Boko Harams Terrorist Campaign in Nigeria
This book investigates the devastating impacts of the Boko Haram terrorist campaign in Nigeria, reflecting on the groups historical context, organizational dynamics, and emerging trajectories.
Since its inception in 2002, Boko Harams terrorist campaign has become one of the major threats to security and human development in West Africa, killing tens of thousands of people, and displacing many more. This book reflects on the origins and development of Boko Haram, contextualizing it in the global trend of militant Islamist movements. It delves into the tactics of the organization, their deployment of sexual and gender-based violence against women and human rights abuses in the war against them. The war against Boko Haram has seen engagement from the international community, national and regional military operations, and also a range of civilian-led movements. This book reflects on the roles of these different actors, and the emerging trajectories that need to be considered in order to eradicate Boko Haram.
Drawing on a range of disciplinary perspectives, this book will be of interest to researchers across the fields of sociology, political science, African s tudies, and peace and conflict studies.
Temitope B. Oriola is joint Editor-in-Chief of the African Security journal, and Associate Professor at the University of Alberta, Canada.
Freedom C. Onuoha is Senior Lecturer at the Department of Political Science, University of Nigeria.
Samuel Oyewole is a PhD candidate at the Department of Political Studies and International Relations, North-West University, South Africa, and a Lecturer at the Department of Political Science, Federal University Oye-Ekiti, Nigeria.
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Boko Harams Terrorist Campaign in Nigeria
Contexts, Dimensions and Emerging Trajectories
Edited by
Temitope B. Oriola, Freedom C. Onuoha and Samuel Oyewole
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- Title: Boko Harams terrorist campaign in Nigeria: contexts, dimensions and emerging
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Series: Routledge studies in peace, conflict and security in Africa |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Identifiers: LCCN 2021026007 | ISBN 9781032077826 (hardback) |
ISBN 9781032077840 (paperback) | ISBN 9781003211525 (ebook) - Subjects: LCSH: Boko Haram. | TerrorismNigeria. |
ViolenceNigeriaReligious aspects21st century. | Islamic fundamentalismNigeria. - Classification: LCC HV6433.N62 B65 2021 | DDC 363.32509669dc23
- LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2021026007
- ISBN: 9781032077826 (hbk)
- ISBN: 9781032077840 (pbk)
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- DOI: 10.4324/9781003211525
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Contents
- Temitope B. Oriola, Freedom C. Onuoha, and Samuel Oyewole
- Damilohun D. Ayoyo, Anthony Mpiani, and Temitope B. Oriola
- Samuel Oyewole and Freedom C. Onuoha
- Abdul-Gafar Tobi Oshodi
- Mitterand M. Okorie
- Obasesam Okoi
- Usman A. Tar and Samuel Baba Ayegba
- Ibikunle Adeakin, Simon Gray, and Oge Madu
- Emeka Thaddues Njoku and Joshua Akintayo
- Anthony Mpiani
- Sunday Omotuyi and Iwebunor Okwechime
- Usman A. Tar and Bashir Bala
Contributors
- Ibikunle Adeakin PhD (University of Waikato) is an independent researcher. His recent research explores Nigerias intelligence agencies, Islamism, and the political economy of Nigeria. His work appears in African Security Review, African Security and Commonwealth & Comparative Politics among others. His recent work includes The Challenges of Effective Intelligence in Nigeria Post-Military Rule, in African Intelligence Services, Early Postcolonial and Contemporary Challenges, Ryan Shaffer (editor), published by Rowman & Littlefield (July 2021).
- Joshua Akintayo is a PhD student at the Brussels School of International Studies (BSIS) the University of Kent, United Kingdom. Akintayos PhD research focuses on the complex nature of government engagement with Muslim Communities and non-state actors in the context of the deradicalization programme in Northeast Nigeria. His current field placement is state-community relations within the context of counter-terrorism. He is interested in deradicalization programs and practices of states, countering violent extremism, and state-community relations. His work appears in the African Journal of Terrorism, South African Journal of International Affairs, and a chapter in The Routledge Companion to Global Cyber-Security Strategy