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Bearing both the professional and general readers in mind, Decolonizing Politics, Power, and Personalities is an innovative approach at crafting a popular history of a great moment in Nigeria’s history. The book is neatly organized into three parts. Part One focuses on the late colonial era’s driving forces to bring about self-determination for Nigeria. Part Two deals with the establishment of developmental institutions for self-government. Part Three is organized under the central theme of “Regionalism and Change,” highlighting the personalities of Nigeria’s most powerful Bello, Azikiwe, and Awolowo in relation to how their careers accentuated the structures of regional differences. The final concluding chapter explains the post-independence tasking steps to deal with the “unfinished businesses” of decolonization. Aimed at a wider audience with a blend of grassroots and elitist positions, Decolonizing Nigeria is a monumental work, and a seminal contribution to understanding both the political economies and the geopolitics of the post-colonial multi-ethnic nation states in contemporary global village.
Alexius Amtaika is a Research Professor at University of Limpopo in South Africa. He holds a Ph.D.
in Political Science from the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, South Africa,
specializing in Political Theory and Governance of Local States. He is the author and editor of four
books. He is a former recipient of the University of Michigan African Presidential Research
Fellowship (2008–2009). He is also the founding Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of African and Asian
Local Government Studies.
in Political Science from the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, South Africa,
specializing in Political Theory and Governance of Local States. He is the author and editor of four
books. He is a former recipient of the University of Michigan African Presidential Research
Fellowship (2008–2009). He is also the founding Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of African and Asian
Local Government Studies.
ISBN: 978-1-943533-138 Ι Published 2017 | Pan-African University Press
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