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

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Review of African Political Economy

Volume 16, Issue 45-46

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

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Author(s): Jibrin Ibrahim ^a

Publication date (Print): 1989

Journal: Review of African Political Economy

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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.

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Title: Review of African Political Economy

Publisher: Review of African Political Economy

ISSN (Print): 0305-6244

ISSN (Electronic): 1740-1720

Publication date (Print): 1989

Volume: 16

Issue: 45-46

Pages: 65-82

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^a Research Fellow at the Centre d'Etudes d'Afrique Noire , Universite de Bordeaux

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Publisher ID: 8703826 Coden ID: Review of African Political Economy, Vol. 16, No. 45-46, 1889, pp. 65-82

DOI: 10.1080/03056248908703826

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Coulon C.. 1986. . Les Nouveaux Ulama et la resurgence Islamique au Nord Nigeria . , Bordeaux : : Centre d'Etudes d'Afrique Noire (CEAN). .
Doi A.I.. 1984. . Islam in Nigeria . , Zaria : : Gaskiya Corporation. .
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Ayandele E.A.. 1966. . The Missionary Impact on Modern Nigeria . , London : : Longman. .
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Onaiyekan Rt. Rev. J.. “‘Recent history of religions in Nigeria’. ”. Edited by: Kayode M.O. and Usman Y.B..
Ubah C.N.. 1987. . ‘Christian Missionary Penetration of the Nigerian Emirates with special reference to the Medical Mission Approach’. . The Muslim World . , Vol. 77((1)) January;
Wiseberg L.. 1975. . ‘Christian churches and the Nigerian Civil War’. . Journal of African Studies . , Vol. 2((3))
llogu C.E.. 1975. . ‘The religious situation in Nigeria today: a sociological analysis’. . Presence Africaine . , Vol. 96((4))
Ademoyega A.. 1981. . Why we struck: the story of the first Nigerian coup d'etat . , Ibadan : : Evans Brothers. .
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Gbulie B.. 1981. . Nigeria's Five Majors . , Onitsha : : Africana Education. .
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Mainasara A.A.. 1982. . Five Majors: Why they struck . , Zaria : : Hudahuda. .
Muffet D.J.M.. 1982. . Let the truth be told: the coup d'etat of 1966 . , Zaria : : Hudahuda. .
Obasanjo O.. 1987. . Nzeogwu: An intimate portrait of Major Chukwuma Kaduna Nzeogwu . , Ibadan : : Spectrum Books. .
Ojigbo O.. 1982. . Shehu Shagari: The Biography of Nigeria's First Executive President . , Miadinska Knijiga. .
Paden J.. 1986. . Ahmadu Bello: Sardauna of Sokoto . , Zaria : : Hudahuda. .
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[1] Clarke P.B. and Linden I.. 1984. . Islam in Nigeria . , Zaria : : Gaskiya Corporation. .

[2] Coulon C.. 1986. . Les Nouveaux Ulama et la resurgence Islamique au Nord Nigeria . , Bordeaux : : Centre d'Etudes d'Afrique Noire (CEAN). .

[3] Doi A.I.. 1984. . Islam in Nigeria . , Zaria : : Gaskiya Corporation. .

[4] Fall M.. 1986a. . Senegal: L'Etat Abdou Diouf . , Paris : : Harmattan. .

[5] Fall M.. 1986b. . “‘Orientations de la recherche sur I'lslam en Afrique Noire’. ”. In Travaux et Documents . , Bordeaux : : CEAN. .

[6] Ayandele E.A.. 1966. . The Missionary Impact on Modern Nigeria . , London : : Longman. .

[7] Erivwo S.U.. 1985. . “‘The church in a changing Nigeria’. ”. In The Economic and Social Development of Nigeria . , Edited by: Kayode M.O. and Usman Y.B.. Vol. Vol.2. , Zaria : : ‘Nigeria since Independence Project’. .

[8] Onaiyekan Rt. Rev. J.. “‘Recent history of religions in Nigeria’. ”. Edited by: Kayode M.O. and Usman Y.B..

[9] Ubah C.N.. 1987. . ‘Christian Missionary Penetration of the Nigerian Emirates with special reference to the Medical Mission Approach’. . The Muslim World . , Vol. 77((1)) January;

[10] Wiseberg L.. 1975. . ‘Christian churches and the Nigerian Civil War’. . Journal of African Studies . , Vol. 2((3))

[11] llogu C.E.. 1975. . ‘The religious situation in Nigeria today: a sociological analysis’. . Presence Africaine . , Vol. 96((4))

[12] Ademoyega A.. 1981. . Why we struck: the story of the first Nigerian coup d'etat . , Ibadan : : Evans Brothers. .

[13] Amune S.A.. 1986. . Work and Worship: Selected speeches of Ahmadu Bello . , Zaria : : Gaskiya Corporation. .

[14] Ahmadu Bello , My Life (reprinted by Gaskiya Corporation , Zaria , 1986 );

[15] Clarke J.D.. 1986. . Gowon: Faith in the Future . , London : : Frank Cass. .

[16] Elaigwu J.I.. 1986. . Gowon . , Ibadan : : West Books. .

[17] Gbulie B.. 1981. . Nigeria's Five Majors . , Onitsha : : Africana Education. .

[18] Madiebo A.A.. 1980. . The Nigerian Revolution and the Biafran War . , Enugu : : Fourth Dimension. .

[19] Mainasara A.A.. 1982. . Five Majors: Why they struck . , Zaria : : Hudahuda. .

[20] Muffet D.J.M.. 1982. . Let the truth be told: the coup d'etat of 1966 . , Zaria : : Hudahuda. .

[21] Obasanjo O.. 1987. . Nzeogwu: An intimate portrait of Major Chukwuma Kaduna Nzeogwu . , Ibadan : : Spectrum Books. .

[22] Ojigbo O.. 1982. . Shehu Shagari: The Biography of Nigeria's First Executive President . , Miadinska Knijiga. .

[23] Paden J.. 1986. . Ahmadu Bello: Sardauna of Sokoto . , Zaria : : Hudahuda. .

[24] Shagari S. and Boyd J.. 1978. . Uthman dan Fodio: the theory and practice of his leadership . , Lagos : : Islamic Publications Bureau. .

[25] Usman Y.B.. 1987. . The Manipulation of Religion in Nigeria, 1977–1987 . , Kaduna : : Vanguard. .

[26] Whitaker C.S.. 1966. . The Politics of Tradition . , Princeton University Press. .

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