Olufemi Vaughan

Religion and the Making of Nigeria

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Produktbeschreibung

Olufemi Vaughan is Geoffrey Canada Professor of Africana Studies and History at Bowdoin College and the author and editor of many books, including Nigerian Chiefs: Traditional Power in Modern Politics, 1890s-1990s.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Duke University Press
• Seitenzahl: 336
• Erscheinungstermin: 9. Dezember 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 157mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 658g
• ISBN-13: 9780822362067
• ISBN-10: 0822362066
• Artikelnr.: 44609701

Autorenporträt

Olufemi Vaughan

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments  ix
Introduction  1
1. Islam and Christianity in the Making of Modern Nigeria  13
2. Islam and Colonial Rule in Northern Nigeria  39
3. Christianity and the Transformation of Colonial Southern and Northern
Nigeria  69
4. The Politics of Religion in Northern Nigeria during Decolonization  89
5. Religion and the Postcolonial State  112
6. Religious Revival and the State: The Rise of Pentacostalism  139
7. Expanded Sharia: The Northern Ummah and the Fourth Republic  158
8. Expanded Sharia: Resistance, Violence, and Reconciliation  181
9. Sharia Politics, Obasanjo's PNP Federal Government, and the 1999
Constitution  199
Conclusion  223
Bibliography  273
Index  295