AN OVER VIEW OF ETHNIC MILITIAS AND ITS EFFECT ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF AFRICA: NIGERIA AS A CASE STUDY
| dc.contributor.author | Alabi Salihu Hammed | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2025-08-19T18:30:33Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2025-08-19T18:30:33Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2010 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Africa is one of the most diversified cultural continent in the world. While such extensive diversity is not unique to Africa, given the geographical size of the continent as the second largest continent in the world; the profusion of this cultural variation sometimes gives the impression of unending differences. Africa unending conflicts reveal a tragic exposition of human tragedy. This is because ethnicity induced conflict in Africa keep on recurring in various part of the continent, one fact that must be accepted is that, with the emergence of nation- states at the demise of colonialism, people of different ethnic backgrounds were lumped together and this historical antecedent has continue to feature prominently in Africa politics. Ethnic group with large numbers were put together with those with not so large in number, hence almost every African country has majority and minority. Such ethnic groups persistently cry of disparity or unequal treatment by the government or state with their counterparts in the polity. They form impression that they are denied their fair share in the areas of political participation. Nigeria with a large number of ethnic groups. inequalities among them are size, education and access to state power and resources. There are highly developed and fractionalized indigenous bourgeoisie, which made her ethnic situation perhaps the most complicated in Africa. Some of the ethnic and religious militants have constituted themselves into private armies thereby creating serious ethnic conflicts. This study, therefore, relies on context analysis as its methodology to examine ethnic militias in Africa with particular reference to Nigeria. It also examines the effects of ethmic conflicts on the country's search for unity, and identifies the possible issues for resolution. The study also proffered suggestions on how to curb ethnic conflicts in Nigeria. | |
| dc.identifier.issn | 1117- 1669 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://kwasuspace.kwasu.edu.ng/handle/123456789/5887 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | |
| dc.title | AN OVER VIEW OF ETHNIC MILITIAS AND ITS EFFECT ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF AFRICA: NIGERIA AS A CASE STUDY | |
| dc.type | Article |