Nigeria Since Independence: Forever Fragile?

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This book analyses the political and ethnical tensions that characterize Nigeria, which derive both from colonial and contemporary conflicts. It points out three major factors why Nigeria has not yet collapsed like many other African states: ethnic power sharing amongst the political elite, the military with its national outlook, and oil wealth.

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J.N.C HILL is Senior Lecturer in the Defence Studies Department at King's College London, UK. He has published widely on issues of African security. His main publications are Remembering the War of Liberation: Legitimacy and Conflict in Contemporary Algeria, Sufism in Northern Nigeria: A Force for Counter-Radicalisation?, Identity in Algerian Politics: The Legacy of Colonial Rule, Islamism and Democracy in the Modern Maghreb, and Corruption in the Courts: The Achilles Heel of Nigeria's Regulatory Framework?

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