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An Aristocracy in Political Crisis: The End of Indirect Rule and the Emergence of Party Politics in the Emirates of Northern Nigeria. By Alhaji Mahmood Yakubu. (Aldershot and Brookfield: Avebury Press, 1996. Pp. xi, 281. $67.95.)

There is nothing more engaging than a well-wrought account on a dramatic subject. This book recounts--with ability and insight--the epic story of the rise and fall of Northern Nigerian Emirate aristocracies. The jihad of Usuman Dan Fodio, a Fula...