The Nigerian Machine is the invisible social force that guides culture in present-day Nigeria. It informs the social, economic, and political choices Nigerians make, and plays an active role in the successes and failures Nigerians experience in Nigeria and around the world. It explains the political leverage Nigeria is able to exercise on its neighbors; it explains the powerful academic and economic force Nigerian expatriates are in their respective countries. Even more, The Nigerian Machine provides possible reasons for why Nigeria, as a country, has failed to reach its full potential; why Nigerians are known worldwide for fraudulent emails, corruption, and religious extremism.

The Nigerian Machine is embedded in the psyche of every Nigerian, and consists of six core parts: a strong religious ethos, stoicism, hustle, a strong network, positive realism, and positive elitism.



These parts work together, supporting each other to form one overarching cultural ideology so that most Nigerians can be expected to display actions and attitudes that strongly align with any four or five elements of The Nigerian Machine.

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