A Roadmap for Understanding African Politics: Leadership and Political Integration in Nigeria / Edition 1

by Victor Oguejiofor Okafor

Overview

This book examines the impact of post-colonial leadership on political integration in Nigeria, offering an in-depth understanding of the historical and contemporary forces that shape Nigeria's national politics as well as African politics generally. Okafor discusses how Nigeria's pre-colonial and colonial political histories along with contemporary external forces like neo-colonialism, as well as internal social, economic and political structures and developments, have affected emerging post-independence politics in the country. The study climaxes with an Africa-centered theory of political and integrative leadership and then uses it as a prism for analyzing six Nigerian post-independence political leaderships, encompassing Nigeria's First and Second Republics, along with their military interregna. The concluding chapter includes a discussion of the implications of the study for leadership and political integration in Africa in general.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780415805773
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	04/29/2009
Series:	African Studies
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	276
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

Victor Oguejiofor Okafor is a Professor of African American Studies at Eastern Michigan University. His publications include Towards an Understanding of Africology (2002), Studies in African American Leadership: Individuals, Movements, and Committees, chapters in several anthologies, and scholarly articles in numerous journals, magazines, and newspapers.

Table of Contents

1. Introduction 2. Post-Colonial Political Leadership in Nigeria 3. Leadership and Political Integration in Africa: A Literature Review 4. State Creation: A Tool for Political Integration in Nigeria 5. An Afrocentric/Africa-centered Theory of Leadership and Political Integration 6. A Comparative Summary & Recommendations 7. Babangida's Scuttling of the June 12, 1993 Presidential Election: A Postscript 8. Implications for African Political Leadership

Editorial Reviews

"This work is a credible addition to the large and growing body of literature on political and intellectual history of Africa. It will surely stand the test of time."

- Saheed Aderinto, International Review of Politics and Development

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