Nigeria’s exceptionalism series: Sidi’s Dilemma (2): Learning from China’s growth infrastructures

In Wole Soyinka’s The Lion and the Jewel, Sidi’s choice between Lakunle’s hollow modernity and Baroka’s cunning traditionalism mirrors Nigeria’s developmental crossroads. The nation, much like Soyinka’s heroine, has long vacillated between imported shortcuts and self-serving nostalgia, e