Nigeria Vocabulary

Question 1

Democratization

Answer 1

The process of developing democratic states

Question 2

Dual Mandate

Answer 2

In Nigeria and elsewhere, the notion that colonial powers had to rule on their own and thru local leaders at the same time

Question 3

Federalism

Answer 3

Constitutional practice in which subnational units are granted considerable power

Question 4

Hausa-Fulani

Answer 4

The leading Muslim group in northern Nigeria

Question 5

Igbo

Answer 5

The leading ethnic group in southeastern Nigeria. Often also spelled Ibo.

Question 6

Import substitution

Answer 6

Development strategy that uses tariffs and other barriers to imports, and therefore stimulates domestic industries.

Question 7

Indirect rule

Answer 7

British and other colonial procedures through which “natives” were used to carry out colonial rule.

Question 8

Middle belt

Answer 8

Ethnically mixed region of central Nigeria where the capital, Abuja, was built.

Question 9

Parastatal

Answer 9

Companies owned or controlled by the state in the third world.

Question 10

Structural Adjustment

Answer 10

Development strategy that stresses integration into global markets, privatization, and so on. Supported by the World Bank, IMF, and other major northern financial institutions.

Question 11

Yoruba

Answer 11

The leading ethnic group in southwestern Nigeria.

Question 12

Abacha, Sana

Answer 12

The military ruler of Nigeria until his death in 1998.

Question 13

Babangida, Ibrahim

Answer 13

Military ruler of Nigeria in the 1990s and potential candidate in 1997.

Question 14

Jonathan, Goodluck

Answer 14

Current President of Nigeria [as of book’s publication]

Question 15

Obasanjo, Olusegun

Answer 15

President of Nigeria since 1999.

Question 16

Saro-Wiwa, Ken

Answer 16

Nigerian activist executed by the military govt in 1996

Question 17

Shagari, Sehu

Answer 17

President of Nigeria; overthrown in 1983 coup.

Question 18

Action Congress (AC)

Answer 18

Political party in Nigeria. Third in most recent election.

Question 19

All Nigeria’s People’s Party (ANPP)

Answer 19

The leading opposition party in Nigeria today.

Question 20

Biafra

Answer 20

A secessionist state in southeastern Nigeria.

Question 21

International Monetary Fund (MF)

Answer 21

International agency that provides loans and other forms of assistance to countries w fiscal problems.

Question 22

National Congress of British West Africa (NCBWA)

Answer 22

One of the leading groups advocating Nigerian independence.

Question 23

Nigerian People’s Party

Answer 23

One of the major parties in post-independence Nigeria.

Question 24

Supreme Military Council

Answer 24

A title used during the two most important periods of military rule in Nigeria.

Question 25

World Bank

Answer 25

A major international lending agency for development projects based in Washington.