Trajectories of Nigeria’s lumpen democracy, By Ahmed Aminu-Ramatu Yusuf

There is some assumption that when a ballot box is present, there is democracy. But a democracy is not a democracy because it is assumed to be a democracy. In Nigeria, we have Lumpen Democracy. “Lumpen” is German word for a ragamuffin. In Hausa, lumpen means dan-iska; in Yoruba, agbero; Igbo, agaracha; Bini; omoibe; and […]

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