Africa's contradiction: Nigeria on the path to democracy. (World in Review).

From: Harvard International Review | Date: September 22, 2002| Author: Tsai, Thomas | Copyright information

Since Nigeria gained independence from Great Britain in 1960, democracy has had a difficult time taking root. The country's first post-colonial government was overthrown in January 1966 in a coup led by Major General Johnson Agiuyi Ironsi, who was later killed in a counter-coup in July of the same year by officers loyal to General Yakubu Gowon. More coups followed in July 1975 and February 1976 and the brief interlude of democracy between 1979 and 1985 was ended by another coup. In...

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