Colonialism by Proxy

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Colonialism by Proxy is written by Moses E. Ochonu and published by Indiana University Press. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 0253011655 (ISBN 10) and 9780253011657 (ISBN 13).

Moses E. Ochonu explores a rare system of colonialism in Middle Belt Nigeria, where the British outsourced the business of the empire to Hausa-Fulani subcolonials because they considered the area too uncivilized for Indirect Rule. Ochonu reveals that the outsiders ruled with an iron fist and imagined themselves as bearers of Muslim civilization rather than carriers of the white man's burden. Stressing that this type of Indirect Rule violated its primary rationale, Colonialism by Proxy traces contemporary violent struggles to the legacy of the dynamics of power and the charged atmosphere of religious difference.