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Boko Haram : the past of the present upheaval / Moses E. Ochonu

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  • Boko Haram : the past of the present upheaval / Moses E. Ochonu
  • Oakland, California : University of California Press
  • C 2026
  • 1 volume (VIII-279 pages) ; 23 cm
  • 978-0-5204-1768-7
  • 0-520-41768-2
  • 978-0-5204-1769-4
  • 0-520-41769-0
  • 9780520417694
  • 327.117 096
  • Bibliographie pages 247-267. Index
  • For many observers, the predation of Boko Haram, unsparing and venal in its manifestation, is shocking because it seems to lack a local historical frame of reference that could render it legible. For others, Boko Haram's self-declared jihad resonates into a long, local, contested historical memory of religious militancy. This book makes sense of these two seemingly contradictory perceptions of Boko Haram. It explains Boko Haram's simultaneous connection to and disconnection from a complex history of religious dissidence and militancy in Northern Nigeria. It also answers the question of where the militants came from, what inspired and motivated them, and whether there is a past history of dissidence and militancy that could both illuminate and challenge Boko Haram's self-proclaimed jihad. Boko Haram analyzes the rise and evolution of the Boko Haram movement within and against the contentious religious pasts of Northern Nigeria.
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