SOCIO-POLITICAL ANALYSIS OF NATIONALIST MOVEMENTS IN NIGERIA AND AFRICA
Authors:
Iyanda Kamoru Ahmed Phd & Oni Kayode Julius Phd
Abstract:
This paper discusses nationalist in Nigeria and Africa. In modern societies, people are faced with the challenges of administering complex socio-political units whose security, welfare and meaningful development could only be achieved through a well-established system called state, notion or nation-state For this system to work there is need for citizen commitment towards the national development. Nationalism is an important force in the contemporary state of the national affairs from the perspective of political theory and concepts after more history-oriented viewpoints if Nationalism can be used as a tool for attaining self-rule from colonial subjugation, it can, therefore, he used as a tool for national development. From the African point of view, nationalism is the determination to be free from foreign domination. The contact between Europe and Africa has led Africa to lose its sovereignty or independence. As a result of western civilization, African Nationalist demanded the restoration of their independence.