Colonial Urban Centers, Economic Security, Identity Bonding, and the Emergence of Ethnic Associations in Nigeria: 1920 to 1960
Published In
Fragmented Identities of Nigeria: Sociopolitical and Economic Crises
Document Type
Book Chapter
Publication Date
2022
Subjects
Nigeria -- Social conditions, Social conflict -- Nigeria, Ethnic relations -- Political aspects
Abstract
This is a book chapter from Fragmented Identities of Nigeria: Sociopolitical and Economic Crises. Book description from publisher:
In Fragmented Identities of Nigeria: Sociopolitical and Economic Crises, edited by John Ayotunde Isola Bewaji and Rotimi Omosulu, readers are offered essays which explore the historiogenesis and ontological struggles of Nigeria as a geographical expression and a political experiment. The transdisciplinary contributions in this book analyze Nigeria as a microcosm of global African identity crises to address the deep-rooted conflicts within multi-ethnic, multi-linguistic, multi-religious, and multicultural societies.
By studying Nigeria as a country manufactured for the interests of colonial forces and ingrained with feudal hegemonic agendas of global powers working against the emancipation of African people, Fragmented Identities of Nigeria examines the history, evolution, and consequences of Nigeria’s sociopolitical and economic crises. The contributors make suggestions for pulling Nigeria from the brink of an identity implosion which was generated by years of misgovernance by leaders without vision or understanding of what is at stake in global black history. Throughout, the collection argues that it is time for Nigeria to reassess, renegotiate, and reimagine Nigeria’s future, whether it be through finding an amicable way the different ethnicities can continue to co-exist as federating or confederating units, or to dissolve the country which was created for economic exploitation by the United Kingdom.
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© Rowman and Littlefield
Persistent Identifier
https://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/39305
Citation Details
Nkemjika, Chimee Ihediwa and Alozie, Bright, "Colonial Urban Centers, Economic Security, Identity Bonding, and the Emergence of Ethnic Associations in Nigeria: 1920 to 1960" (2022). Black Studies Faculty Publications and Presentations. 93.
https://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/39305
Description
Part of the series, The Africana Experience and Critical Leadership Studies