Yahaya Toyin Lawal

UNDERSTANDING AFRICA GLOBAL MARGINALIZATION FROM A HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE

This paper examines Africa engagement with global community from a historical perspective, demonstrating attempt by various states and the continent to gain a foothold in international arena. The paper seeks to address the question whether Africa has the political clout to change the dynamics of engagement in international institutions and whether ...

THE INTRODUCTION AND SPREAD OF ISLAM IN MANGU TOWN SINCE 1908

The paper examined the history of Islam in Mangu town since 1908. The history of Islam in Mangu town spanned over a century. It was introduced during the colonial period, but this was after a failed jihad by the first emir of Bauchi emirate in the 1840s. This later accelerated in the post independence period as a result of the Sardauna conversion c...