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...Even before Nigeria won its independence from Britain in 1960, nationalist leader Obafemi Awolowo said Nigeria was not a country but a "mere geographical expression." Awolowo was a Yoruba, from the country's southwest. The Yoruba, who are mostly Christian, are just one of three main ethnic groups in Nigeria. In the north live the Hausa/Fulani, who are mostly Muslim, while the Christian Igbo inhabit the southeast. Within each main ethnic group are dozens of smaller divisions. Moreover, millions of people have moved out of their ancestral homes into rival areas. Frictions between the ethnic groups have often erupted into...
...Tours; Harry Garuba, associate professor at the Centre for African Studies; Lesley J. F. Green, senior lecturer at the University of Cape Town; James Hefner, president emeritus at Tennessee State University; James McCann, professor at Boston University; Samuel Ngayihembako, recteur at the Université Libre; Benjamin Ogunfolakan, lecturer at Obafemi Awolowo University; Melina Pappademos, assistant professor at University of Connecticut; Claudine Raynaud, professor at the Université François Rabelais at Tours; Ronald Kent Richardson, associate professor at Boston University; Barbara Rodriguez, assistant professor at Tufts University; Wole Soyinka, playwright and poet; Phyllis Taoua, associate professor at the University...
Among this year's fellows is philosopher Wande Abimbola, the former Majority Leader in the Senate of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and Vice Chancellor of Obafemi Awolowo University...
Shagari's power base is in the predominantly agricultural and Muslim north. But he also picked up votes in regions populated by minority tribes. Shagari's re-election effectively ended the political careers of his two main rivals: Chief Obafemi Awolowo, 74, leader of the Unity Party, and Nnamdi Azikiwe, 78, head of the Nigerian People's Party...
...spellbinder with crowds, Shagari, a chain-smoking, onetime science teacher, edged his two main rivals, who hinted after the election that they might challenge the results. The two were Yoruba Chieftain Obafemi Awolowo, a major architect of Nigeria's independence, and Nnamdi Azikiwe, an Ibo leader who was the nonelected President during the brief parliamentary republic. In the campaign, Shagari emphasized his experience as a minister of finance, education and other departments in previous regimes. Though once a leader of an organization that advocated "national unity" under Hausa domination, he picked an Ibo running mate. Moreover, he managed...