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This book examines how modern Nigerian political institutions have grappled with the resurgence of traditional institutions of political leadership in the post-colonial era.
List of contents
Notes on contributors
Introduction: governance and leadership institutions in Nigeria
Ernest Toochi Aniche and Toyin Falola
PART I: Nigerian traditional leadership institutions
1 Traditional Ondo monarchs and communication in the Yoruba pre-colonial era
SOLOMON A. FAWEHINMI
2 Age grade system among the Ìdό-Àní people of South-West Nigeria
OLUWATOYIN MARY O̩ LAIYA
3 Revisiting the relevance of the Islamic political system in 21st-century Nigeria
SIRAJO MUHAMMAD SOKOTO
4 Institution of masking and masquerading in traditional Igbo society
CHINYERE NDUBUISI
5 The musical and cultural leadership roles of Yoruba master instruments
OLUPEMI E. OLUDARE
PART II: Modern democratic governance institutions in Nigeria
6 A critique of leadership and institutions in Nigeria and new states
AYODELE OLALEKAN SHOTUNDE
7 Elites and leadership standards in post-independence Nigeria
MOSES ADEBOLU ADETUNMBI
8 Translating political philosophy into action in Nigeria’s governance institutions
JOSEPHINE OLATOMI SOBOYEJO
9 A literary characterization of politics and power in the post-colony
OLIVIER TCHOUAFFE
10 Art and leadership failure in Nigeria: global influences and the way forward
AKINWALE ONIPEDE
PART III: Democratic institutions and processes in Nigeria’s fourth republic
11 Emerging democratic practices in Nigeria
TOYIN FALOLA
12 Poverty and democracy in Nigeria’s fourth republic
OYEKUNLE O. ADEGBOYEGA
13 Citizenship, participation, and inclusion of women in Nigeria’s democracy
ABIDEMI ABIOLA ISOLA
14 Judicial institutions, human rights, and development challenges: implication for Nigerian democracy
ERNEST TOOCHI ANICHE, RICHARD OKECHUKWU OJI, AND IKENNA MIKE ALUMONA
15 Political parties, independent national electoral commission and electoral credibility in Nigeria
OLAJUMOKE YACOB- HALISO AND VICTOR ADESIYAN
16 Electoral reforms and Nigeria’s fledging democracy
MARTIN A. IHEMBE AND ONYEKACHI E. NNABUIHE
Index
About the author
Ernest Toochi Aniche is a lecturer in the Department of Political Science at Federal University Otuoke, Nigeria.
Toyin Falola is the Jacob and Frances Sanger Mossiker Chair Professor in the Humanities and a Distinguished Teaching Professor at the University of Texas at Austin, USA.
Summary
This book examines how modern Nigerian political institutions have grappled with the resurgence of traditional institutions of political leadership in the post-colonial era.
