Nigeria: an Experiment in Nation Building

In this painstakingly updated and comprehensive political masterpiece Charles Nnaemeka Akujieze explores Nigerias pre-colonial colonial and postcolonial history and current affairs in Nigeria politics and administration and presents a nuanced explanation of events and circumstances that have dangerously flung this complex dynamic and troubled giant to the brink. It is one of the most updated and comprehensive analysis of Africas most important and populous nation that has been undermined in recent decades by ethnic and religious conflict political instability rampant corruption and an ailing economy.