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Ethnic Conflict Management in Africa: A Comparative Case Study of Nigeria and South Africa
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Emmy Godwin Irobi
May, 2005
Introduction
Nigeria and South Africa could be likened to the Biblical Aaron and Moses, who were endowed with the responsibility to bring Africa out from the bondage of despair, decline and underdevelopment. As regional powers, history has imposed on them the enormous task of finding solutions to some of the most pressing African concerns.
African countries today face greater challenges to peace and stability than ever before. The countries of sub-Saharan Africa, including Sierra-Leone, Ivory Coast, Liberia and the Democratic Republic of Congo, are a volatile mix of insecurity, instability, corrupt political institutions and poverty. Alarmingly, most of these countries lack the political will to maintain previous peace agreements, and thus have fallen prey to continuous armed ethnic conflict. (Monty Marshall, 2003) This is partly due to ineffective conflict
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Ethnicity and Ethnic Conflicts in Africa
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By Professor Okwudiba Albert Nnoli.
As I prepared to go “where we come from” for the first time, I was filled with excitement, and trepidation. It was to attend an interview for admission into class one of Government Secondary School, Owerri. I was excited because I had the prospect of attending one of the prestigious secondary schools in the country. Living in Enugu at the time, I was aware of the majestic buildings of Holy Rosary College (HRC) and the College of Immaculate Conception (CIC) both in Enugu. Hailing from Oraifite, a few kilometers from Onitsha, I was equally aware of the grandeur of the brick buildings of the Dennis Memorial Grammar School (DMGS), the imposing edifices of Christ the King College (CKC) and the Queen of Rosary College (QRC) all in Onitsha. Since none of these schools was as famous, I simply imagined the fabulous buildings that would adorn the school compound of the Government Secondary School, Owerri. inom would be one of the select few that w