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Record Nr.

UNINA9910131949003321

Autore

‘Kunle Amuwo Daniel C. Bach, Yann Lebeau (dir.)

Titolo

Nigeria during the Abacha years, 1993-1998 : the domestic and international politics of democratization : the proceedings of a conference held in Bordeaux, France at the Centre d'étude d'Afrique noire, 1996

Pubbl/distr/stampa

IFRA-Nigeria, 2001

[Place of publication not identified], : IFRA/CEAN, 2001

ISBN

979-1-0923-1208-9

2-8218-1967-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (vii-395 pages)

Soggetti

Military government - Nigeria

Democracy - Nigeria

Democratization - Nigeria

Government - Non-U.S

Law, Politics & Government

Government - Asia

Nigeria Politics and government 1993-2007 Congresses

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Sommario/riassunto

The autocratic regime of Sani Abacha (1993-1998) stands out as a watershed in the history of independent Nigeria. Nigeria’s darkest years since the civil war resulted from his unrestrained personal rule; very close to the features associated with warlordism. Nepotism, corruption, violation of human rights, procrastination over the implementation of a democratic transition, and the exploitation of ethnic, cultural or religious identities, also resulted in the accumulation of harshly repressed frustrations. In this book, some distinguished scholars, journalists and civil society activists examine this process of democratic recession, and its institutional, sociological, federal and international ramifications. Most of the contributions were originally presented at a



seminar organized by the Centre d’Etude d’Afrique Noire (CEAN) in Bordeaux.