التنوع الإثني و تأثيره على مسألة البناء الوطني في نيجيريا

Abstract EN

The state-building phase is one of the most difficult stages that the state of Nigeria has undergone after independence, due to the Composition of its diverse society - Religious (There is Islam, Christianity, traditional religions)- linguistically (There are more than 250 languages, Hausa, Yoruba and Ibo the largest of them) Then there is another conflict between Exotic languages (Arabic and English) - culturally(According to different religions, ethnicities and languages) - ethnically (for the existence of more than 250 ethnicities) And through that we observe in Nigerian society - No religion, no language and no culture, Therefore, it is difficult to integrate its members, and Each ethnic group had its own religion, language and culture, Even its geographical area is different, Where Nigeria was divided geographically by major ethnic groups: Hausa, which speaks Hausa in northern Nigeria, Ibo tribes that speak the language of the Ibo in the east, and In the west the Yoruba tribes and their language are Yoruba.

Because of these large differences, The state faced multiple crises, Has affected the national construction process in Nigeria