'"To find the flow of life, push against the current:' Canada's Engagements with Nigeria, 1960-70"

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dc.contributor.advisorBrennan, Patrick
dc.contributor.authorPeters, Ayo
dc.date.accessioned2013-09-24T15:36:37Z
dc.date.available2013-11-12T08:00:17Z
dc.date.issued2013-09-24
dc.date.submitted2013en
dc.description.abstractThe 1960 was a momentous year for Nigeria as it made a transition from British to self rule. But this change in status posed serious difficulties: because of her size, economic potential and the possibility of playing a leading role in African affairs, she was vulnerable to being influenced by the Soviet Union and its communist ideology. For the West, it would be a huge embarrassment if Nigeria, and indeed, Tropical Africa, fell into communist hands. As a committed member of the Western ‘Free World’ alliance, Canada saw in the Cold War rivalry an opportunity to engage pragmatically with Nigeria to ward off communist interests. Aid was a principal tool used to achieve this objective. Engagements with Nigeria, however, simultaneously created opportunities for Ottawa to advance its foreign policy goals of promotion of human rights, democracy and the rule of law as well as trade.en_US
dc.identifier.citationPeters, A. (2013). '"To find the flow of life, push against the current:' Canada's Engagements with Nigeria, 1960-70" (Master's thesis, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada). Retrieved from https://prism.ucalgary.ca. doi:10.11575/PRISM/28460en_US
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.11575/PRISM/28460
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11023/1015
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisher.facultyGraduate Studies
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Calgaryen
dc.publisher.placeCalgaryen
dc.rightsUniversity of Calgary graduate students retain copyright ownership and moral rights for their thesis. You may use this material in any way that is permitted by the Copyright Act or through licensing that has been assigned to the document. For uses that are not allowable under copyright legislation or licensing, you are required to seek permission.
dc.subjectAfrican
dc.subjectAfrican
dc.subjectCanadian
dc.subjectInternational Law and
dc.subject.classificationNigeria's Foreign Policyen_US
dc.subject.classificationCanada's Foreign Policyen_US
dc.subject.classificationCanada's/Nigeria's Bilateral Relationsen_US
dc.subject.classificationCanada's Cold War policies in Africaen_US
dc.subject.classificationCanadian trade relations with Nigeriaen_US
dc.subject.classificationHuman Rights in Canada's relations with Nigeriaen_US
dc.subject.classificationCanada, Commonwealth, Cold War, Nigeria and Africaen_US
dc.subject.classificationAyo Peters, Patrick Brennanen_US
dc.subject.classificationRussian activities in Africa, British interests in Africa and Nigeriaen_US
dc.title'"To find the flow of life, push against the current:' Canada's Engagements with Nigeria, 1960-70"
dc.typemaster thesis
thesis.degree.disciplineHistory
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of Calgary
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Arts (MA)
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