Olayiwola. Abegunrin

Howard University | HU · Department of African Studies

Abstract Introduction: Salmonella enterica Serovars remains one of the leading pa- thogens that cause diarrhoea and bloodstream infections in developing coun- tries. The emergence of multidrug resistant (MDR) Salmonella has become a serious problem globally. This study investigated the antibiotic resistance and plasmid profiles of Salmonella isol...

This book is one of the latest attempts to chronicle the problems and prospects of Africa. However, this is done differently from many others that have come before it. What makes this book a compelling read for everyone and particularly students aspiring to be introduced to African studies is its comprehensive approach to the study of the continent...

Panelists:Olayiwola AbegunrinHoward Universitylayiabegunrin@yahoo.com(301)221-5298Sabella AbiddeAlabama State University, MontgomerySabidde@alasu.edu334-538-8628 Emorc EmordiAmbrose Alli University, Ekpoma, Nigeriaemorcub @yahoo.com(234) 8034480168Temitope OriolaUniversity of MassachusettsTemitope.Oriola@umb.edu(617)287-6251J. O. UnemenAmbrose Alli...

Redefining Moments for Project Nigeria in the Twenty-First Century is a collection of published newspaper articles, conference papers, commentaries, and interviews on the Nigerian political situation, written between 2000 and 2009 and compiled into a book by the author, Jibo Nura. What strikes me most is the dynamism in northern Nigeria about which...

Gulliver's Troubles: Nigeria's Foreign Policy after the Cold War offers the first comprehensive assessment of the post–Cold War foreign policy of Nigeria, one of West Africa's consequential actors in regional politics. Contributors to this edited volume (comprising both academics and diplomats) adopted the concept of "concentric circles" to analyze...

In the twenty-first century, Africa has become an important source of US energy imports and the world's natural resources. It has also become the epicentre of the world's deadly health epidemic, HIV/AIDS, and one of the battlegrounds in the fight against terrorism. Africa is now a major player in global affairs.

The countries that now make up Southern African Development Community (SADC) have been linked historically in a number of ways. Although the Democratic Republic of Congo, Mauritius, Seychelles and, Tanzania to some extent are less closely associated with the core grouping. Economically, the original development of this group was largely centered on...

Meaningful democracy cannot flourish as long as external forces maintain the balance of power in the continent. African leaders should now realize that only an African initiative with genuine commitment and the political will to police themselves can ensure stability, good governance, accountability, transparency, and authentic economic development...

Writing about peace, security, and human survival is a very broad subject that involves such subjects as arms control and disarmament, promoting economic welfare of international community, social and human rights and justice, finding solution to food crisis, hunger and population problems, HIV/AIDS, refugees and disaster relief worldwide can be mi...

In reflecting on the economic and sociopolitical issues confronting Africa over the past five decades, it is apparent the Organization of African Unity (OAU) now African Union (AU) has played a significant role in addressing these concerns. Following the end of the Second World War and the creation of the United Nations Organization, many African n...

South Africa’s transition from apartheid to majority rule has been greeted both domestically and internationally with enormous enthusiasm. Here, in the midst of the mounting conflict, and confusion of the post—Cold War, is an undeniably good news story. And triumph of peaceful negotiations, and democracy over violence and many years of white racist...

The end of apartheid saw the end of the implacable hostility between successive Nigerian governments and the minority regime in South Africa. Many saw this as the beginning of a rivalry for the leadership of the African continent between Nigeria and a free South Africa. One headline in a Nigerian newspaper in 1994 screamed “Nigeria Loses Clout to S...

International relations at the beginning of the new millennium are punctuated, by ethnic conflicts. Whether they emerge in Central or West Africa, Southeastern Europe or South Asia, ethnic fault lines have often led to nationalist mobilization at home and with external third party interventions. More often than not, international organizations such...

From the earlier statements, what conclusions can we draw from our study of African problems in terms of formulas that are as clear as possible and easy to apply? That the idea of an “African Renaissance” has found a place of pride in African political discourse since the colonial days is not in dispute. Cheikh Anta Diop of Senegal first used it wi...

Since Nigeria’s independence in 1960, Africa has been the centerpiece of its foreign policy. In terms of policy, this involved the total liberation of Africa from colonial domination, racial discrimination, and apartheid system. Colonization remained longer in Southern Africa than in any part of the continent. The white settler regime in South Afri...

This book examines Nigeria's role in the global politics of the last century. Written from various perspectives, each contributor brings to bear his or her discipline and insight to this topic. The links between internal and external factors and the relationship between internal developments and external reactions are carefully examined. This explo...

Boreholes drilled in the crystalline rocks of Nigeria have a reputation of failures and low yields. The performance of 256 boreholes drilled in different parts of the crystalline rocks of SW Nigeria were reviewed to determine their failure characteristics. 100% success was claimed for 105 boreholes constructed by one driller. Out of 111 other boreh...

The new posture in Washington since Reagan came to power in January 1981 has reversed the few achievements of the Carter Administration. The Reagan Administration’s pro-South African posture has been clearly evidenced in leaked secret Department of State documents.1 The new policy is embodied in the term ‘constructive engagement’, coined by Chester...

In 1969, Henry Kissinger, then President Nixon’s National Security Adviser, commissioned a study of policy in Southern Africa. The result was National Security Study Memorandum no. 39,1 which outlined five possible policy options for the Nixon Administration. Kissinger, in his capacity as National Security Adviser, recommended, and the Administrati...

A systematic study of the CIA’s activities in Vietnam has revealed that covert operations are a decisive first step in military intervention.1 For instance, the Gulf of Tonkin incident was precipitated by covert CIA operations. Throughout the sixteen years the United States was at war in Vietnam, the CIA waged a ‘secret war’ in Laos, hidden from th...

When Jimmy Carter appointed Andrew Young to be the US ambassador to the United Nations, black America felt cheated. Africans, similarly, were sceptical. What was Carter trying to achieve? Was the Afro-American vote which sent him to the White House to be placated by a meaningful sinecure or had Carter sensed a strong feeling of Afro-Americans towar...

Severe strains in Nigeria’s relations with the United States occurred during the first year (1976) of the Mohammed-Obasanjo regime. The central issue was Angola. Nigeria’s perception of the Angolan conflict was fundamentally opposed to that of the United States. Hence, the action which Nigeria took to help effect a settlement ran counter to actions...

The historic appointment of Andrew Young as US ambassador to the United Nations was predicated on a history of political collaboration between, on the one hand, willing petty-bourgeois black American integrationists and African and other Third World nationalists, and, on the other, monopoly capitalists and imperialists of the developed nations. Suf...

The following is a brief survey of attempts to organize “two constellations of states” in Southern Africa from the Nigerian perspective of Olayiwola Abegunrin, lecturer in the Department of International Relations, University of Ife, Ile-Ife, Nigeria. The focus of this treatment is on “the Southern Nine” member states of the SADCC extending up to t...

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Howard University, 1979. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 295-306). Microfilm. s

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Howard University, 1979. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 295-306). Photocopy.

Typescript. Thesis (Ph.D.)--Howard University, Washington, D.C., 1979. Bibliography: leaves 295-306. Microfilm.