Non-alignment and Nigeria's foreign policy, 1960-1979: A historical perspective.

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Auteur principal: Ajayi, Adegboyega Isaac
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Langue:anglais
Publié: Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile Ife, Nigeria 2019
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spelling oai:ir.oauife.edu.ng:123456789-50032023-05-13T11:28:00Z Non-alignment and Nigeria's foreign policy, 1960-1979: A historical perspective. Ajayi, Adegboyega Isaac Anti-imperialist Anti-apartheid drives Independence Colonial-heritage 91p This study is aimed at finding out the extent to which policy pronouncements by Nigerian foreign policy decision-makers on non-alignment coincided with or diverged from concrete policy actions in the period, 1960-1979. At independence, in 1960, Nigeria adopted the policy of not aligning with any power bloc 'as a matter of routine' - a deliberately vague, and perhaps confusing, hint at non-alignment. However, as a result of her colonial heritage and the inability, even unwillingness, of the ruling elite to struggle for national economic self-reliance, Nigeria was unable to maintain a clearly non-aligned posture in her external relations. The balance of her foreign relations weighed more in favour of the western-bloc. The level of commitment to the 'West' was such that Nigeria's antiimperialist and anti-apartheid drives were severely handicapped. Therefore, throughout the period studied (though to a lesser extent since the end of the Nigerian Civil War) there was always a wide gap between policy pronouncements and concrete actions. Nigeria's experience throughout this period shows that an economically dependent nation cannot exert much influence (especially on a continuous and consistent basis) in international affairs. 2019-10-21T15:54:07Z 2019-10-21T15:54:07Z 1985 Thesis https://ir.oauife.edu.ng/handle/123456789/5003 en application/pdf Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile Ife, Nigeria
spellingShingle Anti-imperialist
Anti-apartheid drives
Independence
Colonial-heritage
Ajayi, Adegboyega Isaac
Non-alignment and Nigeria's foreign policy, 1960-1979: A historical perspective.
title Non-alignment and Nigeria's foreign policy, 1960-1979: A historical perspective.
title_full Non-alignment and Nigeria's foreign policy, 1960-1979: A historical perspective.
title_fullStr Non-alignment and Nigeria's foreign policy, 1960-1979: A historical perspective.
title_full_unstemmed Non-alignment and Nigeria's foreign policy, 1960-1979: A historical perspective.
title_short Non-alignment and Nigeria's foreign policy, 1960-1979: A historical perspective.
title_sort non alignment and nigeria s foreign policy 1960 1979 a historical perspective
topic Anti-imperialist
Anti-apartheid drives
Independence
Colonial-heritage
url https://ir.oauife.edu.ng/handle/123456789/5003
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