Název:	Theophilus Owolabi Shobowale Benson and the Making of Modern Nigeria
Autoři:	Ojo, Emmanuel Oladipo Faboyede, Olusanya
Citace zdrojového dokumentu:	West Bohemian Historical Review. 2021, no. 1, p. 71-90.
Datum vydání:	2021
Nakladatel:	Západočeská univerzita v Plzni
Typ dokumentu:	článek article
URI:	http://wbhr.cz/images/issues/WBHR_2021_1.pdf http://hdl.handle.net/11025/44892
ISSN:	1804-5480
Klíčová slova:	Theophilus Owolabi Shobowale Benson;Nigerie;politika;budování národa;rozvoj národa;etnicita
Klíčová slova v dalším jazyce:	Theophilus Owolabi Shobowale Benson;Nigeria;politics;nation building;national development;ethnicity
Abstrakt v dalším jazyce:	This article highlights the contributions of Theophilus Owolabi Shobowale Benson to the making of Modern Nigeria. We argue that Benson joined hands with other nationalists to decolonise Nigeria and struggled for the establishment of a just, egal itarian, constitutional and prosperous nation. We conclude that Benson, unlike the present crop of Nigerian politicians, did not play ethnic politics neither did he see politics as ‘pot of soup’ for exclusive personal consumption or a ladder for egocentric aggrandizement and enrichment. An ultraist per excellence with unquenchable passion for purposeful nation building and all-facet national development, Benson’s motto throughout his sojourn on Nigeria’s political scene, was “service to fatherland”. Data for the study was obtained from primary and documentary sources and subjected to internal and external criticisms as well as textual and contextual analysis
Práva:	© Západočeská univerzita v Plzni
Vyskytuje se v kolekcích:	Číslo 1 (2021) Číslo 1 (2021)

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