Download or read book Awo and Zik written by Judith Lynne Hanna and published by . This book was released on 1962 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Zik written by Godson Offoaro and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The 2Nd Migration written by Richard E. Nzeadibe and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2009-03-24 with total page 93 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work contains 13 short chapters, a table of contents and index, in 92 double-spaced pages. Briefly I discussed the 1st. Migrationthe Slave Trade Across the Atlantic and its impact on the migrants. The Second Migration which started early in 19th. C. was and still different. The nationalists came seeking high education which would enable them to dismantle European imperialism and Colonialism. They were markedly different from those who trained in Europe. They trailed the way for us. After waiting for the benefits of independence and seeing nothing, migration doubled and it has continued. The Push is in Nigeria and Africa; the Pull is in the U.S....Eventually, the so-called Brain Drain may become Brain Gain....
Download or read book Beyond the Execution written by Tom Mbeke-Ekanem and published by Page Publishing Inc. This book was released on 2020-09-02 with total page 247 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Book Delisted
Download or read book Death of a Myth written by Femi Ojo-Ade and published by Africa World Press. This book was released on 2001 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nigeria, a country of immense natural and human resources, with the potential to actually realise the too-often meaningless notion of independence, has suffered from decades of debilitating military leadership. Covering a period of five years in the unfolding tragicomedy of Africa's most populous country, this book addresses various issues concerning Nigeria in a style filled with dark humour, pungency and perspicacity. Ojo-Ade offers a full understanding of the Nigerian dilemma and its hope for a better future.
Download or read book Nigeria written by Richard Bourne and published by Zed Books Ltd.. This book was released on 2015-10-15 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ‘If you want to understand Nigeria’s history in one succinct go, this is a very good choice.’ Noo Saro-Wiwa Known as the African Giant, Nigeria's story is complex and often contradictory. How, despite the ravages of colonialism, civil war, ongoing economic disappointment and most recently the Boko Haram insurgency, has the country managed to stay together for a hundred years? Why, despite an abundance of oil, mineral and agricultural wealth, have so many of its people remained in poverty? These are the key questions explored by Richard Bourne in this remarkable and wide-ranging account of Nigeria's history, from its creation in 1914 to the historic 2015 elections and beyond. Featuring a wealth of original research and interviews, this is an essential insight into the shaping of a country where, despite the seemingly dashed optimism that was raised at independence, there still remains hope 'the Nigeria project' may still succeed.
Download or read book Africa s Underdevelopment The Nigerian Predicament written by Adeniyi A. Adebisi and published by Harmony Publishing. This book was released on 2024-09-24 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For the past 50 years, and I am now in my mid-80s, I have been inundated with questions that I never seem to have answers to. The questions have come from the young and the old; educated and the uneducated; academicians, politicians, public affairs analysts; and men and women of all races. Worst still, when people at all levels make any efforts to offer any explanations, their explanations often stop at reiterating the same questions, not bothering to reason out of the box – thereby deepening the factors that have bedeviled Africa and the black race. The efforts never go beyond discussing the issues while the causes and the way forward often remain untouched. The COVID-19 period was the period I found myself severely restricted as I had never experienced before. For the reason I can not remember now, I challenged myself to address the myriad of questions aforesaid and proffer a way forward from my little corner. In 1776, Adam Smith’s Magnum Opus, The Wealth of Nations, made its debut in England. There were similar literary works that broke out at the same time in Europe, especially in France. The general theme of the various works was that men (human beings) should be allowed to follow their self-interest as might be directed by some “invisible hand” without any hindrance from the government of the day. If this was allowed, individuals would be fulfilled or satisfied and nations would be wealthy. How did this play out? Europeans swooped on Africa to pursue their self-interests backed by their cabal-controlled governments. The European cabals and their foot soldiers were immensely successful, and their countries became rich, and are still rich – but all are for vanity and personal aggrandizement. It was the slave trade at first, and after that, came the ruthless exploitations of human and material resources of the African continent, its citizens, and the black race. This has been the case these past seven centuries, and it remains so up till today. I discovered too that these mischievous nations and individuals devised how things will remain the same forever. They are ruling African countries directly and by proxy. They recruited and are still recruiting their intermediaries who we call our leaders to rule us on their behalf. African leaders, from the presidents to the lowest in the leadership hierarchy, are nothing more than intermediaries - created and nurtured by their past colonial masters who are always looming like a shadow behind them. What is the way forward? Possession is said to be a greater part of ownership. Africa must rise to own their possession. Africa and the blacks are the first and the best. Africa and blacks all over the world should turn the tables against the nations that are riding high simply by the application of barbaric force, wicked manipulation of people, religious bigotry, and worthless subterfuges. They will not change on their own as nobody changes a winning card. Africa must rise up therefore to possess their possession.
