@article{806896,
      recid = {806896},
      author = {Usuanlele, Uyilawa, and Ibhawoh, Bonny,},
      title = {Minority rights and the national question in Nigeria /},
      pages = {1 online resource.},
      abstract = {This book offers a thematic study of key debates in the  history of the ethnic politics, democratic governance, and  minority rights in Nigeria. Nigeria provides a framework  for examining the central paradox in post-colonial nation  building projects in Africa - the tension between majority  rule and minority rights. The liberal democratic model on  which most African states were founded at independence from  colonial rule, and to which they continue to aspire, is  founded on majority rule. It is also founded on the  protection of the rights of minority groups to political  participation, social inclusion and economic resources.  Maintaining this tenuous balance between majority rule and  minority rights has, in the decades since independence,  become the key national question in many African countries,  perhaps none more so than Nigeria. This volume explores  these issues, focusing on four key themes as they relate to  minority rights in Nigeria: ethnic and religious  identities, nationalism and federalism, political crises  and armed conflicts. .},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/806896},
}