Colonialism and the Post-Colonial Nigeria: Complexities and Contradictions 1960 - 2015: A Post-Development Perspective

  This  paper  re-engages  in  the  post  –colonial  debate  using  a  post  -development  theoretical  framework to  interrogate  the  post-  colonial  Nigeria  in  relation  to  economic  development.  It  argues  that  the  colonial  state contrived  an  incongruous,  entity  called  Nigeria  and  in  particular,  a  derisive  developmentalism.  A conceptualization  of  some  of  the  salient  issues  associated  with  these  complexities  in  the  post-  colonial  Nigeria  is revisited  and  argued  as  posing  enormous  challenges  to  the  future  of  Nigeria’s  development  notably  persistent ethno-religious  crisis,  perverse  rise  in  ethnic  minority  agitation  and  struggle  for  the  control  of  the  oil  economy in  the  Niger  Delta,  the  Boko  Haram  insurgency  and  terrorism  in  the  northeast,  structural  inequality,  fiscal federalism,  census  figure,  public    corruption    etc.    The  paper  integrates  Nigeria’s  colonial  history  in  the  larger picture  of  her  political  and  economic  (under)development  and  in  the  process  suggests  new  explanation  for underdevelopment  and  structural  inequality  in  Nigeria  linked  to  colonial  legacy  and  makes  some  policy recommendations. 

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APA

Morris, F. (2018). Colonialism and the Post-Colonial Nigeria: Complexities and Contradictions 1960 - 2015: A Post-Development Perspective. Afribary. Retrieved from https://track.afribary.com/works/colonialism-and-the-post-colonial-nigeria-complexities-and-contradictions-1960-2015-a-post-development-perspective

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Morris, Friday "Colonialism and the Post-Colonial Nigeria: Complexities and Contradictions 1960 - 2015: A Post-Development Perspective" Afribary. Afribary, 05 Apr. 2018, https://track.afribary.com/works/colonialism-and-the-post-colonial-nigeria-complexities-and-contradictions-1960-2015-a-post-development-perspective. Accessed 05 Nov. 2024.

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Morris, Friday . "Colonialism and the Post-Colonial Nigeria: Complexities and Contradictions 1960 - 2015: A Post-Development Perspective". Afribary, Afribary, 05 Apr. 2018. Web. 05 Nov. 2024. < https://track.afribary.com/works/colonialism-and-the-post-colonial-nigeria-complexities-and-contradictions-1960-2015-a-post-development-perspective >.

Chicago

Morris, Friday . "Colonialism and the Post-Colonial Nigeria: Complexities and Contradictions 1960 - 2015: A Post-Development Perspective" Afribary (2018). Accessed November 05, 2024. https://track.afribary.com/works/colonialism-and-the-post-colonial-nigeria-complexities-and-contradictions-1960-2015-a-post-development-perspective

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