Fragmented Identities of Nigeria: Sociopolitical and Economic Crises: Kenneth Uyi Abudu: Lexington Books

Fragmented Identities of Nigeria

Sociopolitical and Economic Crises

Fragmented Identities of Nigeria

Sociopolitical and Economic Crises

Description

In Fragmented Identities of Nigeria: Sociopolitical and Economic Crises, edited by John Ayotunde Isola Bewaji and Rotimi Omosulu, readers are offered essays which explore the historiogenesis and ontological struggles of Nigeria as a geographical expression and a political experiment. The transdisciplinary contributions in this book analyze Nigeria as a microcosm of global African identity crises to address the deep-rooted conflicts within multi-ethnic, multi-linguistic, multi-religious, and multicultural societies.
By studying Nigeria as a country manufactured for the interests of colonial forces and ingrained with feudal hegemonic agendas of global powers working against the emancipation of African people, Fragmented Identities of Nigeria examines the history, evolution, and consequences of Nigeria’s sociopolitical and economic crises. The contributors make suggestions for pulling Nigeria from the brink of an identity implosion which was generated by years of misgovernance by leaders without vision or understanding of what is at stake in global black history. Throughout, the collection argues that it is time for Nigeria to reassess, renegotiate, and reimagine Nigeria’s future, whether it be through finding an amicable way the different ethnicities can continue to co-exist as federating or confederating units, or to dissolve the country which was created for economic exploitation by the United Kingdom.

Introduction
John Ayotunde (Tunde) Isola Bewaji

Chapter One: The Regime of Mental Magnitude and Identity Fragmentation of Nigeria
John Ayotunde (Tunde) Isola Bewaji

Chapter Two: Religious Nationalism and Politics of Identity in Contemporary Nigeria
Michael Onyebuchi Eze

Chapter Three: Demystifying Identity Crises in Nigeria
Rotimi Omosulu

Chapter Four: Ethnicity and English as a 'Neutral' Language in Nigeria's Multilingual Space
Bolanle O. Sogunro

Chapter Five: Linguistic Practices as Possible Precursors of Identity Endangerment
Samson Olusola Olatunji

Chapter Six: Language and Identity Crisis in Frantz Fanon's Philosophy of Double Consciousness
Kenneth U. Abudu and Augustine E. Iyare

Chapter Seven: Ethnic Nationalities, Religious Fundamentalism, and Federalism in Nigeria
Olugbemiga Samuel Afolabi and Modesola Vic Omotuyi

Chapter Eight: Festivals and Dance as Catalysts for Ethno-Cultural Integration and Identity
Oluwatoyin Olokodana-James

Chapter Nine: Colonial Urban Ce

Product details

Published	27 Jan 2022
Format	Hardback
Edition	1st
Extent	304
ISBN	9781666905830
Imprint	Lexington Books
Illustrations	21 tables;
Dimensions	237 x 160 mm
Publisher	Bloomsbury Publishing

This is a fascinating text on a flawed country, Nigeria, a name created by a stranger, to capture the anomalies of artificiality. The collection is engaging, rich, and demonstrative of the range of scholarship on the identity of an embattled country.

Toyin Falola, University of Texas at Austin, USA
Fragmented Identities of Nigeria offers carefully selected essays that engage a diversity of topics on the perennial question of Nigeria's identity crisis, traceable to a nepotistic culture of entitlement; they speak to a warped sense of belonging and alienation, all of which have pitched the different segments of the country's ethnic nationalities against one another in a tense atmosphere of cut-throat, zero-sum competition that have persistently undermined national cohesion. They are timely essays that speak to an equally urgent conundrum of nationhood in postcolonial Nigeria.

Rotimi Fasan, Osun State University, Nigeria