Spectrum Books

The editor of this volume has compiled transcriptions of the Nigerian President's key speeches delivered between May 2000 and May 2001. There are some sixty speeches from a variety of political and...

An exposition of the life and career of a slave boy who rose to become the first black Anglican bishop. Bishop Crowther was a committed patriot who argued than an indigenous econmoy must underscore...

The author has served for some years in senior management at the World Health Organization, dealing both with personnel and administration. His book is written against the background of improper...

Hunter Johnson is a closeted high school graduate, who lives with his overbearing, and deeply religious parents in Oklahoma. When his parents find out he's gay, they want him to sign up for...

Animals are described in the context of being of God's creation. Their communities and ways of life, and their treatment in the wild and in captivity are described. Every page is illustrated with...

This is a welcome and important contribution to the travel literature on Abuja, Nigeria's official capital city. Presenting the city of Abuja in a positive and endearing light, the book provides...

At the beginning of the twentieth century, Ferdinand de Saussure's book, A Course in General Linguistics, radically changed the development of linguistics, transforming it into a self-contained,...

Power and responsibility as they affect political governance in Africa is the theme which is examined here in the works of the distinguished father of African literature. The author, a lecturer and...

This book represents a serious attempt to develop new strategies to manage the ethnic conflicts that continue to undermine Nigeria's efforts at democratic consolidation. Case studies discuss the...

A timely publication when the need for greater understanding between Islamic and Western cultures is sharper than ever, the papers in this book are the result of an international conference entitled...

This five-volume work received a Special Commendation in the 2005 Noma Award for Publishing in Africa. The Jury cited the work as: "A magisterial and authoritative treatment of all aspects of...

This five-volume work received a Special Commendation in the 2005 Noma Award for Publishing in Africa. The Jury cited the work as: "A magisterial and authoritative treatment of all aspects of...

This five-volume work received a Special Commendation in the 2005 Noma Award for Publishing in Africa. The Jury cited the work as: "A magisterial and authoritative treatment of all aspects of...

This five-volume work received a Special Commendation in the 2005 Noma Award for Publishing in Africa. The Jury cited the work as: "A magisterial and authoritative treatment of all aspects of...

This five-volume work received a Special Commendation in the 2005 Noma Award for Publishing in Africa. The Jury cited the work as: "A magisterial and authoritative treatment of all aspects of...

These essays are taken from the many symposiums diagnosing Nigeria's prolonged stagnation. The book is designed as a companion to the author's previous book Managing Uncertainty: Competition and...

A pioneering and challenging book, which has been highly acclaimed since first publication in Africa; and an important addition to the relatively sparse serious political literature on civil society...

This novel deals in the supernatural - the world of ghosts and diverse spirits. Published posthumously, the author worked for the Nigerian Broadcasting Corporation, and as an entertainer, and in...

The author is an educationist concerned to raise the level of child education in Nigeria. She examines ways, methods and means of improving standards, in the context of the overall psychological...

This work documents the history of change during the colonial period in the Abakaliki division and town of south-eastern Igbo Nigeria over four main historical periods: pre- British Abakaliki; the...

Twenty essays by four generations of Nigerian scholars are included in this volume, the first to examine the historical, political, economic and comparative dimensions of attempts by the military to...

This work presents the author's position on the consistency and continuity of Nigeria's foreign policy from independence until the present, with particular reference to his country's relationship...

A compilation of lectures delivered by the renowned and prolific law scholar, who was formerly Chief Judge of Oyo State and Justice of the Supreme Court of Nigeria. His essays cover ethics in...

In Gay All Year: Twelve Stories by Richard May, there's a story for every month. Each story features a holiday or event that happens that month. In all of them, two men meet, connect, and begin...

After their daughter was bullied at school, Kyle and Alejandro decided to make a fresh start and move into a beautiful new cul-de-sac development. As they take up residence, the family enjoys seeing...

This is the West African contribution to a series of regional studies, some twenty years in the making, on the history of irrigation, commissioned by the International Commission on Irrigation and...

A noted Nigerian journalist here chronicles the bitter and bloody struggle for political power in Nigeria's Second Republic, particularly among the followers of Chief Obafemi Awolowo. He tells the...

Max is a gay nurse. This gut-wrenching story describes his experiences of being prescribed an almost lethal mixture of bullying, bigotry and rejection from the very nursing community he represents...

This famous little book is one of the funniest to come out of Africa. First published in 1996, it continues to be in demand. The Nigerian author turns a humorous and ironic eye on his fellow...

This is the hilarious account of the experiences of a seasoned civil servant, rendered in fictional form. It is based on actual episodes and experiences of the author during his years in the Nigerian...