Oil, Politics and Violence Nigeria's Military Coup Culture (1966-1976)
An insider traces the details of hope and ambition gone wrong in the?Giant of Africa,? Nigeria, Africa?s most populous country. When it gained independence from Britain in 1960, hopes were high that, with mineral wealth and over 140 million people, the most educated workforce in Africa, Nigeria would become Africa?s first superpower and a stabilizing democratic influence in the region.
eBook, English, 2009
Algora Publishing, New York, 2009