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| notion that colonial leaders had to rule on their own and through local leaders at the same time |
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| constitutional practice inw hich subnational units are granted considerable power |
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| leading Muslim group in Northern Nigeria |
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| leading ethnic group in SE Nigeria (also seen Ibo) |
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| development strategy that uses tariffs and other barriers to imports, stimulating domestic industries |
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| British and other colonial procedures through which "natives" were used to carry out colonial rule |
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| Islamic legal code that many argue should supercede civil law in Iran and Nigeria |
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| leading ethnic group in SW Nigeria |
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| political outcome in which one side wins and the other loses |
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| military ruler of Nigeria until his death in 1998 |
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| military ruler of Nigeria in the 1990s and potential candidate in 1997 |
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| the military ruler of Nigeria during the Biafran war |
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| the most important leader of the struggle for independence in Nigeria |
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| president of Nigeria since 1999 |
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| Yoruba based political party in post-independence Nigeria |
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| Federal Executive Council (FEC) |
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| started by Ironsi; ruled for 13 years by civil servants |
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| Federal Electoral Commission (FEDECO) |
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| the national commission that monitored elections in earlier Nigerian republics |
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| Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) |
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| the commission monitoring elections in Nigeria |
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| National Council of Nigeria and the Cameroons (NCNC) |
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| Igbo-based movement for Nigerian Independence |
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| Northern People's Congress (NPC) |
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| one of the Muslim-based political parties during post-independence Nigeria |
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| National Republican Convention (NRC) |
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| leading independence movement in colonial Nigeria |
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| Social Democratic Party (SDP) |
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| one of the political parties in Nigeria during the very short-lived third republic |
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| United Middle Belt Congress (UMBC) |
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| powerful force in Nigeria's second republic |
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| area over which a civil war took place (1967-1970) |
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| common Nigerian term to describe what Americans call "log-rolling" or "pork barrel" politics |
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| companies partially private/public controlled somewhat by the state in the third world |
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| political parties can gain recognition and run candidates |
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| Armed Forces Ruling Council (AFRC) |
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| the SMC in all but name, accepted structural adjustment, convert to democracy by 1990 |
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| Berlin West Africa Conference |
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| Nov 1884 - Feb 1885; finalized country lines |
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| International Monetary Fund (IMF) |
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| international agency that provides loans and other forms of assistance to countries with fiscal problems |
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| major international lending agency for development projects based in Washington |
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