BOOK REVIEW

NNOLI, Okwudiba (2006) National Security in Africa: A Radical Perspective. Enugu: PACREP publishers. Pages: 289 ISBN: 978-049-630-0.

Abstract

The book National Security in Africa: A Radical Perspective is authored by Okwudiba Nnoli and published in 2006 by the Pan African Centre for Research on Peace and Conflict Resolution (PACREP). Widely acknowledged for his seminal work: Ethnic Politics in Nigeria, the author is motivated to write this book “by the death and suffering which violent conflicts and civil wars have imposed on the African people over the years” (Nnoli, 2006). The work itself is anchored on two interrelated critical concerns. The first concern is to establish what is responsible for the situation as identified, and secondly, to find out how the situation can be remedied.