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

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dc.contributor.authorAjayi, Adegboyega Isaac
dc.date.accessioned2019-06-03T13:45:42Z
dc.date.available2019-06-03T13:45:42Z
dc.date.issued1985
dc.description91pen_US
dc.description.abstractThis 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.en_US
dc.identifier.citationAjayi, A.I. (1985). Non-alignment and Nigeria's foreign policy,1960-1979: a historical perspective.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://ir.oauife.edu.ng/handle/123456789/4268
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherObafemi Awolowo Universityen_US
dc.subjectAnti-imperialisten_US
dc.subjectAnti-apartheid drivesen_US
dc.subjectIndependenceen_US
dc.subjectColonial-heritageen_US
dc.titleNon-alignment and Nigeria's foreign policy,1960-1979: A historical perspective.en_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
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