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The eagle and the springbok - Essays on Nigeria and South Africa (Paperback)
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The eagle and the springbok - Essays on Nigeria and South Africa (Paperback)
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List price R280
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Discovery Miles 2 190
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Nigeria and South Africa account for about a third of Africa’s
economic might, and have led much of its peacemaking and
peacekeeping initiatives over the last two and a half decades. Both
account for at least 60 per cent of the economy of their respective
sub-regions in West and Southern Africa. The success of political
and economic integration in Africa thus rests heavily on the
shoulders of these two regional powers who have both collaborated
and competed with each other in a complex relationship that is
Africa’s most indispensable. Nigeria remains among South Africa’s
largest trading partners in Africa, while both countries have
cooperated in building the institutions of the African Union (AU)
and the New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD). Nigeria
and South Africa have also sought to give Africa a stronger global
voice, while competing as rivals on issues such as peacemaking in
Cote d’Ivoire, Libya and Guinea-Bissau. While Nigeria is the most
ethnically diverse country in Africa, South Africa is the most
racially diverse state on the continent. Both countries have had a
tremendous cultural impact on the continent in terms of Nollywood
movies and South African soap operas. The first three chapters of
this book assess Nigeria/South Africa relations in the areas of
politics, economics and culture. The second section has three
essays that examine the issue of hegemonic leadership in relation
to Nigeria and South Africa. The third section consists of four
essays on the contributions to the bilateral relationship and
leadership roles of four prominent South Africans and Nigerians:
Nelson Mandela, Thabo Mbeki, Olusegun Obasanjo and Sani Abacha. The
final section of the book analyses three technocratic Nigerian and
South African “visionaries”: Adebayo Adedeji, Nkosazana
Dlamini-Zuma, and Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala.
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