الأقليات الإثنية و الصراعات في إفريقيا : التجربة النيجيرية الفدرالية نموذجا

Abstract EN

This paper endeavors to tackle the issue of ethnic minorities and conflict in Africa, especially in Nigeria.

The main argument of this paper is that, ethnic conflicts in Nigeria resulted of growing rivals between ethnic groups over the principles of power, wealth sharing and cultural rights.

The papers therefore, focus on explaining the relationship between ethnic variations, nature of political system and political, economic factors that fuel ethnic conflicts in Nigeria.

The paper proposes that federalism is an adequate system to achieve political interaction and integration as well as rule ethnic diversity and conflicts in the country.

The main objective of this study is at explaining whether the implementation of federalism in Nigeria causes breakout of ethnic conflicts in the country or support mitigation of these conflicts, though, to be an example other Africa countries to fellow.

To achieve this objective the researcher uses data, which collect from available sources (e.g.

books, publication and academic work).

Historical –descriptive method is uses in order to trace the development of federalism in Nigeria, moreover, depict ethnic and political realms in the country.

The paper points out that the prolonging of ethnic conflicts in Nigeria results out of deficient implementation of feudalism, however, to empower Nigerian feudalism; there is a need to political, constitutional and administrative reforms as prerequisites and in line with conditions and claims of regions and various ethnic in the country.