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Informationen zum Autor Iyorwuese Hagher, Ph.D., is Nigeria's high commissioner to Canada and has served in the past as Nigeria's ambassador to Mexico (2004-2007), minister of state for health (1995-1998), and a member of Nigerian Senate. He has also taught drama and conducted research in African indigenous theaters at the Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, and the University of Jos, and he has been an activist for change in Nigeria, using theater as an advocacy tool advocacy for youth, reproductive health issues, including HIV/AIDS, and development and for exposing and fighting corruption. Klappentext Nigeria: After the Nightmare is an in-depth look into the Nigerian experience, explaining what went wrong during the country 's thirty years of dictatorship. The book describes Nigeria's problems including oil, corruption, and dictatorship, but also provides a way for Nigeria to recover and become a leading democratic state. Zusammenfassung Nigeria: After the Nightmare is an in-depth look into the Nigerian experience! explaining what went wrong during the country's thirty years of dictatorship. The book describes Nigeria's problems including oil! corruption! and dictatorship! but also provides a way for Nigeria to recover and become a leading democratic state. Inhaltsverzeichnis Part 1 Acknowledgments Part 2 Part I: The Brink Scenario Chapter 3 Prologue: Snapshots Chapter 4 Introduction Chapter 5 1The State of the Nation Chapter 6 2 Under Western Eyes: Nigeria Part 7 Part II: Nightmare Scenario Chapter 8 3 Afflictions Chapter 9 4 Nigeria's Troublesome Path to Underdevelopment Chapter 10 5 The Clash of Ignorance Part 11 Part III: Revival Scenario Chapter 12 6 The Role of Intellectual Leadership in National Revival Chapter 13 7 The Role of the Nigerian Diaspora in National Revival Chapter 14 8 The Role of the Youth Chapter 15 9 The Next Nigerian President Part 16 Epilogue Part 17 Bibliography Part 18 About the Author ...