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- Nigeria at 100: What Next?
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- 2014
- Published by: Safari Books
summary
Nigeria at 100 is an attempt to document in modest and constructive language Nigeria's journey as a modern nation in the past 100 years, highlighting the landmark events during this period. the book is divided into four parts with a total of 22 chapters. The first part, with seven chapters deals with the historical background starting with the early history and covering the pre-colonial years, independence and the challenges of nationhood, military intervention in politics and governance, the civil war, the return to democracy and the continuing challenges of development. Part 2, which examines the major impediments to nation building, has a total of five chapters covering such important subjects as the leadership problem, the negative problem of ethnicity, the perennial and the disturbing problem of corruption. Part 3 makes a case for healing our national wounds through national reconciliation, transformation and patriotism. This part of the book also makes a case for a united, viable and stable Nigerian nation. Part 4 attempts to answer the question as to which direction Nigeria should be heading as a nation after the centenary celebrations. Since the emphasis in our general theme is change to a better society by way of transformation and reformation, especially in the critical areas identified in this book, this section starts with the role of the family as the unit that lays the foundation and sets the values that influence the character, judgement and behaviour of our young people who will subsequently become important citizens and members of the leadership elite.
Table of Contents
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- Title Page, Copyright
- pp. i-vi
- Acknowledgments
- pp. xi-xii
- Part One: Historical Background
- 1. Early History
- pp. 3-14
- 6. Return to Military Rule
- pp. 67-76
- 7. Journey to Democratic Rebirth
- pp. 77-92
- Part Two: Impediments to Nation-Building
- 8. The Leadership Problem
- pp. 95-102
- 9. The Ethnic Factor
- pp. 103-120
- 11. The Advent of the Nigerian Delinquents
- pp. 143-170
- Part Three: Repairing the Damage and Healing the Wounds: Reconciliation, Transformation and Patriotism
- 13. The Case for a United and Stable Nigeria
- pp. 187-206
- 14. The Primacy of Patriotism
- pp. 207-222
- Part Four: A Roadmap for the Future
- 19. Restructuring the Polity
- pp. 299-310
- 20. Road to the Future
- pp. 311-336
- References
- pp. 373-376
Additional Information
ISBN
9789788431695
Related ISBN(s)
9789788431442
MARC Record
OCLC
891404318
Pages
416
Launched on MUSE
2014-09-26
Language
English
Open Access
No