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

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.