Hegemonic rivalry and civil society in the Gulf of Guinea in the 21st Century

Henry Kam Kah

doi:10.33956/tensoesmundiais.v12i22.396

Abstract

This paper examined the critical engagement of the major powers in the identification and exploitation of natural and human resources in the strategicallylocated Gulf of Guinea, in Africa. For multifarious reasons, this intervention has produced spheres of hegemonic influence and neo-colonial clashes ofvarious kinds. The war of words and other unorthodox practices initiated by these powers and supported by some African surrogates has unleashed agrowing mobilisation of civil society organisations.

Highlights

INTRODUCTIONThe greater Gulf of Guinea with an area of nearly 3500 miles of coastline is one of the strategic regions of Africa which is blessed with a variety of natural resources such as oil, gas, diverse minerals and human resources
MOMENTOUS ISSUES AND ACTORS IN THE GULF OF GUINEAThe greater Gulf of Guinea with an area of nearly 3500 miles of coastline is one of the strategic regions of Africa which is blessed with a variety of natural resources such as oil, gas, diverse minerals and human resources
6 CONCLUDING OBSERVATIONS In this study we haveexamined the attractiveness of the Gulf of Guinea in terms of its strategic location and abundance of human and natural resources

Summary

INTRODUCTION

The greater Gulf of Guinea with an area of nearly 3500 miles of coastline is one of the strategic regions of Africa which is blessed with a variety of natural resources such as oil, gas, diverse minerals and human resources. For Nigeria, she is the largest producer of crude oil and she has huge reserves of natural gas estimated at about 184 trillion cubic feet She is the eighth largest oil exporting country in the world (HALLESON, 2009a; OYERANMI, 2011). The richness of the resource potentials of the Gulf of Guinea is glaring as Nigeria, Angola and Equatorial Guinea have increased their production potentials to the extent that they are leading producers of oil in the Gulf of Guinea and Africa but the world Behind these rich energy potentials are hegemonic activities within and between countries

CONCEPTUALISING HEGEMONY

HEGEMONIC RIVALRY IN THE GULF OF GUINEA

THE GULF OF GUINEA IN THE FUTURE

Findings

CONCLUDING OBSERVATIONS