The changing forms of identity politics in Nigeria under economic adjustment
Subtitle: the case of the oil minorities movement of the Niger Delta
By: Cyril I. Obi.
Series: Nordiska Afrikainstitutet research report -- no. 119; Research report (Nordiska Afrikainstitutet) -- no. 119.
Publisher: Nordiska Afrikainstitutet; Distributor in North America, Transaction Publishers
Published: 2001
Place of publication: Uppsala; Somerset, NJ
Language: eng
Number of pages: 125
Subjects: Minorities -- Nigeria -- Niger River Delta; Protest movements -- Nigeria -- Niger River Delta; Nigeria -- Politics and government
Description: "The Niger delta region of Nigeria which is at the heart of the country's oil industry, has a long history of struggles for self-determination dating back to the early years of the 20[superscript th] century. In the 1980s and 1990s, these struggles, unfolding as they did within the context of military authoritarianism and structural adjustment, took the form of widespread agitation for greater control by local communities of the revenues accruing to the Nigerian state from exploration and extraction of oil." "This study attempts to capture the transformations in ethnic minority identity politics in the oil-producing areas of the Niger delta. In doing this, attention is simultaneously drawn to the factors informing the shift from peaceful agitation to violent protest as well as the dynamic of decay and renewal in the various ethnic minority movements that are active in the delta. It is suggested that part of the solution to the crisis in the delta will involve not only a thorough-going restructuring of the Nigerian state but also the re-orientation of the mode of operation of the giant oil multinationals in order to make them both more sensitive and accountable to the local communities."--BOOK JACKET
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.