Violence in Nigeria - The Crisis of Religious Politics and Secular Ideologies (Paperback, New edition)

A comprehensive study of religious violence and aggression in Nigeria, notably its causes, consequences, and the options for conflict resolution. 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 religionand 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. Toyin Falola is the Jacob and Frances Sanger Mossiker Chair in the Humanities and University Distinguished Teaching Professor at the University of Texas at Austin. He is the author or editor of over a dozen books dealing with the history of Nigeria, its people, their religion and politics.

General

Imprint:	University of Rochester Press
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	May 2001
First published:	June 2001
Authors:	Toyin Falola (Series Editor)
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 24mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	408
Edition:	New edition
ISBN-13:	978-1-58046-052-1
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political science & theory Books > Humanities > History > African history > General Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political activism > Demonstrations & protest movements Books > Humanities > History > World history > From 1900 > Postwar, from 1945 Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > General > Religious intolerance, persecution & conflict > General Books > History > African history > General Books > History > World history > From 1900 > Postwar, from 1945 Books > Religion & Spirituality > General > Religious intolerance, persecution & conflict > General
LSN:	1-58046-052-6
Barcode:	9781580460521

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