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Violence in Nigeria: The Crisis of Religious Politics and Secular Ideologies

By Toyin Falola

Book information

Publisher
University of Rochester Press
Year
2000
ISBN
1580460186, 9781580460187, 9780585235400
LCC
BL2470.N5 F35 1998
Open Library ID
OL699703M
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
784 kB (803271 bytes)
Series
Rochester Studies in African History and the Diaspora
Pages
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Time added
2011-08-31 04:54:40

Description

Violence in Nigeria is the most comprehensive study of religious violence and aggression in Nigeria, notably its causes, consequences, and the options for conflict resolution. After an analysis of the links between religion and politics, the book elaborates on all the major cases of violence in the 1980s and 90s, including the Maitatsine, Kano, Bauchi, Kaduna, and Katsina riots. Zones of religious tensions are identified, as well as general characteristics of violence in Nigeria; and issues in inter and intra-religious relations, relious organizations, and the states, and the main actors in the conflicts are explored in great detail. A product of extensive primary research, Violence in Nigeria makes a contribution to contemporary social and political history that no previous study has attempted, and it is written to appeal to specialists and non-specialists alike.

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