Ethnic Politics in Kenya and NigeriaThis book is more than just a study of ethnic politics in Kenya and Nigeria. The two countries are a microcosm of the entire continent: the problems it faces, its successes and failures, and the hope and despair of hundreds of millions of its people whose aspirations have been frustrated by decades of corrupt leadership that has skilfully exploited one of Africa's biggest weaknesses -- tribalism. But the people themselves are also responsible for that. They have allowed tribalism to flourish and destroy the countries. And they have allowed unscrupulous politicians to use and abuse them -- without storming the Bastille. What they are not responsible for is dictatorship African leaders instituted to perpetuate themselves in office by exploiting tribalism. These despots have been so good at it, and have done it for so long since independence, that many African countries are now on the brink of collapse, with the people at war against themselves. |
Contents
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AFTER THE ABURI MEETING AND BEFORE THE WAR | 17 |
THE WAR | 26 |
REACTIONS TO THE WAR | 58 |
LESSONS FROM THE WAR | 72 |
KENYA AND NIGERIA ETHNIC POLITICS VERSUS MULTIPARTY DEMOCRACY | 81 |
NIGERIAS FIRST TRULY DEMOCRATIC ELECTION | 83 |
INTERTWINED PHENOMENA | 140 |
PRESIDENT JULIUS NYERERE WHY WE RECOGNISED BIAFRA | 155 |
The Case for Biafra Speech by LieutenantColonel Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu the Biafran Leader to the Organization of African Unity OAU ... | 159 |
Nigerias Federal Case Against Biafra Speech by Chief Anthony Enahoro Federal Commissioner of Labor and Information and Leader of the Nigerian... | 189 |
APPENDIX IV | 217 |
AFRICAN INDEPENDENCE DATES | 223 |
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR | 233 |
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