ONE HUNDRED years past and gone, just like yesterday, and Nigeria
is still in transition. Created on the vagaries of British
imperialism, Lord Frederick Lugard, on January 1, 1914,
unilaterally stitched together, two diametrically opposed Northern
and Southern parts of the Niger bend to form an entity he called
NIGERIA. Since then, Nigeria has remained changeless but with
severe internal contradictions that threaten the shaky foundation
on which it was formed. By the amalgamation of 1914, Nigeria marks
her centenary in 2014 - a century that reverberates 46 years of
colonial domination, which set the agenda for political instability
and internal conflicts; 29 wasted years of incessant bloody
military coups and dictatorship, and 25 years of incoherent
democratic governance. Echoes of a Century discusses fundamental
issues in Nigeria's loose federation as well as unresolved national
challenges in the past 100 years. It also examines the issue of
leadership and its ceaseless manipulation through zoning, federal
character, demography, ethnicity and religion that revolve around
individuals against national interests; the politics and illusion
of oil wealth that has become the nation's albatross; endemic
corruption and societal decadence that negate her growth and
development, and the clamour for a national conference to
renegotiate the country's future. Could Nigeria have done better as
two separate entities as it were, before the amalgamation of 1914,
or better still, as three separate nations as envisaged in 1957,
against the encumbrances of its present structure, where trust is
lacking, and confidence progressively eroding among federating
units? With visible cracks on its bonds of unity, rising cases of
religious bigotry and fundamentalism, ethnic chauvinism and
exclusion, it is argued that should Nigeria eventually survive as
one united nation, it may not develop beyond the status of a third
world country.
General
| Imprint: |
Authorhouse
|
| Country of origin: |
United States |
| Release date: |
April 2013 |
| First published: |
April 2013 |
| Authors: |
Ifeoha Azikiwe
|
| Dimensions: |
280 x 216 x 27mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
Paperback - Trade
|
| Pages: |
416 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-1-4817-2927-7 |
| Categories: |
Books >
Humanities >
History >
General
Books >
History >
General
Promotions
|
| LSN: |
1-4817-2927-6 |
| Barcode: |
9781481729277 |
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