The Kaleidoscopic World of Lawal Hussein

Tag: history

  • Northern Nigeria Stalled

    One thing the colonial economy has consistently been criticised for is its failure to develop the productive forces in Northern Nigeria and to build a capitalist economy that would transform the peasantry. The British colonial economy was simply content with the extraction of surplus value from the peasant producers who were compelled through deliberate policies…

  • Religion, Accountability, and the Changing Dynamics of Northern Nigeria

    I have always advocated for religious freedom and opposed the manipulation of religion by elites to achieve political ends, a practice that has long been woven into the political culture of Northern Nigeria. The instrumentalisation of religion is not unique to less developed or traditionally structured societies; the difference between such societies and advanced liberal…