Buharism is a term rooted in the
politics of Nigeria, referring to the economic principles and the political ideology of the
military government of
Nigeria headed by General
Muhammadu Buhari from 31 December 1983 to 27 August 1985. This ideology shares common features with
fascism; the government was a
right-wing nationalist government that pursued corporatist economic programs and curtailed personal freedoms. Economic reforms were characterised as moving the political economy away from the control of a "parasitic" elite, and into the control of an emerging "productive" class. Buharism represented a two-way struggle: with external
global capitalism and with its internal agents and advocates.