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Title: | Ethnic and religious crises in Nigeria: a specific analysis upon identities (1999-2013) |
Authors: | Çanci, Haldun Odukoya, Opeyemi Adedoyin |
Year: | 2016 |
Periodical: | African Journal on Conflict Resolution (ISSN 1562-6997) |
Volume: | 16 |
Issue: | 1 |
Pages: | 87-110 |
Language: | English |
Geographic term: | Nigeria |
Subjects: | religion ethnicity ethnic identity identity conflict |
Abstract: | Today, Africa is laced with some of the most obstinate conflicts, most of them constructed from differences in religious and ethnic identities. Religious and ethnic nationalism has led to conflicts about control of state power, unequal allocation of resources, citizenship issues, state collapse, economic decline and ethno-religious clashes. Nigeria has been pushed hither and thither by recurrent crises of regional or state illegitimacy, often impairing efforts at economic transformation, democratisation, national cohesion and stability (Osaghae and Suberu 2005:4). With this continental background in mind, this research paper seeks to examine the relationship between religion, ethnicity and conflict in Nigeria, focusing mainly on issues in the North of the country. The question is: To what extent are conflicts emerging from ethnic or religious sources? This paper also looks at the notion of Identity and how it explains the crisis of development and complexities in modern Nigeria. Bibliogr., notes, sum. [Journal abstract] |