Perspective on Contemporary Nigeria: Essays in Honour of Professor A. Bolaji Akinyemi, CFR, examines the plethora of issues - external and internal - that have challenged the Nigerian state since independence. The book examines these challenges through a multiple perspective approach. The contemporaneous nature of the critical national issues interrogated by the contributors in this book sits well in the thought chambers of Professor A. Bolaji Akinyemi - a distinguished scholar, a charismatic former Director-General of the Nigerian Institute of International Affairs (NIIA) (One of Africa's most influential Think- Tanks) and a former Minister of External Affairs.