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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 Professor of history 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.

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Book category Books in English Humanities History History: earliest times to present day

• Full title: Violence in Nigeria
• Subtitle: The Crisis of Religious Politics and Secular Ideologies
• Author: Toyin Falola
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 408
• EAN: 9781580460521
• ISBN: 1580460526
• ID: 04822529
• Publisher: Boydell & Brewer Ltd
• Weight: 614 g
• Dimensions: 230 × 155 × 24 mm
• Date of publishing: 30. April 2001

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