Boko Haram : Nigeria's Islamic insurgency
Comolli, Virginia2015
Book
Northern and central Nigeria are engulfed in a violent insurgency campaign waged by Jama'atu Ahlis Sunnah Lidda'awati w'al Jihad, a.k.a. 'Boko Haram', and more recently, its splinter group 'Ansaru'. From its inception an inward-looking, almost parochial, movement, Boko Haram, and even more so Ansaru, have now showed clear signs of regionalisation, expanding their operations across West Africa and forging links with al-Qaeda affiliated groups. Boko Haram's stated aim is to Islamise Africa's most populous country but, like earlier Nigerian Islamist groups, of which there is a long tradition in the Sahel, the discontent prompting young Nigerians and other young West African Muslims to join the insurgency is rooted in more than just religious orthodoxy and cannot be disentangled from their economic, social and and political marginalisation. This book sheds light on the insurgents.
Main title:
Boko Haram : Nigeria's Islamic insurgency / Virginia Comolli.
Author:
Comolli, Virginia, author
Imprint:
London : Hurst & Company, 2015.London : Hurst & Company, 2015.
Collation:
208 pages
ISBN:
9781849044912 (hbk)
Dewey class:
320.5570966909051320.557 COM320.557320.557COM
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
1734127