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Author : John Campbell
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Page : 243 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2013-06-06
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781442221581

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Nigeria by John Campbell Pdf

Nigeria, the United States’ most important strategic partner in West Africa, is in grave trouble. While Nigerians often claim they are masters of dancing on the brink without falling off, the disastrous administration of President Goodluck Jonathan, the radical Islamic insurrection Boko Haram, and escalating violence in the delta and the north may finally provide the impetus that pushes it into the abyss of state failure. In this thoroughly updated edition, John Campbellexplores Nigeria’s post-colonial history and presents a nuanced explanation of the events and conditions that have carried this complex, dynamic, and very troubled giant to the edge. Central to his analysis are the oil wealth, endemic corruption, and elite competition that have undermined Nigeria’s nascent democratic institutions and alienated an increasingly impoverished population. However, state failure is not inevitable, nor is it in the interest of the United States. Campbell provides concrete new policy options that would not only allow the United States to help Nigeria avoid state failure but also to play a positive role in Nigeria’s political, social, and economic development.

Author : John Campbell,Matthew T. Page
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2018-06-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780190658007

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Nigeria by John Campbell,Matthew T. Page Pdf

As the "Giant of Africa" Nigeria is home to about twenty percent of the population of Sub-Saharan Africa, serves as Africa's largest producer of oil and natural gas, comprises Africa's largest economy, and represents the cultural center of African literature, film, and music. Yet the country is plagued by problems that keep it from realizing its potential as a world power. Boko Haram, a radical Islamist insurrection centered in the northeast of the country, is an ongoing security challenge, as is the continuous unrest in the Niger Delta, the heartland of Nigeria's petroleum wealth. There is also persistent violence associated with land and water use, ethnicity, and religion. In Nigeria: What Everyone Needs to Know®, John Campbell and Matthew Page provide a rich contemporary overview of this crucial African country. Delving into Nigeria's recent history, politics, and culture, this volume tackles essential questions related to widening inequality, the historic 2015 presidential election, the persistent security threat of Boko Haram, rampant government corruption, human rights concerns, and the continual conflicts that arise in a country that is roughly half Christian and half Muslim. With its continent-wide influence in a host of areas, Nigeria's success as a democracy is in the fundamental interest of its African neighbors, the United States, and the international community. This book will provide interested readers with an accessible, one-of-a-kind overview of the country.

Author : Peter Cunliffe-Jones
Publisher : St. Martin's Press
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2010-09-14
Category : History
ISBN : 0230112609

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My Nigeria by Peter Cunliffe-Jones Pdf

His nineteenth-century cousin, paddled ashore by slaves, twisted the arms of tribal chiefs to sign away their territorial rights in the oil-rich Niger Delta. Sixty years later, his grandfather helped craft Nigeria's constitution and negotiate its independence, the first of its kind in Africa. Four decades later, Peter Cunliffe-Jones arrived as a journalist in the capital, Lagos, just as military rule ended, to face the country his family had a hand in shaping.Part family memoir, part history, My Nigeria is a piercing look at the colonial legacy of an emerging power in Africa. Marshalling his deep knowledge of the nation's economic, political, and historic forces, Cunliffe-Jones surveys its colonial past and explains why British rule led to collapse at independence. He also takes an unflinching look at the complicated country today, from email hoaxes and political corruption to the vast natural resources that make it one of the most powerful African nations; from life in Lagos's virtually unknown and exclusive neighborhoods to the violent conflicts between the numerous tribes that make up this populous African nation. As Nigeria celebrates five decades of independence, this is a timely and personal look at a captivating country that has yet to achieve its great potential.

Author : Max Siollun
Publisher : Hurst & Company
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2024-04-18
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 191172326X

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What Britain Did to Nigeria by Max Siollun Pdf

A revelatory account of British imperialism's shameful impact on Africa's most populous state.

Author : John Campbell
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 311 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2020-12-02
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781538113769

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Nigeria and the Nation-State by John Campbell Pdf

Nigeria matters. It is Africa’s largest economy, and it is projected to become the third most populous country in the world by 2050, but its democratic aspirations are challenged by rising insecurity. John Campbell traces the fractured colonial history and contemporary ethnic conflicts and political corruption that define Nigeria today. It was not—and never had been—a nation-state like those of Europe. It is still not quite a nation because Nigerians are not yet united by language, religion, culture, or a common national story. It is not quite a state because the government is weak and getting weaker, beset by Islamist terrorism, insurrection, intercommunal violence, and a countrywide crime wave. This deeply knowledgeable book is an antidote to those who would make the mistakes of Vietnam, Afghanistan, and Iraq—mistakes based on misunderstanding—in Nigeria. Up to now, such mistakes have largely been avoided, but Nigeria will soon—and Campbell argues already does—require much greater attention by the West.

