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Domesticating the colonial state as the final phase of the anticolonial struggle: The case of Nigeria and the structural adjustment program

According to an editorial in a 1985 issue of the Washington Post, "Africa is in a state of breathtaking crisis whose likes may not have been seen anywhere in the West since the 14th century plague." The crisis is characterized by mass poverty, unemployment, illiteracy, low productivity and life expectancy, and high infant mortality, disease, and instability. This study seeks to explain the root causes of this crisis and the avenues for resolving it. It also seeks to show that structural adjustment programs adopted by various African governments in the wake of the deepening crisis in the 1980s …