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Dayo Olopade (The New York Times, dayoolopade.com) and Eliza Griswold (New America Foundation, The Tenth Parallel, Wideawake Field)
- A history of violence in Nigeria . 00:57
- Is the source of the conflict religious or economic? . 04:39
- Clan loyalties threaten national coherence . 11:29
- Could the country split in two? . 15:35
- How Nigeria produced the underwear bomber . 19:33
- Seventy million youths with no access to education . 26:59
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Recorded:Mar 11
Posted:Mar 11, 2010
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