Change in Nigeria: challenge of the 80's
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Authors
Gilkes, George H.
Subjects
Change in Nigeria
Nigeria's future
Islam in Nigeria
Ethnicity in Nigeria
Economics in Nigeria
Nigeria's future
Islam in Nigeria
Ethnicity in Nigeria
Economics in Nigeria
Advisors
Clough, Michael
Date of Issue
1983-12
Date
December 1983
Publisher
Language
en_US
Abstract
Nigeria, a country of great importance to US interests, faces many challenges in the 1980's. The survival of this strategically important nation may be dependent upon its ability to manage and control the forces currently at work trying to dismember the growing unity of its people. Three potential forces for change - Islam, ethnicity, and the economy - are discussed and the most likely vehicle for peaceful, progressive change is analyzed. While facing its many challenges the emergence of a constitutional government, steadily gaining in strength, may provide Nigeria's best hope for peaceful evolution and significant development in the 1980's.
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Thesis
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Department
National Security Affairs (NSA)
Organization
Naval Postgraduate School (U.S.)
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This publication is a work of the U.S. Government as defined in Title 17, United States Code, Section 101. Copyright protection is not available for this work in the United States.