The Boko Haram Uprising and Islamic Revivalism in Nigeria Die Boko-Haram-Unruhen und die Wiederbelebung des Islam in Nigeria

From the 1980 Maitatsine uprising to the 2009 Boko Haram uprising, Nigeria was bedevilled by ethno-religious conflicts with devastating human and material losses. But the Boko Haram uprising of July 2009 was significant in that it not only set a precedent, but also reinforced the attempts by Islamic...

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Main Author: Abimbola Adesoji
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2010-01-01
Series:Africa Spectrum
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Online Access:http://hup.sub.uni-hamburg.de/giga/afsp/article/view/330