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Author:   Uyilawa Usuanlele ,  Bonny Ibhawoh
Publisher:   Springer International Publishing AG
Imprint:   Springer International Publishing AG
Edition:   1st ed. 2017
Dimensions:   Width: 14.80cm , Height: 1.60cm , Length: 21.00cm
Weight:   4.552kg
ISBN:  

9783319506296

ISBN 10:   3319506293
Pages:   253
Publication Date:   29 March 2017
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand  
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Table of Contents

1. Introduction: Minorities and the National Question in Nigeria I. Minorities, Colonialism and Decolonization 2. Decolonization and the Minority Question in Nigeria: The Willink Commission Revisited 3. Historicizing Ethnic Groups’ Movements and State Creation in Nigeria, 1947-1967 4. Minority Groups: Bridgeheads in Nigerian Politics, 1950s – 1966 II. Minorities and Postcolonial Politics 5. The Owegbe Cult: Political and Ethnic Rivalries in Early Post-Colonial Benin City 6. Midwest Region’s Non-Igbo Minorities Responses to Biafran Occupation and Federal Liberation in the Nigerian Civil War, 1967-1970 7. Ethnicity, War and Military Politics in Nigeria III. Minorities and Contemporary Nation-Building 8. Willink’s Report, Niger Delta Region and the Nigerian State Fifty Years After: Any Hope for the Minority? 9. National Integration, Citizenship, Political Participation and Democratic Stability in Nigeria 10. Ethnic Minorities and the Quest for National Integration in Nigeria: Federalism and State Creation to the Rescue 11. Religious Referent Power and Ethnic Militias in Nigeria: The Imperative for PaxNigeriana

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Uyilawa Usuanlele is Associate Professor of History at the State University of New York (SUNY) Oswego, USA. Bonny Ibhawoh is Professor of African History and Global Human Rights at McMaster University, Canada. 

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