Vol 2. No.6 November/December 2005 Contents From the Publisher 5 Jideofor Adibe South Africa: The New Big Brother or the New Imperial Power in Africa Coherence and Contradictions in South Africa's Foreign Policy in Africa Laurie Nathan 11 Friend or Foe? South Africa and Sub-Saharan Africa in the Global Trading System Peter Draper & Nkululeko Khumalo 25 South Africa: An Opportunity for African Transformation and Post- Colonial Liberation ? Mammo Muchie 51 The emerging giants of Africa: A Study of Nigeria-South Africa Relations in the Post Apartheid era Jonah I. Onuoha 58 Nigeria Poetics, Politics and the Paradoxes of Oil in Nigeria's Niger Delta Region James Tar Tsaaior 72 The Nigerian Oil and Gas Industry: From Joint Ventures to Production Sharing Contracts Madaki O. Ameh 81 Cameroon 44 years of Cameroon's unification: Has it been success? Elie Smith 88 Africa and the world Two Nations, One Destiny Bankie F. Bankie 93 Human Security: A Focus on Africa Kenneth Omeje 97 Migration and Diaspora: Craze, Significance and Challenges Patrick IROEGBU 105 Determining Whether the Glass is Half-full or Half-empty: The Continuing Challenge of Making Poverty History Joe L. Washington 123 African Renaissance