.
• Ikime, O., & Osoba, S. O. (Eds.) (undated). Tarikh: Europeans Conquest and African Resistance (Part 2), Vol. 4. London: Longman.
• Ikime, O. (1977). The Fall of Nigeria: The British Conquest. London: Heinemann.
• Ikime, O. (Ed.) (1974). Leadership in 19th Century Africa: Essays from Tarikh. London: Longman.
• Ikime, O. (1968). Merchant Prince of the Niger Delta. London: Heinemann.
• Ikime, O. (Ed.) (1980). Groundwork of Nigerian History. Ibadan: Heinemann.
• Iseihei, E. (1983). A History of Nigeria. London: Longman.
• Jorre, J. D. (1972). The Nigeria Civil War. London: Hordder and Stoughton.
• Kani, A. M., & Gandi, K. (1990). A State and Society in the Sokoto Caliphate, Series I. Usman Danfodio University, Sokoto.
• Mahdi, A., Kwanashei, G. A., & Yakubu, M. (Eds.) (1994). Nigeria: The State of the Nation and the Way Forward. Kaduna: Arewa House.
• Martin, P. M., & Omera, P. (Eds.) (1995). Africa (Third Edition). Bloomington: Indiana University Press.
• Mohammed, B. (1982). Africa and Non-alignment: A Study in the Foreign Relations of New Nations. Kano: Triumph Publishers.
• Mohammed, A. S., & Adamu, S. (Eds.) (2005). Nigeria and the Reform of the United Nations. Zaria: Hanwa.
• Nzula, A. T., Potekhin, & Zusmanovich (1979). Forced Labour in Colonial Africa. London: Zed Press.
• Offiong, D. A. (1980). Imperialism and Dependency: Obstacles to Development. Enugu: Fourth Dimension Publishers.
• Ojigbo, O. (1982). Shehu Shagari: The Biography of Nigeria’s First Executive President. Yugoslavia: Mlandiska Knjiga.
• Okafor, I. (1989). History for Senior Secondary Schools. Onitsha: Jet Publishers.
• Oliver, T., & Afmore, A. (1996). Africa since 1880 (Fourth Edition). New York: Cambridge University Press.
• Olusanya, G. O. (1973). The Second World War and Politics in Nigeria, 1939 – 1953. Ibadan: Evans.
• Omar, O. (1966). The Zulu Aftermath: A Nineteenth-Century Revolution in Bantu Africa. London: Longman.
• Omolewa, M. (1986). Certificate History of Nigeria. Lagos: Longman.
• Onoja, I. (1998). Peace-keeping and International Security in a Changing World. Jos: Mono Expressions.
• Onwubiko, K. (1983). School Certificate History of West Africa. Onitsha: African – First Publishers.
• Tamuno, T. N., & Atanda, A. (Eds.) (1989). Nigeria since Independence: The First 25 Years. Vol. III. Ibadan: Heinemann.
• Tamuno, T. N., & Atanda, J. A. M. (Eds.) (1989). Nigeria since Independence: The First 25 Years. (Government and Public Policy), Vol. IV. Ibadan: Heinemann.
• Tamuno, T. N., & Ukpabi, S. C. (Eds.) (1989). Nigeria since Independence: The First 25 Years (The Civil War Years), Vol. IV. Ibadan: Heinemann.
• Thompson, L. A. (2000). History of South Africa. Yale: Yale University Press.
• Usman, Y. B. (Ed.) (1979). Studies in the History of Sokoto Caliphate. New York: Third Press International.
• Usman, Y. B. (Ed.) (1981). The Transformation of Katsina, 1400 – 1883. Zaria: Ahmadu Bello University Press.
• Wrigley, C. (1989). African Decolonization. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

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