AFRICA AND ETHNIC CONFLICT MANAGEMENT: A STUDY OF NIGERIA AND SOUTH AFRICA
AFRICA AND ETHNIC CONFLICT MANAGEMENT: A STUDY OF NIGERIA AND SOUTH AFRICA

Summary/Abstract: This paper compares the management of ethnic conflicts in Nigeria and South Africa with a view to underscoring the intricacies involved in the management of deep rooted and complex conflict in Africa. The paper proposes, among other things, that ethnic conflicts in Africa are fallout of colonialism. The piece relies mainly on secondary sources. It adopts thematic approach to elucidate the salient points. The choice of thematic approach was to ensure a discernible flow of discourse. The study reveals that the effects of colonialism are a common factor in ethnic conflict in Africa. It is the contention in this paper that ethnic conflicts in Africa are products of insecurity, instability and poverty manifesting in hunger and starvation. Where corrupt and rapacious political institutions found their ways to power in African countries, they served as catalysts to ethnic conflicts. The position of this paper therefore is that to effectively manage ethnic conflict in Africa is to address the causative factors.

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