Download or read book Awo as a Philosopher written by M. Akin Makinde and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 442 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explains how each director of Central Intelligence sought to fulfill his "community" role, that of enhancing the cooperation among the many parts of the nation’s intelligence community under his leadership. Explores that the nation’s leaders expected of directors and how those holding the responsibility attempted to carry it out.
Download or read book A Wake Up Call written by V. I. .Umenyiora and published by Strategic Book Publishing & Rights Agency. This book was released on 2017-03-22 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Wake-Up Call! was written by V. I. Umenyiora “because we have political problems in Nigeria and indeed Africa. My Heads of State from 1980 on made a public pronouncement inviting Nigerians home and abroad to submit solutions they consider will help solve some, if not all of the problems. I succeeded in this because they are using parts of the solutions I submitted in my previous books.” Following are some of the major solutions the author proposed: In his first publication, Nigeria – survival or disintegration! (ISBN 978-2335-28-2, 1988) you'll find: - Option A-4 taken verbatim from the pages; he recommended need for finger/ name-reader machines for use to simplify the exercise, which is in use now in Nigeria. He also proposed a need for a “National Orientation programme” for Nigeria to be installed in 1992; civil service reform or strengthening to serve the political parties irrespective of which one is in power in the country; the need for recapitalisation of banks to help business organisations raise adequate funding for their enterprises to cushion the effect of SAP, which not only debased the local currency but truncated all capital investments economically by the citizens! He also proposed the need to curb corruption, including an asset detection mechanism for Nigeria to help politicians/public servants in declaration of assets as required by the Constitution. It was pointed out there was a need for a “common-pool” approach in 1988-1989 and 1993, and in particular on the 4th June 2015 correspondence to the president against corruption. The author points out that banking reform, government corruption, affordable housing, infrastructure repair, and environmental concerns are only some of the problems being faced in Nigeria. This is the Challenge to What You Can Do for Your Country!
Download or read book Architecture and Politics in Nigeria written by Nnamdi Elleh and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2016-12-08 with total page 351 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1975, the Nigerian authorities decided to construct a new postcolonial capital called Abuja, and together with several internationally renowned architects these military leaders collaborated to build a city for three million inhabitants. Founded five years after the Civil War with Biafra, which caused around 1.7 million deaths, the city was envisaged as a place where justice would reign and where people from different social, religious, ethnic, and political backgrounds would come together in a peaceful manner and work together to develop their country and its economy. These were all laudable goals, but they ironically mobilized certain forces from around the country in opposition against the Federal Government of Nigeria. The international and modernist style architecture and the fact that the government spent tens of billions of dollars constructing this idealized capital ended up causing more strife and conflict. For groups like Boko Haram, a Nigerian Al-Qaida affiliate organization, and other smaller ethnic groups seeking to have a say in how the country’s oil wealth is spent, Abuja symbolized everything in Nigeria they sought to change. By examining the creation of the modernist national public spaces of Abuja within a broader historical and global context, this book looks at how the successes and the failures of these spaces have affected the citizens of the country and have, in fact, radicalized individuals with these spaces being scene of some of the most important political events and terrorist targets, including bombings and protest rallies. Although focusing on Nigeria’s capital, the study has a wider global implication in that it draws attention to how postcolonial countries that were formed at the turn of the twentieth century are continuously fragmenting and remade by the emergence of new nation states like South Sudan.
