The eagle and the springbok
Subtitle: essays on Nigeria and South Africa
By: Adekeye Adebajo
Publisher: Bookcraft
Published: 2018
Place of publication: Ibadan
Language: eng
Number of pages: 303
ISBN-13: 9789785548358
Copyright date: 2018
Subjects: Foreign relations; Foreign economic relations; Commerce
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 252-285) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: Africa's indispensable bilateral relationship; title: I. Rivalries. Politics : a Shakespearean drama; title: Economics : Rhodes versus Lugard; title: Culture : Nollywood versus South Africa Inc.; title: II. Hegemony. Pax Nigeriana : the history of an idea and its Post-Cold War practice; title: Pax South Africana : a bicycle strategy for engaging Africa; title: Nigeria and South Africa : on the concept ''every African is his brother's keeper''; title: III. Rulers. The prophetic peacemaker : Nelson Mandela; title: King Baabu : Sani Abacha; title: The renaissance man : Thabo Mbeki; title: The naked emperor : Olusegun Obasanjo; title: IV. Visionaries. A Pan-African Cassandra : Adebayo Adedeji; title: The alchemist : Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma; title: The iron lady : Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala; title: Conclusion: Pax Nigeriana, Pax South Africana, and Pax Africana.