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5397
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1429
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Overview

Eghosa E. Osaghae is affiliated with the Nigerian Institute of International Affairs in Nigeria. Their academic work primarily falls within the social sciences, with a distinct focus on political science and international relations, sociology and political science, and anthropology. The research interests of Osaghae encompass a range of topics including political systems and governance, Commonwealth, Australian politics and federalism, Canadian identity and history, African history and culture studies, as well as African studies and sociopolitical issues.

Osaghae has contributed to scholarly discussions through various publication venues. The most notable among these include:

  • Commonwealth Journal of Local Governance
  • CODESRIA Bulletin

Their recent papers illustrate engagement with themes of governance and political tribute. These works are:

  • Perspectives on local government's place in federal systems and central-local relations, 2022, Commonwealth Journal of Local Governance
  • 19 - Thandika Mkandawire: A Tribute, 2021, CODESRIA Bulletin

Collaboration features in Osaghae's research, with frequent co-authors including John Phillimore, Alan Fenna, K. K. Pandey, Jean Drage, and Derek Powell. These collaborations suggest interdisciplinary approaches and a networked academic practice.

In addition to journal publications, Osaghae has authored a book titled Federal Solutions to State Failure in Africa, published in 2020 by the University College of Arts Crafts and Design. This work contributes to debates on federalism and state stability in an African context.

Best Publications

  • Politics and Society in Contemporary Africa

    Joseph R. A. Ayee;N. Chazan;R. Mortimer;J. Ravenhill

  • Crippled Giant: Nigeria Since Independence

    Eghosa E. Osaghae

  • THE OGONI UPRISING: OIL POLITICS, MINORITY AGITATION AND THE FUTURE OF THE NIGERIAN STATE

    Eghosa E. Osaghae

  • A History of Identities, Violence, and Stability in Nigeria.

    E.E. Osaghae;R.T. Suberu

  • Structural Adjustment and Ethnicity in Nigeria

    Eghosa E. Osaghae

  • Managing Multiple Minority Problems in a Divided Society: The Nigerian Experience

    Eghosa E. Osaghae

  • Ethnic Minorities and Federalism in Nigeria

    Eghosa E. Osaghae

  • Colonialism and Civil Society in Africa: The Perspective of Ekeh's Two Publics

    Eghosa E. Osaghae

  • Ethnicity and its management in Africa : the democratization link

    Eghosa E. Osaghae

  • Democratization in sub‐saharan Africa: Faltering prospects, new hopes

    Eghosa E. Osaghae

  • Federal character and federalism in Nigeria

    P. Peter Ekeh;Eghosa E. Osaghae

  • The study of political transitions in Africa

    Eghosa E. Osaghae

  • A Reassessment of Federalism as a Degree of Decentralization

    Eghosa E. Osaghae

  • The Crippled Giant: Nigeria since Independence

    Stephen Wright;Eghosa E. Osaghae

  • Exiting From The State in Nigeria

    Eghosa E Osaghae

  • The state of Africa's second liberation

    Eghosa E. Osaghae

  • Human Rights and Ethnic Conflict Management: The Case of Nigeria

    Eghosa E. Osaghae

  • Africa Works: Disorder as Political Instrument

    Eghosa E. Osaghae;Patrick Chabal;Jean-Pascal Daloz

  • From accommodation to self‐determination: Minority nationalism and the restructuring of the Nigerian state

    Eghosa E. Osaghae

  • Democratic Transition in Africa

    Bernard Caron;Alex Gboyega;Eghosa E. Osaghae

  • Social Movements and Rights Claims: The Case of Action Groups in the Niger Delta of Nigeria

    Eghosa E. Osaghae

  • Crippled Giant: Nigeria since Independence

    Dan Ottemoeller;Eghosa E. Osaghae

  • Resource curse or resource blessing: the case of the Niger Delta ‘oil republic’ in Nigeria

    Eghosa E. Osaghae

  • A RE-EXAMINATION OF THE CONCEPTION OF ETHNICITY IN AFRICA AS AN IDEOLOGY OF INTER-ELITE COMPETITION

    Eghosa E. Osaghae

Frequent Co-Authors

Stephen Ellis
Stephen Ellis African Studies Centre

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