Language, Identity and Power in the Framing of Nigeria as a Monolithic Binary
At The Maroonsquare two-day Discourse on National Development held on the 1st and 2nd of July, 2021 held at the Science Auditorium, Federal College of Education (Tech), Akoka, Yaba, Lagos with the theme; Identity Politics and the National Question in Nigeria sponsored by the Rosa Luxemburg Foundation. Issues of National interest that includes insecurity, agitations by different minority groups within the Nigerian entity and facts with solutions were brought to the fore.
Mr. Adagbo Onoja discusses the extent of the narrative of a monolithic North and South in the context of agitation for a middle-belt Nigeria.
In his paper, he further argued that the contenders for power are those that frame the identity of power in the context of North and South. This is because as a result of suc...
