The Concept of Pluralistic Society: An Overview of Nigerian Tribes

Abstract

Many scholars and books talk about the multi-ethnic nature of Nigeria as one country, not to mention the varieties of articles by assorted scholars and newspapers, who find the topic of Nigeria’s plural society interesting. In this study, the author dived to examine the abundant tribes and ethnic groups in Nigeria. Scholars believe that countries like India, Congo, and Nigeria are wide in nature ethnically, and so, Nigeria which has hundreds of tribes and ethnic groups is more of a mixture of elements in chemistry that a lab scientist may be wondering what the outcome of mixing different chemicals would be. This paper is studied as conceptual research to theoretically lay the tribes found in Nigeria and the possibility of national unity and diversity, with secondary data mostly gathered through previous relevant literature and the author’s observation as a Nigerian, understanding the basic and contemporary situation with the state and fairness or its vice. With the panoramic view of how these multiple tribes mutually relate with one another, either categorized as major or minor tribes could all be united as Nigerians. Although the study replicates some previous literature, data shows how most scholars that studied Nigeria’s pluralistic society pegged its cohesion to either governance, a state of fairness or freedom as a way to unify its people.