JAMB Recommended Textbooks for History 2024/2025

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For many students in Nigeria, the JAMB exam is like a big gate. On one side, there’s the dream of joining a great university and on the other, there’s a world full of opportunities waiting to be explored. 

To unlock this gate, one needs the right keys. And when it comes to studying for the History section of the JAMB exam, these keys are the right textbooks. 

History can be a challenging subject. But with the right resources, it can also be a lot of fun. 

The big question is, “Which books should I read?” With so many books out there, picking the right ones can feel like looking for a needle in a haystack. 

But don’t worry! JAMB has made this easier by recommending some textbooks that are perfect for exam preparation. And here at TeezabUpdate.com.ng, we’ve got your back. 

We’ve put together a simple list of these recommended textbooks. Whether you’re a student starting your JAMB journey or a teacher helping your students, this post is just for you. 

Let’s dive in and explore these books that can light the way to success in the History section of the JAMB exam.

JAMB Recommended Textbooks For History 2024/2025

This is to inform the general public most especially JAMB Candidates that the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board JAMB has released the recommended Textbook for History for the 2024/2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination UTME.

Candidates are advised to go through the JAMB recommended Textbook for History for the 2024/2025 Academic Session and choose the one they like and read them cover to cover!

You should understand that there are pieces of information candidates must not take with levity hands if they are willing to have a very high score in JAMB! Information like Recommended Textbooks and syllabus, Subject Combination, Admission requirements and others. 

So, below are the JAMB recommended Textbook for History. Note that Use of English is a must for all Candidates! All Candidates are going to write Use of English in the UTME!

