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The politics of religion in Nigeria: the parameters of the 1987 crisis in Kaduna State

Year: 1989

Type: article

Abstract: This article analyses the immediate and long term causes of the outbreak of religious violence between Muslims and Christians in Kaduna State, Nigeria, in 1987. The author argues that the crisis arose from the politicisation of religion in the regional contest for power. On the one hand is the issue of the rise of fundamentalist Christianity and Islam. On the other is the struggle for political power by the ‘northern Oligarchy’ within the north and against the south in which religion has become a means for forging new coalitions.

Source: Review of African Political Economy

DOI: 10.1080/03056248908703826

Author: Jibrin Ibrahim

Institution: Université de Bordeaux

Language: English

Topic: Religion and Sociopolitical Dynamics in Nigeria

Subfield: General Social Sciences

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDG: Peace, justice, and strong institutions

Open Access status: hybrid

OpenAlex ID: W2029005502

FWCI: 6.577

Cites: 10

Cited by: 144

Related to: 10