Why Africa Is Continually In Crisis Why Africa Is Continually In Crisis At the present moment, no nation best typifies a country in dire need of peace and social cohesion among her various sociopolitical groups than Nigeria adding that over the years, myriads of sociopolitical contradictions have conspired directly and indirectly to give the unenviable tag of a country in constant search of social harmony, justice, equity, equality, and peace. Without any shadow of the doubt, the country has become a hotbed for all manners of violence. This challenge, however, is by no means unique to Nigeria as a country but cuts across Africa as a continent.