The Irony of Democracy in Nigeria

Muse, Sulaimon Adigun; Narsiah, Sagie

doi:10.1080/09766634.2015.11885681

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“…Another Yorùbá adage: pàtẹpàtẹ ni yó kù, b'ọ ́jà bá tú, yóò ku pàtẹpàtẹ (the hawker's fate, in terms of loss or profit, is determined at the end of each market session) offers an appropriate explanation in this respect. Similarly, various events that played out during the struggles for the actualization of Chief M. K. O. Abiola's mandate by pro-democracy organizations following a free, fair and credible presidential election held on June 12, 1993 have been well documented in the annals of Nigeria's political history (Nwokedi 1994;Muse & Narsiah 2015). More importantly are the reports of the infamous betrayals and treasonable acts committed by associates and relatives of Chief Abiola, the acclaimed winner of the election.…”

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Viewing the African Political Leadership Challenge through the Lens of Music Drama: Reflections on Duro Ladipo’s Ọba Kòso

Samuel

2022

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In response to the question of the relevance of ‘classical’ African Studies to the contemporary need of the continent, this article explores the dynamics of leadership challenge as portrayed in Yorùbá music drama genre, using Duro Ladipo’s most popular folk opera: Ọba Kòso (The king did not hang) as a case study. Thematic exploration of the opera was carried out to establish the linkages between leaders’ (characters’) traits and styles as portrayed in the play, and Nigeria’s political leaders’ engagement and responses to social contracts with their citizens. By comparing the outcomes of the actions, inactions and (in) decisions of Nigeria’s political leaders and the attendant consequences on their subjects with those found in the opera. I argue that the African political leadership challenge is shaped by a combination of complex factors, including the leaders’ charisma and the quality of citizens’ engagements in the affairs of governance. These are largely occasioned by multiple effects of torrential and irresistible mob pressures on leaders. At the fringes of the debacle is a convergence of human fate and other coincidental elements within the various sites of the divide in the contestation for and utilization of power as a whole.

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Section: Conquest Theme: Captivating the Mind Of The Massesmentioning

confidence: 99%