that their admission, “comes against the backdrop of on-going efforts to build a viable organization, and to propagate the concepts of libertarian socialism to an African audience” and that they would continue to count on the active support of the IWA to execute its programs. 1999 The group began to dissolve due to the entrance of civilian government in Nigeria. Fragmentation In 1999, the struggle against military rule that the Awareness League and many other groups in Nigeria took part in came to an end with the coming of civilian rule. In an interview, Sam Mbah cited the struggle against military rule as a common and uniting factor in the function of the Awareness League and other groups stating, “ the military was a uniting factor, I would say, in the sense that every person – whether you were anarchist, Marxist, leftist, socialist – saw in the military a common enemy to be resisted, to be opposed, to be overthrown if possible”. The formation of a civilian government meant there was no longer a common enemy and many individuals began to gravitate towards bourgeois politics. Additionally, Sam Mbah notes that groups such as the Awareness League were not prepared for the formation of a civilian government and assumed that it would have “business as usual” leading to many groups, including the Awareness League to become fragmented. See also Anarchism in Africa References External links The Awareness League (AL) archive at RevoltLib.com Awareness League archive at TheAnarchistLibrary.org Interview with general Secretary of Awareness League, 1994 1989 establishments in Nigeria 1999 disestablishments in Nigeria Anarchism in Nigeria Defunct anarchist organizations in Africa International Workers' Association Organizations disestablished in 1999 Organizations established in 1989 Political organizations based in Nigeria