THE PUBLICITY OF AFRICAN TRADITIONAL RELIGION AND ITS RELEVANCE TO NATION BUILDING IN NIGERIA

Abstract

In our world today, we are aware of the conflict in religious differences and disagreements. Thus conflict fueled backwardness and steadiness in the development of countries. This stagnantly have really affected Nigeria as a nation so many ways be it socially, economically, educationally, religiously, etc. However, African Traditional Religion in its entirety has whatever it takes to improve on the nation building and solve the problem of conflicts. As ethical principles and sanction that follow it if imbibed by Nigeria as a nation would go a long way to solve the problems in the nation. This work would x-ray how African Traditional Religion can play a vital role in the nation building of contemporary Nigerian society through its ethical principles and practices. The work employed socio cultural approach as method which enabled the researcher to drive through the research. It was discovered that Nigerian as a nation is passing through various conflicts because they have failed to learn from the dictates and principles of African Traditional Religion. It recommends a paradigm shift from modus operandi of Nigerian Nation to that of African Traditional Religion.