Ada Ekejiuba-Umezurike Now in 2009 and far away from October 1st, 1960, the issue of rebuilding Nigeria is still on the front burner for a country with vast potential resources and human power at home and in the Diaspora. Standing out as a giant on the African continent, a nation that prides itself with community and cultural traditions, can the past ideology of Nyerere's UJAMMA--familyhood serve present day Nigeria in moving her forward and in making her a true partaker in the global world order? The thought for utilizing UJAMMA--familyhood in rebuilding Nigeria comes to mind, more so especially when knowing that a resourceful, powerful, but leadership deficient region is still on this "leadership" puzzle even after Achebe's, 1984, The Trouble with Nigeria, indicating that Nigeria’s trouble had plenty to do with leadership and the lack thereof. That was twenty-five years ago. Looking back in history, it was seven years after Nigeria's ...
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