Podcasts by F O R M A T I O N: The Making of Nigeria

The Sources of Formation from 2022-01-05T10:00

In this episode, Fola and Feyi talk about the books and papers they read and researched in writing Formation and some of the reasons why they chose those particular books. It's a bit of a long e...

FORMATION: Conquest & Discontent (Part 2) from 2020-10-11T10:31:02

In this season finale of the Formation Podcast, Feyi and Fola discuss how much of an impact World War I had on the new colonial creation of Nigeria, Lugard's predecessors and replacements and ho...

FORMATION: Conquest & Discontent (Part 1) from 2020-09-20T10:53:02

So you've conquered Nigeria, now what? In this episode, Fola and Feyi talk about the first part of the final (and longest) chapter in Formation - Conquest & Discontent. Who were the British ...

FORMATION: Frederick Lugard, The King in the North (Part 2) from 2020-09-06T11:27:10

In this episode, Fola and Feyi discuss the second part of the ninth chapter of Formation. They talk about Lugard's time 'on ground' in Nigeria and how he managed to pull off the bluff to conquer...

FORMATION: Frederick Lugard, The King in the North (Part 1) from 2020-08-30T12:48:09

In this episode, Fola and Feyi discuss the first part of the ninth chapter of Formation. They talk about the early part of Lugard's life, the supporting characters who helped him achieve his aim...

FORMATION: Game of Thrones in the Niger Heartland from 2020-08-23T12:24:43

In this episode, Fola and Feyi discuss the powerful and storied Nupe kingdom in the Niger heartland. They also take a detour to Ilorin and Akassa and bring it all together to show how they were ...

FORMATION: The Glorious Incompetents from 2020-08-09T12:06:48

In this episode, Fola and Feyi discuss the implications of the Imperial Era in Benin and Igboland and the European foreign policy environment in which it happened. They also discuss the fas...

FORMATION: Exit the Bible, Enter the Gun from 2020-08-02T11:33:17

In this episode, Fola and Feyi discuss the aftermath of the Clapham Sect Era and how it gave way to a more muscular and violent engagement with Europe. 

They also answer a number of ...

FORMATION: Mad Men and Missionaries from 2020-07-26T10:49:12

In this episode, Fola and Feyi discuss the Mad Men and the Missionaries from Europe who entered pre-colonial Nigeria with their own ambitious agenda, altering the history of the future country i...

FORMATION: Sunrise Within The Tropics from 2020-07-19T11:37:32

In this episode, Fola and Feyi discuss war, diplomacy, economics, treachery, human suffering and redemption at a newly independent 19th century city-state in south west Nigeria, which came to be...

FORMATION: The Caliphate In Session from 2020-07-05T13:13:12

In this episode, Fola and Feyi discuss the aftermath of Usman Dan Fodio's revolution and what was the governing reality for the large new state, both for the leaders of the caliphate and the peo...

FORMATION: Son of the Jurist from 2020-06-21T10:58:08

In this episode, Fola and Feyi discuss one of the biggest and most consequential characters in Nigeria's Formation - Usman Dan Fodio, the son of the jurist.

F O R M A T I O N - River of Rivers from 2020-06-14T09:35:36

Fola Fagbule and Feyi Fawehinmi discuss the main theme in the opening chapter of their forthcoming book FORMATION: The Making of Nigeria from Jihad to Amalgamation The River Niger is the central de...