Abstract:
This paper argues that contrary to the general belief that the Yorubas or the westerners through their
unconventional mode of politicking destroyed igeria’s first republic, the seeds of destruction were first sown in
1914 when Lord Frederich Lugard, the British chief imperial agent amalgamated the various autochthonous
communities into one capitalist state. Drawing from the frustration-aggression theory as discernible in the works of
Gurr (1970, 2000; Feierabend and Feierabend, 1972; Louis and Snow, 1981; Ellingsen, 2000; Stewart, 2000,
2002), the paper submits that if other ethnic groups had found themselves ‘trapped’ in similar conditions, their
reactions could have not have more been different. The paper recommends that revisiting the 1914 episode should
be the major agenda for ‘peacing’ igeria together from the pieces.
Description:
Peer reviewed article published under Inkanyiso, Volume 6, Issue 1, Jan 2014, p. 23- 30
