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