JAMB Recommended Textbooks For History 2024

• Abba, A (2006): The Politics of Mallam Aminu Kano, Kaduna Vanguard and Publishers.
• Ayandele, A. E. et al (1986): The Making of Modern Africa, The Twentieth Century Vol 2., Longman.
• Ajayi and Cowther (1971): History of West Africa Vol. I, London, Longman.
• Ajayi and Crowther (1974): History of West Africa Vol. II, London, Longman
• Akinloye, S. A. (1976): Emergent African States: Topics in Twentieth Century African History, Longman.
• Akinyemi, A. B., Agbi, S. O and Otunbanjo, A. O. (eds) (1989): Nigeria since Independence: The First 25 years. (International Relations) Vol x, Heinemann. Ibadan.
• Anene J. C. and Brown, G (1966): African in the 19th and 20th centuries, Ibadan: University Press.
• Anene J. C. (1966): Southern Nigeria in Transition, 1885 – 1906, Cambridge: University Press.
• Anene, J. C and Brown, G (eds) (1972): African in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries: A Handbook for Teachers and Students, Ibadan: University Press and Nelson.
• Ashiwaju A. I., Croder, M and Denzer, I. R. (eds) Tariki 25, Grassroots Leadership in Colonial West Africa, Vol. 7, London: Longman.
• Atanda, J. A. Ashiwaju, G and Abubakar, Y. (eds) (1989) Nigeria since Independence: The First Years: Religion Vol. i., Ibadan Heinemann.
• Barkindo, B. et al (1989): Africa and the Wider World, Vol. 1. Lagos: Longman.
• Barkindo, B. et al (1996): African and the Wider World, Vols. 2 and 3, Lagos: Longman
• Boahen, A (1969) The Revolutionary years: Africa since 1800 Longman publishers.
• Boahen, A (1969): The Revolutionary years: West Africa since 1800, Longman Publishers
• Sokoto Caliphate: History and Legacies, 1804 – 2004, vols. I and II, Kaduna: Arewa House.
• Celeman, J. S. (1986) Nigeria: Background to Nationalism, Benin: Broburg and Wistrom.
• Clerk, T. A. (1991): Right Honourable Gentleman: The Life and Times of Alhaji Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa, Zaria: Hudahuda Publishing Company.
• Cohen, D. I. and Daniel, J. (eds) (1981): Political Economy of Africa: Selected Readings, London, Longman.
• Crowther, M. West Africa: An introduction to its History, Longman,1977.
• Crowther, M. Nigeria: An introduction to its History, London:Longman,1979.
• Dike, K. O. (1956): Trade and Politics in the Niger Delta, London: Oxford University Press.
• Ekeh, P. P and Ashiwaju, G. (eds) (1989): Nigeria since Independence: The First 25 Years: Culture, Vol. VII, Ibadan: Heinemann.
• Falola, T. et. al (1989): History of Nigeria Vol. I, Lagos: Longman.
• Falola T. et. al (1989): History of Nigeria Vol. 2 and 3, Lagos: Longman.
• Gboyega, A., Abubakar, Y and Aliyu Y. (eds) (1989): Nigeria since Independence: The First 25 Years Public Administration, Vol. III, Ibadan: Heinemann.
• Hallet, R. (1975): Africa since 1875, Ibadan: Heinemann.
• Hopkins, A. G. (1973): An Economic History of West Africa, Longman.
• Ikime, O and Osoba, S. O. (eds) Tarikh: Independence Movement in Africa (Part I), Vol. 3, No. 4 London: Longman.
• Ikime, O and Osoba, S. O. (eds) Tarikh: Government in Pre-Colonial Africa, Vol. 4, No. 2 London, Longman
• Ikime, O and Osoba, S. O. (eds) (undated): Peoples and Kingdoms of West Africa in the Pre-colonial Period, Vol. 5, No. 1 London: Longman.
• Ikime, O and Osoba, S. O. (eds) (undated) Tarikh: Europeans Conquest and African Resistance (Part 2), Vol. 4, London: Longman.
• Ikime, O (1977) The Fall of Nigeria: The British Conquest, London: Heinemann.
• Ikime, O (ed) (1974) Leadership in 19th Century Africa: Essays from Tarikh, London: Longman
• Ikime, O. (1968) Merchant Price of the Niger Delta, London: Heinemann.
• Ikime, O. (ed) (1980) Ground work of Nigerian History, Ibadan: Heinemann.
• Iseihei, E. (1983) A History of Nigeria, London: Longman.
• Jorre, J. D. (1972) The Nigeria Civil War, London: Hordder and Stoughton.
• Kani, A. M. and Gandi, K. (1990) A State and Society in the Sokoto Caliphate, Series I, Usman Danfodio University, Sokoto.
• Mahdi, A., Kwanashei, G. A and Yakubu M. (eds) (1994) Nigeria: The state of the Nation and the Way Forward, Kaduna: Arewa House.
• Mahdi, A., Kwanashei, G. A and Yakubu M. (eds) (1994) Nigeria: The state of the Nation and the Way Forward, Kaduna: Arewa House.
• Martin, P. M and Omera, P. (1995) (eds) Africa (Third Edition), Bloomington: Indiana University Press.
• Mohammed, B. (1982) Africa and Non-alignment: A study in the Foreign Relations of New Nations, Kano: Triumph Publishers.
• Mohammed A. S. and Adamu, S.(eds) (2005) Nigeria and the Reform of the United Nations, Zaria: Hanwa.
• Nzula, A. T., Potekhin and Zusmanovich (1979) Forced Labour in Colonial Africa, London: Zed Press.
• Offiong, D. A. (1980) Imperialism and Dependency: Obstacles to Development, Enugu: Fourth Dimension Publishers.
• Ojigbo, O. (1982) Shehu Shagari: The Biography of Nigeria’s First Executive President, Yugoslavia Mlandiska Knjiga.
• Okafor, I. (1989) History for Senior Secondary Schools, Onitsha, Jet Publishers.
• Oliver, T. and Afmore, A. (1996) Africa since 1880 (Fourth Edition) New York: Cambridge University Press.
• Olusanya G. O. (1973) The Second World War and Politics in Nigeria, 1939 – 1953, Ibadan: Evans.
• Omar O. (1966) The Zulu Aftermath: A Nineteenth-Century Revolution in Bantu Africa, London: Longman.
• Omolewa, M. (1986) Certificate History of Nigeria, Lagos: Longman.
• Onoja, I. (1998) Peace-keeping and International Security in a Changing World., Jos: Mono Expressions.
• Onwubiko, K. (1983) School Certificate History of West Africa, Onitsha: African – First Publishers.
• Tamuno, T. N. and Atanda A. (eds) (1989) Nigeria since Independence: The First 25 Years. Vol. III, Ibadan: Heinemann.
• Tamuno, T. N. and Atanda J. A. M. (eds) (1989) Nigeria since Independence: The First 25 Years. (Government and Public Policy), Vol. IV, Ibadan: Heinemann.
• Tamuno, T. N. and Ukpabi, S. C. (eds) (1989) Nigeria since Independence: The First 25 Years (The Civil War years). Vol. IV, Ibadan: Heinemann.
• Thompson, L. A. (2000) History of South Africa, Yale: Yale University Press.
• Usman Y. B. (ed) (1979) Studies in the History of Sokoto Caliphate, New York: Third Press International.
• Usman Y. B. (ed) (1981) The Transformation of Katsina, 1400 – 1883, Zaria: Ahmadu Bello University Press.
• Usman Y. B. (ed) and Alkali M. N. (1983) Studies in the History of Pre-Colonial Borno, Zaria: NNPC.
• Usman Y. B. and Kwanashei, G. A. (eds) Inside Nigeria History 1950-1970: Events: Issues and Sources (Presidential Panel on Nigeria: Since Independence), University of Ibadan.
• Usman Y. B. (ed) (1989): Nigeria since Independence: The First 25 Years: The Society Vol.I, Ibadan: Heinemann.
• Usman Y. B. (2002) Election Violence in Nigeria: The Terrible Experience, 1952 – 2002, Zaria: Abdullahi Smith Centre for Historical Research.
• Webster, J. B. and Ikime, O. (eds) Tarikh: Early African Christianity, Vol. 2. No. 1. London: Longman.
• Wilmot, P. F. (1980): Apartheid and African Liberation: The Grief and the Hope, Ife: University of Ife Press.
• Yakubu, A. M., Jumare, I and Saeed, A. G. (eds) (2005) Northern Nigeria: A century of Transformation, 1903 – 2003, Kaduna: Arewa House.
• Yakubu A. M. (2006) Emirs and Politicians: Reform, Reactions and Recrimination in Northern Nigeria, 1950 – 1966, Kaduna: Baraka Publishers.

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Conclusion on JAMB Recommended Textbooks for History 2024/2025

The books recommended by JAMB are trusted guides that have helped countless students find their way to success. 

So, if you’re gearing up for the JAMB exam, remember that with the right resources and a bit of hard work, success is just around the corner. 

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