Download or read book Displacement and the Politics of Violence in Nigeria written by Paul Ellsworth Lovejoy and published by BRILL. This book was released on 1997 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume examines the religious, ethnic, and class basis of political insecurity in Nigeria that has resulted in the maintanance of military rule in the 1990s. Political repression and secular strife have made it difficult for the democratic opposition to end military dictatorship.