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...when Biafra capituates, Gowon will have even less elbow-room. Ibo resistance has hardly pacified the Hausas. And far from convincing the Ibos they belong in Nigeria, the war seems likely to reinforce their determination to escape the Federation Despite federal precautions, there seems little hope of avoiding a massive slaughter of Ibos as Hausa troops march through Ibo villages. Last year's wounds, it appears are going to be reopened with a vengance. Nigeria cannot hope for a lasting peace until it reconstitutes its government on a non-tribal basis...
...real sense, Nigeria's tribal antagonisms are the product of modernization's pressures. The Ibo's skills--and their ambition and industriousness--embittered the backward Hausas, particularly after Ibos captured most of the skilled jobs in the Northern Region. Hausa envy, inflamed by Ibo arrogance, goes a long way toward explaining the tribal explosion...
...united Nigeria will, of course, place Ibos and Hausas side by side once more. It is clear that until the Hausas enter the modern world and acquire skills to compete with Ibos, there can be no harmony. The federal government must educate its people into the twentieth century--accomplish the essential task of modernization. This is why Africa's leaders have watched Nigeria's agony so carefully...
...done little but add to Nigeria's long list of problems. The economy is rapidly stagnating. Lucrative oil wells in Nigeria's Midwest and East have stopped flowing, and harvests have been disrupted. The exodus of skilled Ibos has crippled the North. Long range development projects, like the Niger River hydroelectric dam, have been delayed or suspended. Perhaps most devastating, though, the insurrection is likely to discourage foreign investment long after the soldiers lay down their arms...
When the guns fall silent, Nigeria's economy will be shattered; its people will be embittered by tribal war; and it will face substantially the same problems it confronted a year ago. "Nigeria is Africa," says Kilson. "That's what so frightening...