Making of Modern Africa S.
2 total works
This text examines the link between religion and politics both at the level of theory and with specific reference to Nigeria. The first part of the book focuses on major local issues, and the second on how religion affects the country's relations. The religious problem has become prominent, not only for its recurrence, but also for its intensity. Nigeria itself is plural with innumerable religious groups, although this need not be a problem if pluralism is used to promote freedom of association, democracy and human rights. It does become a problem if, as this book notes, religious groups make self-centered demands on the state; when the state succumbs to such demands or to blackmail; and when public officers use religious groups and leaders for their own political survival.
Religious Militancy and Self-assertion
by Matthew Hassan Kukha, Toyin Falola, and Matthew Hassan Kukah
Published 8 November 1996
This critical assessment of the origins and consequences of Islam and politics in colonial and post-colonial Nigeria covers religion and national integration; looks at the old and the new Caliphates; examines violence and deprivation in the Kaduna State; and analyses national feeling.