Overview
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. 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.
Full Product Details
Author: Professor Toyin Falola (Series Editor)
Publisher: Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Imprint: University of Rochester Press
Edition: New edition
Dimensions:
Width: 15.20cm
, Height: 2.40cm
, Length: 22.90cm
Weight: 0.564kg
ISBN: 9781580460521
ISBN 10: 1580460526
Pages: 408
Publication Date: 15 May 2001
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
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Reviews
The examination of the relationship between religion and ethnic nationalism is significant. A product of extensive research, Violence in Nigeria makes a contribution to social and political history, contested values, and the future of nationhood. CHOICE The book is impressively multi-disciplinary, combining methodologies and theories from history, political science, religious studies, public policy and sociology...It is a welcome addition to scholarship on post-colonial politics and religiopolicy and sociology...It is a welcome addition to scholarship on post-colonial politics and religions in Africa. AFRICAN ECONOMIC HISTORY Falola...is a dis
The examination of the relationship between religion and ethnic nationalism is significant. A product of extensive research, Violence in Nigeria makes a contribution to social and political history, contested values, and the future of nationhood. CHOICE The book is impressively multi-disciplinary, combining methodologies and theories from history, political science, religious studies, public policy and sociology...It is a welcome addition to scholarship on post-colonial politics and religions in Africa. AFRICAN ECONOMIC HISTORY Falola...is a distinguished Nigerian historian who has indeed written a timely and a very absorbing book. AHR 2001
The examination of the relationship between religion and ethnic nationalism is significant. A product of extensive research, Violence in Nigeria makes a contribution to social and political history, contested values, and the future of nationhood. * CHOICE * The book is impressively multi-disciplinary, combining methodologies and theories from history, political science, religious studies, public policy and sociology...It is a welcome addition to scholarship on post-colonial politics and religions in Africa. AFRICAN ECONOMIC HISTORY Falola...is a distinguished Nigerian historian who has indeed written a timely and a very absorbing book. * AHR 2001 *
Author Information
TOYIN FALOLA is Professor of History, University Distinguished Teaching Professor, and the Jacob and Sanger Mossiker Chair in the Humanities at the University of Texas at Austin.
