Violence in Nigeria The Crisis of Religious Politics and Secular Ideologies [Paperback]

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.A comprehensive study of religious violence and aggression in Nigeria, notably its causes, consequences, and the options for conflict resolution.The Context: Islam, Christianity, and Interreligious RelationsThe Context: The Nigerian State in Historical PerspectiveReligion and the State: A Theocracy in a Muslim World?Religious Leadership and Agencies of MobilizationA Reign of Terror: Violence in Northern Cities, 1980-1985A Decade of Clashes: Muslim-Christian Relations in the 1980s The Age of Warfare : Violence and Conflicts in the 1990sIslam Against IslamThe War of Words: Hate Literature and Verbal ViolenceConflict Management: Stategies and Options