AP Comparative Politics Nigeria
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Democratization | The process of developing democratic states |
| Dual mandate | In Nigeria and elsewhere, the notion that colonial powers had to rule on their own and through local leaders at the same time |
| Federalism | Constitutional practice in which subnational units are granted considerable power |
| Hausa-Fulani | The leading Muslim group in northern Nigeria |
| Igbo | The leading ethnic group in south-eastern Nigeria; Often also spelled Ibo |
| Import substitution | Development strategy that uses tariffs and other barriers to imports, and therefore stimulates domestic industries |
| Indirect rule | British and other colonial procedures through which "natives" were used to carry out colonial rule |
| Mass political culture | basic values and assumptions that people have toward authority, the political system, and other overarching themes in political life; term used to describe political culture in Nigeria; the political beliefs and attitudes of an entire country |
| Sharia | Islamic legal code which many argue should supercede civil law in countries such as Iran and Nigeria |
| Structural adjustment | Development strategy that stresses integration into global markets, privatization, and so on; Supported by the World Bank, IMF, and other major northern financial institutions |
| Yoruba | The leading ethnic group in southwestern Nigeria |
| Zero-sum | Political outcome in which one side wins and the other loses |
| Sani Abacha | The military rule of Nigeria until his death in 1998 |
| Moshood Abiola | The apparent winner of the 1993 Nigerian presidential election of 1993; he died in prison of unexplained causes five years later |
| Abdulsalami Abubakar | Interim military leader of Nigeria in 1998 |
| Obafemi Awolowo | A leading Igbo politicians and head of Biafra during the civil war in Nigeria in the last 1960s |
| Nnamdi Azikiwe | The leading Yoruba politician in post-independence Nigeria |
| Ibrahim Babangida | Military ruler of Nigeria in the 1990s and potential candidate in 1997 |
| Ahmadu Bello | One of the leaders of early independent Nigeria; killed in the first coup |
| Tafawa Balewa | One of the leaders of early independent Nigeria; killed in the first coup |
| Aguiyi Ironsi | The military rule of Nigeria during the Biafran war |
| Aminu Kano | A Muslim leader of early Nigeria |
| Herbert Macaulay | The most important leader of the struggle for independence in Nigeria |
| Olusegun Obasanjo | President of Nigeria since 1999 |
| Ken Saro-Wiwa | Nigerian activist executed by the military government in 1996 |
| Shehu Shagari | President of Nigeria; overthrown in 1983 coup |
| Biafra | A secessionist state in southeastern Nigeria; area that tried to break away from nigeria in a civil war that lasted from 1967 to 1970 |
| International Monetary Fund | International agency that provides loans and other forms of assistance to countries with fiscal problems |
| World Bank | A major international lending agency for development projects based in Washington |
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