Author : Burns A. C,Nigeria Chief Secretary's Office
Publisher : Legare Street Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2022-10-27
Category : History
ISBN : 1017052425

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The Nigeria Handbook Containing Statistical And General Information Respecting The Colony And Protectorate by Burns A. C,Nigeria Chief Secretary's Office Pdf

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Author : Max Siollun
Publisher : Hurst & Company
Page : 363 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2019-08-29
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781787382022

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Nigeria's Soldiers of Fortune by Max Siollun Pdf

In the cataclysmic decade that is the focus of this book, Nigeria was subject to several near-death experiences. These began when the country nearly tore itself apart after the northern-led military government annulled the results of a 1993 presidential election won by the southerner Moshood Abiola, and ended with former military ruler General Olusegun Obasanjo being the unlikely conduit of democracy. This mini-history of a nation's life also reflects on three mesmerizing protagonists who personified that era. First up is Abiola: the multi-billionaire businessman who had his election victory voided by the generals who made him rich, and who was later assassinated. General Sani Abacha was the mysterious, reclusive ruler under whose watch Abiola was arrested and pro-democracy activists (including Abiola's wife) were murdered. He also oversaw a terrifying Orwellian state security operation. Although Abacha is today reviled as a tyrant, the author eschews selective amnesia, reminding Nigerians that they goaded him into seizing power. The third protagonist is Obasanjo, who emerged from prison to return to power as an elected civilian leader. The penumbra of military rule still looms over Nigeria nearly twenty years after the soldiers departed, and key personalities featured in this book remain in government, including the current president.

Author : Abimbola A. Adelakun
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 299 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2023-07-31
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781009281744

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Performing Power in Nigeria by Abimbola A. Adelakun Pdf

Author : Chinua Achebe
Publisher : Heinemann
Page : 86 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 1984
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0435906984

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The Trouble with Nigeria by Chinua Achebe Pdf

This novel about Nigeria prophesied the 1983 coup.

Author : Nwando Achebe
Publisher : Indiana University Press
Page : 323 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2011-02-21
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780253222480

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The Female King of Colonial Nigeria by Nwando Achebe Pdf

While providing critical perspectives on women, gender, sex and sexuality, and the colonial encounter, she considers how it was possible for this woman to take on the office and responsibilities of a traditionally male role.

Author : Karl Maier
Publisher : Basic Books
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2009-04-29
Category : History
ISBN : 9780786730612

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This House Has Fallen by Karl Maier Pdf

To understand Africa, one must understand Nigeria, and few Americans understand Nigeria better than Karl Maier. This House Has Fallen is a bracing and disturbing report on the state of Africa's most populous, potentially richest, and most dangerously dysfunctional nation. Each year, with depressing consistency, Nigeria is declared the most corrupt state in the entire world. Though Nigeria is a nation into which billions of dollars of oil money flow, its per capita income has fallen dramatically in the past two decades. Military coup follows military coup. A bellwether for Africa, it is a country of rising ethnic tensions and falling standards of living, very possibly on the verge of utter collapse -- a collapse that could dramatically overshadow even the massacres in Rwanda. A brilliant piece of reportage and travel writing, This House Has Fallenlooks into the Nigerian abyss and comes away with insight, profound conclusions, and even some hope. Updated with a new preface by the author.

Author : Toyin Falola
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 1989
Category : Nigeria
ISBN : STANFORD:36105008929403

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History of Nigeria: Nigeria in the nineteenth century by Toyin Falola Pdf

Author : Omolade Adunbi
Publisher : Indiana University Press
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2015-07-29
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780253015785

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Oil Wealth and Insurgency in Nigeria by Omolade Adunbi Pdf

Omolade Adunbi investigates the myths behind competing claims to oil wealth in Nigeria’s Niger Delta. Looking at ownership of natural resources, oil extraction practices, government control over oil resources, and discourse about oil, Adunbi shows how symbolic claims have created an "oil citizenship." He explores the ways NGOs, militant groups, and community organizers invoke an ancestral promise to defend land disputes, justify disruptive actions, or organize against oil corporations. Policies to control the abundant resources have increased contestations over wealth, transformed the relationship of people to their environment, and produced unique forms of power, governance, and belonging.

Author : Peter Holmes
Publisher : National Oil and Chemical Marketing Company of Nigeria
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 1985
Category : Nigeria
ISBN : STANFORD:36105081736436

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Nigeria by Peter Holmes Pdf

Author : Chima J. Korieh
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 311 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2020-03-26
Category : History
ISBN : 9781108425803

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Nigeria and World War II by Chima J. Korieh Pdf

A sophisticated history of colonial interactions in Nigeria during World War II drawing on hitherto unexplored archival resources.