The fragility of Nigeria's new democracy is rooted in the onerous burden of the preceding era of military misrule and the shallow nature of the May 1999 transition from autocracy to democracy.

Keywords:
democracy, ethnic, federalism, military, rule, Muslims, Nigeria, Obasanjo, oil, shariah
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