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Der Beitrag untersucht Zusammenhänge zwischen Bildung/Erziehung und der Religion in Nordnigeria auf dem Hintergrund von Prozessen sozio-kulturellen Wandels. Der zeitliche Schwerpunkt der Untersuchung liegt in der Periode von den 1970er bis Ende der 1990er Jahre, die Analyse schließt allerdings auch die britische Kolonialzeit und die frühe Entwicklung des 1960 unabhängig gewordenen Nigeria mit ein. Das Spannungsfeld der Betrachtung reicht vom traditionellen Islam/islamischen Traditionalismus über modernen Islam/islamischen Modernismus bis zum Konflikt zwischen westlicher Orientierung und islamischem Fundamentalismus. (DÜI-Kör)

"Exploring the contentious landscape of Nigeria's escalating violence, this book describes the changing roles of traditional authorities in combatting contemporary security challenges. Set against a backdrop of widespread security threats - including insurgency, land disputes, communal violence, regional independence movements, and widespread criminal activities - perhaps more than ever before, Nigeria's conventional security infrastructure seems ill-equipped for the job. This book offers a fresh, empirical analysis of the roles of traditional authorities - including kings, Ezes, Obas and Emirs - who are often hailed as potent alternatives to the state in security governance. It complicates the assumption that these traditional leaders, by virtue of their customary legitimacy and popular roots, are singularly effective in preventing and managing violence. Instead, in exploring their creative adaptation to governance roles after a dramatic postcolonial downturn, this book argues that traditional leaders can augment, but not substitute, the state in addressing insecurity. This book's in-depth analysis will be of interest to researchers and policy makers across African and security studies, political science, anthropology, and development"--