Backgrounds of Ethnic Conflicts in Nigeria

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بشير شايب

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The ethnic factor has had a detrimental effect on all regimes, stability and development in Nigeria since independence, but the impact of multi-ethnicity does not stem from diversity per se, but by linking these determinants of of economic policy and worked at the root of ethnic divisions and even compatibility with the divisions of the other political, economic, regional and religious, which increases the complexity of the Nigerian scene, in the presence of more than 250 multi-ethnic group, religions and languages. I have suffered in Nigeria since independence from the problem of national integration that loyalty above the national (ethnic, religious and regional) on national loyalty, as associated with this problem in recent years the phenomenon of rebirth and religious awakening is taking place in different regions of the world and has made the use of "religion" an essential refuge for many to face many challenges at the individual and collective level ....

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شايب ب., “Backgrounds of Ethnic Conflicts in Nigeria”, ajps, vol. 7, no. 1, Jun. 2019.
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