A study of the ethnic conflicts threatening to damage Nigeria's efforts at democratic consolidation. Using selected case studies, the authors discuss the socioeconomic and political dynamics that breed the country's internal divisions. The authors also highlight the limitations in existing management practice and propose an innovative civil society approach to the management of conflicts. Index, app, maps, xii, 329pp, NIGERIA. SPECTRUM BOOKS.

Examines the principles and practices of the Afikpo (Eugbo) Nigeria indigenous justice system in contemporary times. The Afikpo indigenous justice system employs restorative, transformative and communitarian principles in conflict resolution. 256pp, UK. ROUTLEDGE.

Shows how a militant ethnic goal was pursued and attained by a constitutional and essentially non violent means. Argues that while appropriate structures and instrumental measures can be devised to accommodate ethnic political demands, the real challenge is to create and maintain the political will to ensure these demands are converted into acceptable 'ethnic attainments' under both civil political and military regimes. Index, bib, notes, xviii, 410pp, UK. WORLDVIEW.

Set against the background of collective disenchantment with the Nigerian state, this study discusses the resurgence of ethnic identity politics and the over centralisation of power in Nigeria's federal practice since 1999. Refs, apps, notes, 53pp, SWEDEN. NORDIC AFRICA INSTITUTE.

Explores the evolution of Nigerian federalism through its various constitutional experiments and administrative redesigns. Also outlines bold constitutional reforms that seek to promote institutional innovation in Nigerian federalism to keep pace with the country's growing demographic and ethnopolitical complexity. Maps, tables, notes, index, xxi, 247pp, USA. UNITED STATES INSTITUTE FOR PEACE PRESS.

2001 1929223285 Paperback

Twenty essays examine the historical, political, economic and comparative dimensions of attempts by the military to restructure the Nigerian federation. The authors present evidence that autocratic rule is antipathetic to the sustenance of general federal practice. Index, notes, tables, 363pp, NIGERIA. SPECTRUM BOOKS.

Argues that minorities of the oil-producing states are seriously disturbed by the inequity in revenue allocation in Nigeria. This study marks a departure from the orthodox focus on Nigeria’s ethnic problems, including the contentious demand of the southern minorities for an increase in the weight assigned the principle of derivation, by examining federal expenditures to determine the distribution of federal presence, and thus winners and losers, bearing in mind that the entire country is federal governments coverage. 126pp,

SENEGAL. CODESRIA.

Argues that debates on Nigeria's fiscal federalism preceded the gradual evolution of Nigeria into a colonial federal state in 1954 and issues of distribution of scarce resources have compromised the capacity of Nigerians to generate the resources that are expected to be shared. Recognising the importance of fiscal federalism to the stability and progress of the federation, the contributors to this volume discuss the challenges of fiscal federalism in Nigeria. 236pp, UK. ADONIS & ABBEY.

2008 9781906704032 Hardback

This collection of essays ensues from an international conference on indigenous political structures and governance, held in Ibadan in 2001. The volume is organised geographically into sections on the national, south western, south eastern, and northern Nigerian contexts. Contributors analyse the interaction between indigenous political structures and the colonial state, the decolonisation process, the crisis of the post colonial state and the evolving democratisation process in the global era. They examine subjects such as indigenous structures as an integral part of the dominant political class and the struggle of elites for the control of the neo patrimonial state amongst other topics. The contributors include LaRay Denzer, Chris Orah and Eghosa Osaghae. BNS, 374pp, NIGERIA. BOOKCRAFT.

2004 9782030368 Paperback

A Study of the Society for the Removal and Reinstatement of Tradition. The first volume in a series which takes up issues of religious and intellectual traditions, social significance and organization, and other aspects of the Islamic presence in Africa. BNS, 312pp, 3 illus, THE NETHERLANDS. EJ BRILL, 9004125884

The story of the Niger Delta struggle, the facts and the law, with emphasis on the Urhobo nation. 94pp, UK. NABROS PUBLICATION INTERNATIONAL.

A study of links between interethnic conflict and processes of reconciliation in the ethnically charged setting of Kano, northern Nigeria. This book shows how Igbos returned and renegotiated a position for themselves in the new political and economic environment of Kano following the Nigerian Civil War of 1967-70. Index, notes, app, bib, 2 maps, b/w Photos, xi, 272pp, UK. JAMES CURREY PUBLISHERS.

Comprehensive study of the origins, development, organisation, role and demise of the Native Authority/Local Government police forces in Nigeria. BNS, 302pp, NIGERIA. COLLEGE PRESS.

Argues that Nigerians embraced federalism as a way of managing the conflicts and suspicions among the various constituent nationalities that make up the Nigerian state. These fears and suspicions had led to the emergence of aggressive political and economic competitions along ethno-regional lines. Beginning from 1954, the unitary colonial state saw itself being gradually federalized as it had to contend with powerful ethno-regional pressures in the run-up to independence in 1960. Following the military coup of 1966, which ushered in a prolonged period of military rule, the various military regimes created a very centralized federal system while they ruled. By 1999 however, Nigerians had become disenchanted with the way the federal system was operated in the country, with echoes of the strident calls for a national conference to re-assess the system and the way it was operated reverberating throughout the entire length and breadth of the country. index, 322pp, UK. ADONIS & ABBEY.

New in paperback. Argues that specific historical events and societal forces within Nigeria transcend the choices its political leaders have made to influence the course of the state's political development and describes a variety of factors that have contributed to the challenges facing state-building and political institutions in Nigeria. Chief among them are the nature of interest aggregation, the dynamics of conflict, and the patterns of state intervention in matters dealing with secularism, distributive politics, economy, security, and autonomy. 330pp, USA. LEXINGTON BOOKS.

A reflection on the military rule of Olusegun Obasanjo in Nigeria, and the easy prescriptions made for the country's democratic recovery by Western observers. The author also discusses the deeper causes of conflict and bad government in the country. B/w illus, maps, 92pp, UK. SOUTHERN SOLIDARITY PRESS.

In 1995 the Nigerian military regime under General Sani Abacha hanged Ken Saro-Wiwa, the writer and minority rights activist, and eight other members of the Movement for the Survival of Ogoni People after a judicially flawed trial. The hangings were a critical event, both for the Nigerian junta and for Royal Dutch/Shell, the major international oil company operating in the Niger delta. This book re-examines the evidence concerning the Ogoni struggle for self-determination and raises questions about its origins and implications as a case study of politics in post-colonial Africa. 346pp, USA. AFRICA WORLD PRESS.