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- catalog abstract ""This House Has Fallen is a report on the perilous condition of one of the most complex multi-ethnic nations. The world's tenth most populous country with 110 million inhabitants, a potpourri of languages and people, and boundless dynamism, the West African state of Nigeria is a pivot point for the continent, like Brazil in South America or Indonesia in Southeast Asia. As Nigeria goes, so goes Africa, and, as Karl Maier makes vividly clear, things are not going well at all. Each year, with depressing consistency, Nigeria is declared one of the most corrupt countries in the world. A nation into which billions of dollars of oil money flow, Nigeria's per capita income has plummeted during the past two decades, while the bulk of the money has been stolen by elites. Nigeria's leaders have tended to elect themselves, by bullet and not ballot, with military coup following military coup. A country of rapidly rising ethnic and religious tensions and rapidly falling living standards, the pressure cooker that is Nigeria is building dangerously close to an explosion that would send shock waves throughout Africa and beyond."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b11699597.
- catalog coverage "Nigeria Politics and government 1993-".
- catalog coverage "Nigeria Politics and government 1993-2007.".
- catalog created "2000.".
- catalog date "2000".
- catalog date "2000.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "2000.".
- catalog description ""This House Has Fallen is a report on the perilous condition of one of the most complex multi-ethnic nations. The world's tenth most populous country with 110 million inhabitants, a potpourri of languages and people, and boundless dynamism, the West African state of Nigeria is a pivot point for the continent, like Brazil in South America or Indonesia in Southeast Asia. As Nigeria goes, so goes Africa, and, as Karl Maier makes vividly clear, things are not going well at all. Each year, with depressing consistency, Nigeria is declared one of the most corrupt countries in the world. A nation into which billions of dollars of oil money flow, Nigeria's per capita income has plummeted during the past two decades, while the bulk of the money has been stolen by elites.".
- catalog description "A coup from heaven -- Voting day -- Army arrangement -- The Ogoni wars -- The journey of a thousand miles -- The faithful -- Children of Ham -- The spirit of Odùduwà -- "This animal called man" -- A glass cage.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references and index.".
- catalog description "Nigeria's leaders have tended to elect themselves, by bullet and not ballot, with military coup following military coup. A country of rapidly rising ethnic and religious tensions and rapidly falling living standards, the pressure cooker that is Nigeria is building dangerously close to an explosion that would send shock waves throughout Africa and beyond."--Jacket.".
- catalog extent "xxxvii, 327 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "This house has fallen.".
- catalog identifier "1891620606 (hc)".
- catalog isFormatOf "This house has fallen.".
- catalog issued "2000".
- catalog issued "2000.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New York : PublicAffairs,".
- catalog relation "This house has fallen.".
- catalog spatial "Nigeria Politics and government 1993-".
- catalog spatial "Nigeria Politics and government 1993-2007.".
- catalog subject "966.905/3 21".
- catalog subject "DT515.842 .M35 2000".
- catalog tableOfContents "A coup from heaven -- Voting day -- Army arrangement -- The Ogoni wars -- The journey of a thousand miles -- The faithful -- Children of Ham -- The spirit of Odùduwà -- "This animal called man" -- A glass cage.".
- catalog title "This house has fallen : midnight in Nigeria / Karl Maier.".
- catalog type "text".