The Eagle and the Springbok - Essays on Nigeria and South Africa

This book assesses Nigeria/South Africa relations in the areas of politics, economics, and culture within the context of rivalries and hegemony. Biographical profiles are also provided of important figures from both countries.

List of contents

Introduction: Africa’s Indispensable Bilateral Relationship
I. Rivalries
1. Politics: A Shakespearean Drama
2. Economics: Rhodes versus Lugard
3. Culture: Nollywood versus South Africa Inc
II. Hegemony
4. Pax Nigeriana: The History of an Idea and Its Post-Cold War Practice
5. Pax South Africana: A Bicycle Strategy for Engaging Africa
6. Nigeria and South Africa: On the Concept ‘Every African Is His Brother’s Keeper’
III. Rulers
7. The Prophetic Peacemaker: Nelson Mandela
8. King Baabu: Sani Abacha
9. The Renaissance Man: Thabo Mbeki
10. The Naked Emperor: Olusegun Obasanjo
IV. Visionaries
11. A Pan-African Cassandra: Adebayo Adedeji
12. The Alchemist: Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma
13. The Iron Lady: Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala
Conclusion: Pax Nigeriana, Pax South Africana, and Pax Africana
Acknowledgements
Notes
Index

About the author

Professor Adekeye Adebajo is a senior research fellow at the University of Pretoria’s (UP) Centre for the Advancement of Scholarship (CAS). He was director of the Institute for Pan-African Thought and Conversation (IPATC) at the University of Johannesburg (UJ) for □ve years, and executive director of the Centre for Con□ict Resolution (CCR) in Cape Town between 2003 and 2016. He is the author of eight books, including Africa after the Cold War; Building Peace in West Africa; and Thabo Mbeki: Africa’s Philosopher-King. He is editor and/or co-editor of ten books including Nigeria’s Foreign Policy After the Cold War; Foreign Policy in Post-Apartheid South Africa; and The Pan-African Pantheon. Professor Adebajo holds a doctorate from Oxford University in England, and is a columnist for The Guardian (Nigeria) and Business Day (South Africa).

Summary

This book assesses Nigeria/South Africa relations in the areas of politics, economics, and culture within the context of rivalries and hegemony. Biographical profiles are also provided of important figures from both countries.

Product details

• Authors: Adekeye Adebajo, Adebajo Adekeye
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 09.10.2024
• EAN: 9781032535302
• ISBN: 978-1-032-53530-2
• No. of pages: 324
• Weight: 453 g
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Nigeria, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Human Geography, POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Regional Studies, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / African, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Development / Economic Development, HISTORY / Africa / West, HISTORY / Africa / South / Republic of South Africa, International Relations, Republic of South Africa, African History, Regional Geography, Development economics & emerging economies, Political, Socio-Economic & Strategic Groupings, Development economics and emerging economies, African Union