OBAFEMI Awolowo the end of an era?
Date
2002
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Publisher
Obafemi Awolowo University Press Ltd.,
Abstract
Awolowo as a charismatic leader; The political economy of colonial Nigeria; Awolowo and the politics of democratic socialism; Ideology and economy; : Politics and administration; Foreign policy; Law and human rights; Awolowo and seven years of mass education work, 1952-1959; A study on the question of number in education; Religion and culture: Awolowo and religion in Nigeria.
Description
The end of an era are selected papers from the national conference on “Obafemi' Awolowo. The conference from which this book emanated was held from 4th to 8th October, 1987, in the conference centre of the Obafemi Awolowo university, Ile-Ife.
These events include the ban imposed by the federal military government on various categories of persons, excluding them from participating in politics at least during the transition period leading to 1992. This did not only underscore the timeliness of this kind of conference, but also gave a greater urgency and pertinence to this particular one. Several reasons could easily be imputed to us for organizing the conference, each of which in fact turns out to be only a happy coincidence. They do neither, singly nor collectively, constitute our real reason for calling the conference.