Nigeria's stumbling democracy and its implications for Africa's democratic movement.
edited by Victor Oguejiofor Okafor
- Connecticut: Praeger, 2008.
- xvi, 190 p. ; 25 cm.
Introduction / Victor Oguejiofor Okafor -- An overview of Nigeria's political history / Gloria Emeagwali -- Nigeria's disputed elections and the resulting leadership legitimacy crisis / Victor Oguejiofor Okafor -- Democracy on sale : the 2007 Nigerian elections and the future of the democratic movement in Africa / Nkolika Ebele Obianyo -- Dialectics of patronage politics and representative democracy : the case of Anambra State of Nigeria / Godwin Onu and Makodi Biereenu-Nnabugwu -- Is electronic voting an answer to Nigeria's electoral problems? / Godwin Onu -- The role of geographical zoning in Nigeria's democracy / Abayomi Ferreira -- Nigeria's 2007 elections and the future of democracy in Africa : an optimistic view / Sylvester Odion-Akhaine -- Nigeria's 2007 elections : a great danger for the future of democracy in Africa / Adeyinka O. Banwo -- Nigeria's 2007 elections in comparative perspective : democratic capitalism and the crisis of democracy in Africa / Rita Kiki Edozie -- Democracy and development in Africa : important lessons from African American history / Sule Bello.