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The Politics of Federalism in Nigeria
The Politics of Federalism in Nigeria

Nigerians embraced federalism as a way of managing the conflicts and suspicions among the various constituent nationalities that make up the Nigerian state. These fears and suspicions had led to the emergence of aggressive political and economic competitions along ethno-regional lines. Beginning from 1954, the unitary colonial state saw itself being gradually federali...

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Gowon: The Biography of a Soldier-Statesman
Gowon: The Biography of a Soldier-Statesman

  In 1966, a soft-spoken 32-year old man emerged from relative obscurity and humble background to become Nigeria’s Head of State and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces. His name was Lt Col (later General)Yakubu Gowon. He emerged as the compromise candidate following the political crisis that engulfed the country after the July 1966 military coup that h...

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Directory of African Businesses and Organisations in the United Kingdom, 2007
Directory of African Businesses and Organisations in the United Kingdom, 2007

Directory of African Businesses and Organisations in the UK, 2007 ENTER DABO 2007   The decision to publish this directory was inspired by African Pages, perhaps the first attempt at compiling a directory of African businesses and organisations in the UK. This highly impressive initiative by the Ghanaian, Kwasi Sarpong, was published in 1998 after some fiv...

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From Monkey Sapiens to Homo Intentional : The Phenomenology of the Non-Violent Revolution
From Monkey Sapiens to Homo Intentional : The Phenomenology of the Non-Violent Revolution

From Monkey Sapiens to Homo Intentional discusses the theory and practice of the non-violent revolution, comparing the cultural influence of concepts arising from the fields of humanism, psychoanalysis, sociology and behavioural psychology. It critiques social Darwinism as a mere theoretical justification for the concentration of wealth and power in a few hands and ca...

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Africa in the United Nations  System, 1945-2005
Africa in the United Nations System, 1945-2005

Africa in the United Nations (1945-2005)   Though there have been numerous studies on the United Nations, only a few have dealt comprehensively with Africa’s relations with the world body. This book attempts to fill this lacuna by providing a systematic assessment of Africa’s relationship with the World body, from its foundation in 1945 to its sixti...

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The Rwandan Tutsis:  A Tutsi Woman's Account Of The Hidden Causes Of The Rwandan Tragedy
The Rwandan Tutsis: A Tutsi Woman's Account Of The Hidden Causes Of The Rwandan Tragedy

 In The Rwandan Tutsis, Eugenie Mujawiyera, a young Rwandan Tutsi woman, discusses the story of her ancient ethnicity, weaving into her narrative the dramatic events which make up Rwandan history from independence to the present day. While the Tutsi are again an integral part of the Rwandan nation - along with the Hutu and Twa— Mrs. Mujawiyera seeks an answ...

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Chinua Achebe: The Man and His Works
Chinua Achebe: The Man and His Works

Achebe: The Man and His Works uses the critical essay format to assess Chinua Achebe as a person, a writer and the inaugurator of the literary tradition of cultural nationalism.  It progressively and thematically analyses his novels and works, comparing them with those of African literary and cultural groundbreakers in the Diaspora, including the pioneering ...

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A Tale of Two Africas: Nigeria and South Africa As Contrasting Visions
A Tale of Two Africas: Nigeria and South Africa As Contrasting Visions

Nigeria and South Africa provide the socioeconomic and political contrasts in the African condition. Some of these contrasts can be demonstrated in the following dialectics: Nigeria is the Africa of human resources, South Africa is a land of mineral resources; Nigeria is repellant to European settlement; South Africa is a magnet for such settlement; Nigeria is a mon...

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My Invisible Disability
My Invisible Disability

I needed proof that God existed. I received this proof from the swing of a baseball bat. While walking home from work on November 10, 1996 I was assaulted. That initial blow resulted in a severe head injury, and when I awoke from a fifteen day coma, I was in essence a newborn.   My Invisible Disability is the recollection I have of rehabilitation from head in...

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Don't Let them Die: HIV/AIDS, TB, Malaria and the Healthcare Crisis in Africa
Don't Let them Die: HIV/AIDS, TB, Malaria and the Healthcare Crisis in Africa

Africa’s healthcare crises is well documented, even if not always accurately. What is undeniable is that millions of Africans are dying - from HIV/AIDs, tuberculosis, malaria and other illnesses - some of them easily preventable. Dr Akukwe examines the healthcare policies on Africa’s major diseases – HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria, showing how t...

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