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Religion and the Making of Nigeria

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by Olufemi Vaughan

    • Author

      Olufemi Vaughan

    • Book Format

      Paperback / softback

    • Publisher

      Duke University Press

    • Published

      December 2016

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      In Religion and the Making of Nigeria, Olufemi Vaughan examines how Christian, Muslim, and indigenous religious structures have provided the essential social and ideological frameworks for the construction of contemporary Nigeria. Using a wealth of archival sources and extensive Africanist scholarship, Vaughan traces Nigeria's social, religious, and political history from the early nineteenth century to the present. During the nineteenth century, the historic Sokoto Jihad in today's northern Nigeria and the Christian missionary movement in what is now southwestern Nigeria provided the frameworks for ethno-religious divisions in colonial society. Following Nigeria's independence from Britain in 1960, Christian-Muslim tensions became manifest in regional and religious conflicts over the expansion of sharia, in fierce competition among political elites for state power, and in the rise of Boko Haram. These tensions are not simply conflicts over religious beliefs, ethnicity, and regionalism; they represent structural imbalances founded on the religious divisions forged under colonial rule.

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      • Author

        Olufemi Vaughan

      • Book Format

        Paperback / softback

      • Publisher

        Duke University Press

      • Published

        December 2016

      • Weight

        454g

      • Page Count

        336

      • Dimensions

        154 x 228 x 21 mm

      • ISBN

        9780822362272

      • ISBN-10

        0822362279

      • Eden Code

        4451204

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      • Author/Creator: Olufemi Vaughan

      • ISBN: 9780822362272

      • Publisher: Duke University Press

      • Release Date: December 2016

      • Weight: 454g

      • Dimensions: 154 x 228 x 21 mm

      • Eden Code: 4451204


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