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oapen-20.500.12657-317492021-11-08T09:22:33Z Religion and the Making of Nigeria Vaughan, Olufemi History Hausa–Fulani Muslims Nigeria Nigerians Northern Region Nigeria Sharia Yoruba people bic Book Industry Communication::H Humanities::HB History::HBJ Regional & national history::HBJH African history '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. 2017-03-09 23:55 2020-03-10 03:00:31 2020-04-01T13:48:04Z 2020-04-01T13:48:04Z 2016-12-09 book 625285 OCN: 944304957 9780822373872 http://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/31749 eng Religious Cultures of African and African Diaspora People application/pdf n/a 625285.pdf Duke University Press 10.1215/9780822373872 100276 10.1215/9780822373872 f0d6aaef-4159-4e01-b1ea-a7145b2ab14b b818ba9d-2dd9-4fd7-a364-7f305aef7ee9 9780822373872 Knowledge Unlatched (KU) Durham NC 100276 KU Select 2016 Front List Collection Knowledge Unlatched open access
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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.
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