Format:
1 online resource (246 pages)
ISBN:
9780875867106
Content:
The author names names, and explores how British influence aggravated indigenous rivalries. He shows how various factions in the military were able to hold onto power and resist civil and international pressure for democratic governance by exploiting the country?s oil wealth and ethnic divisions to its advantage.Africa is more and more in the headlines as developed countries ? and China ? clash over the need for the continent?s resources. Yet there are few serious books to help us understand any aspect of the never-ending cascade of wars and conflicts. Other titles on Nigeria are mostly children?s books or travel guides, with the exception of Daniel Jordan Smith?s A Culture of Corruption. The current work focuses specifically on the social tensions, the motivations and the methods of the series of coups that rent Nigeria.
Content:
About the Author -- Preface -- Major Nigerian Languages -- Map of Nigeria, 1966, Four-Region Structure -- Map of Nigeria, 1967-1976, Twelve-State Structure -- Map of Nigeria, 1976-1987, Nineteen States -- Map of Nigeria, 1996-Present, Thirty-Six States -- Africa and Nigeria -- Chapter 1. The Pre-Coup Days: Politics and Crisis -- Independence -- Igbos -- Corruption -- 1964 Federal Elections -- The Wild West -- Chapter 2. The Nigerian Army: The Way Things Were -- Nigerianization -- The First GOC -- Maimalari -- Ademulegun -- Aguiyi-Ironsi -- Ogundipe -- The Army under Aguiyi-Ironsi -- Chapter 3. Soldiers and Politics -- These Bookish People -- The Inner Circle -- Method of Recruitment -- A Man Called Kaduna -- The Awolowo Factor -- Unheeded Warnings -- Chapter 4. Enter "The Five Majors" -- Towards the First Coup -- January 14 1966: Friday Night Party at Brigadier Maimalari's House, 11 Thompson Avenue, Lagos -- Saturday Morning, January 15, 1966: "Plenty Plenty Palaver" -- Events Overnight -- Kaduna - Northern Region -- Brigadier Ademulegun -- Colonel Shodeinde -- Strategic Locations -- Ibadan - Western Region -- Lagos - Federal Capital -- Strategic Locations -- Ikoyi Hotel -- Back to 11 Thompson Avenue: Brigadier Maimalari's House -- The GOC in Town -- 3:30 a.m. -- 2nd Battalion, Ikeja, Lagos -- Back to the Federal Guard Barracks - Lagos -- 2 Brigade Headquarters, Apapa - Lagos -- Back to Abeokuta - Western Region -- Enugu and Benin - Eastern Region and Mid-West Region -- Kano - Northern Region -- Back to Kaduna - Northern Region -- Chapter 5. From Civilian to Military Rule: History in the Making -- Reaction to the Coup -- Saturday January 15, 1966 -- 9-10 a.m., 2nd Battalion Headquarters, Ikeja - Lagos -- Police Headquarters, Moloney Street, Obalende - Lagos -- Midday -- Ademoyega and Anuforo on the Loose.
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Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780875867083
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9780875867083
Language:
English
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