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Minority Rights and the National Question in Nigeria

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Editors:
  1. Uyilawa Usuanlele

    1. State University of New York at Oswego, Oswego, USA

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  2. Bonny Ibhawoh

    1. McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada

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  • Traverses several related disciplines – African History Philosophy, Sociology, Anthropology and Political Science
  • Provides an outstanding overview of human rights in Nigeria with debates about minority rights from the perspectives of colonized peoples
  • Includes chapters from the leading academics in Nigerian history and politics

Part of the book series: African Histories and Modernities (AHAM)

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Table of contents (11 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xv
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  2. Introduction: Minorities and the National Question in Nigeria

    • Uyilawa Usuanlele, Bonny Ibhawoh
    Pages 1-14

  6. Back Matter

    Pages 247-253
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About this book

This book offers a thematic study of key debates in the history of the ethnic politics, democratic governance, and minority rights in Nigeria. Nigeria provides a framework for examining the central paradox in post-colonial nation building projects in Africa – the tension between majority rule and minority rights. The liberal democratic model on which most African states were founded at independence from colonial rule, and to which they continue to aspire, is founded on majority rule. It is also founded on the protection of the rights of minority groups to political participation, social inclusion and economic resources. Maintaining this tenuous balance between majority rule and minority rights has, in the decades since independence, become the key national question in many African countries, perhaps none more so than Nigeria. This volume explores these issues, focusing on four key themes as they relate to minority rights in Nigeria: ethnic and religious identities, nationalism and federalism, political crises and armed conflicts. 

Editors and Affiliations

  • State University of New York at Oswego, Oswego, USA

    Uyilawa Usuanlele

  • McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada

    Bonny Ibhawoh

About the editors

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. 

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Minority Rights and the National Question in Nigeria

  • Editors: Uyilawa Usuanlele, Bonny Ibhawoh

  • Series Title: African Histories and Modernities

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-50630-2

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham

  • eBook Packages: History, History (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2017

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-50629-6Published: 29 March 2017

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-84447-3Published: 08 May 2018

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-50630-2Published: 18 March 2017

  • Series ISSN: 2634-5773

  • Series E-ISSN: 2634-5781

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XV, 253

  • Topics: History of Sub-Saharan Africa, African Politics, Social Justice, Equality and Human Rights

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