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King Jaja’s challenge to Nigeria: Power, defiance and economic self-determination, by Dakuku Peterside

King Jaja’s challenge to Nigeria: Power, defiance and economic self-determination, by Dakuku Peterside
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If King Jaja of Opobo were alive today, where would he stand amid Nigeria’s diplomatic pressure, economic uncertainty and deepening social tension—and what would he do? Would he negotiate, confront, build, or turn adversity into leverage? History is most useful when it refuses to remain in the pa...

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