Download or read book The Life and Times of LKJ written by ʼLai Olurode and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Scientific Pilgrimage written by Adébáyò Adésóyè and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2015-03-25 with total page 367 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Late Emeritus Professor V.A Oyenugas short biography is contained in about twelve international biographic documents. He is listed with Einstein as one of the Top 500 SCIENTIST OF THE 20TH CENTURY. He authored about 210 articles in several local and international scientific journals, most of them reporting the results of his original research in Africa, Europe and the United States of America. He was from Yoruba-land, Southwest Nigeria, from where countless numbers of slaves were shipped to Haiti, the Caribbean and the Americas between the 17th and 19th centuries. Despite his cerebral sagacity, he was a spiritual enigma, thickly woven into a fascinating puzzle! His biography is a scintillating cornucopia of some local and international events before and during the 20th century. It is also very informative about Nigerias past, present and unpredictable immediate future. The disparate north and south of this vast entity were Jack-knifed into a mere geographical adjective called Nigeria in January 1914, by a very restless and resourceful sadist; the British mercenary who was Nigerias first Governor- General in the early decades of the 20th Century: Baron Frederick Dealtry Lugard. If the world wants to know why post-colonial Nigeria has been adrift since the 1960s, and the factors and principal actors behind her present location up a very murky economic, social and political creek in the early decades of the 21st century; this book provides some interesting clues to the riddle of the odd dilemma facing the most populous black nation on earth Poor people, very rich government, stupendously wealthy rulers, in a limitlessly endowed nation where tragedy and comedy are Siamese twins!
Download or read book The Political Philosophy of Chief Obafemi Awolowo written by Olayiwola Abegunrin and published by Lexington Books. This book was released on 2015-09-10 with total page 269 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines the political and economic philosophy of Chief Jeremiah Oyeniyi Obafemi Awolowo and his concepts of democratic socialism (Liberal Democratic Socialism). It studies how Chief Awolowo and his political parties, first the Action Group (AG) 1951-1966 and later the Unity Party of Nigeria (UPN) 1978-1983, acted in various Nigerian political settings. Chief Awolowo was a principled man, who by a Spartan self-discipline and understanding of himself, his accomplishments, failures and successes, was a fearless leader. He has set an example of leadership for a new generation of Nigerian politicians. He was not only a brilliant politician, but a highly cerebral thinker, statesman, dedicated manager, brilliant political economist, a Social Democrat, and a committed federalist. From all accounts, Chief Awolowo knew the worst and the best, laughter and sorrow, vilification and veneration, tribulations and triumphs, poverty and prosperity, failures and successes in life.
Download or read book Matthew T Mbu Dignity in Service written by Mbu, M.T. and published by Safari Books Ltd. This book was released on 2018-09-26 with total page 383 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Matthew Tawo Mbu was a Nigerian lawyer, politician, diplomat, and a permanent fixture in Nigeria political affairs for more than fifty years. Most notably, he became the First Nigerian Chief Representative in Washington DC from 1955-1959, and was chief negotiator to the United Nations Disarmament Conference, Geneva between 1963-65; in 1992-1993 he served as Nigeria’s Minister of Foreign Affairs. Within Nigeria he was referred to as a Baby Minister, due to being just 23 years of age when he first became a federal minister; the youngest ever in the history of Nigeria. The British press, meanwhile, nicknamed him the "Wonder Boy of the Commonwealth" and his opinion was sought on many issues concerning not only Nigeria and Africa, but other Commonwealth sovereignties. He was a member of many international bodies: the London Institute of World Affairs; he was a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, and of the Royal Commonwealth Society. In 2001 he served as President of the Nigeria Society of International Law.
Download or read book Perspectives on Mythology written by Esi Sutherland-Addy and published by Woeli Publishing Services. This book was released on 1999 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Challenge to Racial Stratification written by Matthew Holden, Jr. and published by Transaction Publishers. This book was released on 1994-01-01 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The National Political Science Review is the official publication of the National Conference of Black Political Scientists. This series, now entering its fourth volume, includes significant scholarly research reflecting the diverse interests of scholars from various backgrounds who use different models, approaches, and methodologies. The central focus is on politics and policies that advantage or disadvantage groups because of race, ethnicity, gender, and other major variables. In his introduction to this volume, Matthew Holden describes the rationale for the creation of American racial stratification, and boldly shows how American intellectuals have helped reinforce that stratification. Several chapters discuss conflicts in contemporary views of the United States, ranging from a belief in its being a free society to the historical reality of the nation's background as a slave society. Other chapters address the international problem of racial stratification, concentrating on Nigeria and South Africa.
Download or read book New Times written by and published by . This book was released on 1983 with total page 762 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
