Abstract

Nigeria

The article describes the anti-war movement in Nigeria in opposition to the Iraq War. On March 20, 2003, a fitness center in Lagos, Nigeria's commercial capital, was transformed into a venue for strongly expressed views. In homes, buses and offices, the war upstaged Nigeria's problems as the topic of discussion of choice. Most Nigerians are angry at the U.S., even while they unabashedly covet the American way of life. The war is already sparking a diplomatic problems between Nigeria and the U.S. Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo had teamed up with President Thabo Mbeki of South Africa and Abdoulaye Wade of Senegal to write letters to U.S. President George W. Bush, United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan and Saddam Hussein on the need to avert war.