Over the years Nigeria has witnessed several empty, jabberwocky inordinate promises from our political gladiators who has used the magic of language to cajole many. However, language serves as a strong tool that our political leaders used for easy communication of thought that enhance winning of political mandate. This paper shows how language is used in politics as a tool to communicate thought and how language is used as a train to which political leaders convey meaning to the heart of Nigerians
Historians have given too little attention to Nigeria in the 1950s, in particular to the constitutional conferences. The historiography on Nigerian decolonisation can be divided into two phases. In the first phase after independence studies examined central elements of colonialism. Kalu Ezera Constitutional Developments in Nigeria from 1960 is an example. Ezera’s focus is on dealing with social and cultural diversity in constitutions to strengthen unity in Nigeria. Moreover, the former colonial officer
The Nigeria of Things Fall Apart is one where communities are divided by tribes and villages, and the idea of Nigeria does not exist. Things Fall Apart stands testament to the relatively smooth functioning of the villages and tribal communities when they are free from outside influence. An excellent example is
The current underdevelopment at the grass root of the Nigerian society and politics has made it imperative for this paper to focus on the role of traditional institutions and Local Government Administration in Nigeria as agent that are supposed to enhance and promote development in the rural area. The basic argument of the paper is that during Pre-colonial days in Nigeria, traditional rulers enjoyed full power in their Kingdom, command respect and obedience from their subject; however colonialisation
The Niger Delta – the geographical heart of oil production in Nigeria has been a breeding ground for militants and ‚impoverished ethnic groups‛ for some years now. This is because the discovery of oil and its exploitation has ushered in a miserable, undisciplined, decrepit, and corrupt form of ‘petro-capitalism’ which produces conflict accelerating factors. Devastated by the ecological costs of oil spillage and the highest gas flaring rates in the world, the Niger Delta has become a centre of violence
Feminism grew out of women’s movement against the long history of bias against and inhuman treatment of women by patriarchal men. Feminists, especially in the West started expressing concern on the issue of sex, gender, and even language, which was the product of patriarchy. Postcolonial feminism refutes prejudiced power relationships. It started a fight for the equal justice and equal opportunity for women. We are familiar with the history that women were paid less than a man for the same work
Though being run by a specific ethnic groups, criminal organizations have a broad range of victims. Everyone, from the new immigrant to the resident of the northern suburbs of Chicago, is a potential victim (Lindberg, 1998). But gangs employed by criminal organization usually have a specific
European Union or Mercosul. Multilingualism is becoming more important as suggest by David Graddol , once Japanese, Spanish, French and German besides English are getting more used on economic market. Moreover, plurilingualism can play a useful role on politics, education and even on arts. Linguistic diversity when protected and encouraged create a sense of belonging, especially in speakers of minority languages inside a society dominated by other tongue, a powerful way to promote social and democratic