02254nam 22003853a 450 991083186380332120230808210249.01-4780-9117-7https://doi.org/10.1215/9780822373872(CKB)4950000000290290(OCoLC)944304957(ScCtBLL)1b2817e9-f4cc-45b8-a99e-61901e30b2a3(EXLCZ)99495000000029029020211214i20162017 uu enguru||||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierReligion and the Making of NigeriaOlufemi VaughanDurham NC :Duke University Press,2016.1 online resource (332 p.)Religious Cultures of African and African Diaspora PeopleIn Religion and the Making of Nigeria, Olufemi Vaughan examines how Christian, Muslim, and indigenous religious structures have provided the essential social and ideological frameworks for the construction of contemporary Nigeria. Using a wealth of archival sources and extensive Africanist scholarship, Vaughan traces Nigeria's social, religious, and political history from the early nineteenth century to the present. During the nineteenth century, the historic Sokoto Jihad in today's northern Nigeria and the Christian missionary movement in what is now southwestern Nigeria provided the frameworks for ethno-religious divisions in colonial society. Following Nigeria's independence from Britain in 1960, Christian-Muslim tensions became manifest in regional and religious conflicts over the expansion of sharia, in fierce competition among political elites for state power, and in the rise of Boko Haram. These tensions are not simply conflicts over religious beliefs, ethnicity, and regionalism; they represent structural imbalances founded on the religious divisions forged under colonial rule.Religious Cultures of African and African Diaspora PeopleHistory / Africa / WestbisacshHistoryHistory / Africa / WestHistoryVaughan OlufemiScCtBLLScCtBLLBOOK9910831863803321UNINA