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    Civil society, popular culture and the crisis of democratic transitions in Nigeria, 1960-1993
    (1994-07-13T10:45:05Z) Afolayan, Funso
    On the 12th of June 1993, Nigerians trooped to the polls to once again and for the third time since the country's independence, inaugurate yet another republic through the ballot box. In spite of mounting acrimonies, the election held and it was judged by virtually all domestic and international observers as the freest and the fairest Nigeria has ever had. As the results of the election began to trickle in. the military President. General Ibrahim Babaneida. suddenly announced the susoension of the announcement of the election results, eventuallv canceling the result outriuhl and susDcndinu the whole transition oroeram. This abortion of the transition of oaf am threw the countrv into a oeriod of urofbund crisis from which it is vet to recover. Usinu the 1993 election as a case sludv. this DaDer examines the crisis of democratic transition in Nigeria. The relevance of oooular culture, its deveiooment. ils use and abuse as well as its inmacl on ihe inlra-dite slniuttle and comoetition for oower and for dominance are enunciated and analyzed.
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    Problems of democratic governance in Nigeria: the past in the present
    (1994-07-13T08:53:17Z) Albert, Isaac Olawale
    It is the boast of historical materialism that the present is best understood in light of what has taken place in the past. The future too is a product of what happened in the past and happens now. The political sytems of the pre-colonial kingdoms is considered and how democratic they were. Were the colonial masters truely democrats when they introduced Western democracy? This paper explains some contemporary problems of democrcy in Nigeria in the light of Nigeria's pre-colonial and colonial past. Traditional respect for authority reinforced by colonial authoritarianism has made it difficult to establish democracy here.