Annals of the Social Science Academy of Nigeria 1(1) 1994 DOI: 10.36108/ssan/4991.06.0130
RESHAPING NIGERIA’S AFRICAN POLICY IN A POST-APARTHEID ERA
Olufemi Adelusi
ABSTRACT
This paper attempts a critical analysis of Nigeria’s African policy. It argues for a distinct policy blueprint on Africa which is recognized as a part of the country’s foreign policy and not the foreign policy itself writ large. The paper emphasizes that “Africa as the centre piece of our foreign policy” is not the same thing as a proper Nigerian policy on Africa which in the main is the summary of all the West African, Central African, Southern African, Horn of African and the Magrhebin policies. It is argued that reshaping Nigeria’s African •policy essentially entails a conscious attempt on the part of the envisaged democratic institutions to formulate a coherent African policy with the component regional policies all of which could then be well monitored and evaluated periodically. The paper concludes with suggestions on likely areas of emphasis for Nigeria’s real African Policy in a post-Apartheid era. These include a reexamination and possible adoption of both the “Akinyemi Doctrine”, the formulation of strategies for the upliftment of the dignity of the African man on the continent or in the disapora, by pursuing progressive policies of human and community rights as well as internally coordinated and self-sustaining economic development.