more nigeria
colonial legacy
inequity and instability that reinforce each other
british negotiated independence
	worked better because the native elites stayed in power and used the infrastructure already in place to continue running the country

institutions
	federal (vs unitary like GB)
		large population, but diverse, fed system to preserve local rights
		bicam legislature
			upper house addresses larger areas
			lower house addresses local matters
		1967-70 Biafa War of Secession
			failed, wanted exclusive use of their mineral rights
	use of ethnicity
		want to avoid having politicized set of ethnic divisions
		initial political system mobilization along ethnic lines in many countries, not really british colonies though
		sometimes linguistic, sometimes phenotypical, always geographic
		in rwanda, belgian authorities emphasized one group over an other
		linguistic is a big factor, mostly because some don't have access to formal education
		leads to parrochial political culture, not aware of national politics
		hard to get demographic data b/c of poor infrastructure
		literacy is 39-50%
		150-200 different ethnic groups, many different languages
		
	political parties
		in order to be able to be registered, need to have national appeal in the platform
		primary divide is regional
		north (muslim) vs south (christian/else)

1983/85 Babangida
	military ruler
	presented self as interim leader
	comparable to latin america
	has a history of military/security forces to take control
	promises to liberalize system and step down
	supports democratic transition
	policies work to retaining military
	sets up pair of parties with competing agendas, no others allowed, no independents
		elections in 1992, decides void and bans candidates from politics
92-93 Abiola
	elections considered to be free and fair
	had support across both major groups
	projected to win
	
93-98 Abacha
	installs interim national government
	failed attempts to manage transition
	repression, violation of human rights
	has to strugle with Abiola
	Abiola proclaims himself ruler in 1994, is arrested and held until 1999
	Abiola's wife is assassinated
	dies mysteriously in 1998, believed to have been poisoned
	buried w/o autopsy
	paves way for real transition
1998 Abiola given power by Abacha's successor
elections in 1999
1999-2007 Obasanjo
	served 4 year term, reelected under questionable circumstances
2007 Yar-Adua
	some polling stations never opened
	some never received voting materials
	other places had ballot boxes removed to local party offices
	official numbers clearly doctored
	in places where voting occurred, money was often exchanged for votes, non-secret voting, other BS
	supreme court ignores it