Fostering Peaceful Co-Existence in Nigeria through Communalism as Practice in the Bible and Africa

Nigeria is plagued today with insecurity, religious killing and corruption due to the fact that there is no genuine love among the citizens of the country. Even the political leaders that usually present themselves as the hope of the masses and messiah are only fighting for their own selfish ambition. The survival of the people in the country is not the priority of many politicians today. This is against the communal spirit of the Africans where the survival of one is the survival of all, and no one will think of harming the other person. This paper focuses at examining how peaceful co-existence can be promoted in Nigeria today in order to combat the problem of insecurity, religious riot and corruption orchestrated by selfishness. This paper adopts historical and phenomenological methods to obtain the information needed for this work. The author of this work concludes that communalism is a way out of the Nigeria’s problems of insecurity, corruption and selfishness. The practice of communal living is well rooted in the Bible (the secular book of the Christians) and in the African culture. If the Africans (i.e. Christians, Muslims and the traditionalists) can adhere strictly to the communal practice as it was in the past and practiced in the Bible, Nigeria will be a haven place for all to liv