Teach A Man to Fish: Nigeria’s Complicated Economic & Political Landscape

Is Nigeria still suffering from decades of colonial and military rule? This episode, Tunji, Dr. Scott, Amanda and Dami explore the impact that Nigeria's turbulent past has had on its political and economic institutions, and a possible path forward for the country’s political sphere and economy.

Links

• 3:18 — A Man of the People book by Chinua Achebe: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/37772.A_Man_of_the_People;  https://www.theparisreview.org/interviews/1720/the-art-of-fiction-no-139-chinua-achebe 

  
  



• 4:09 — China’s Belt and Road Initiative: https://www.cfr.org/backgrounder/chinas-massive-belt-and-road-initiative; https://www.reuters.com/markets/europe/african-nations-mend-make-do-china-tightens-belt-road-2021-11-22/ 

  
  



• 7:10 — APC 2015 presidential victory: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/africa/nigeria-2015-election-apc-declares-victory-for-muhammadu-buhari-10146740.html

  
  



• 10:07 — Shell oil spill fines: https://www.theguardian.com/business/2021/aug/12/shell-to-pay-111m-over-decades-old-oil-spills-in-nigeria; https://www.amnesty.org/en/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/afr440362012en.pdf 

  
  

10:25 — Resource curse: https://resourcegovernance.org/sites/default/files/nrgi_Resource-Curse.pdf; https://www.hks.harvard.edu/centers/cid/publications/faculty-working-papers/natural-resource-curse