| ID | 153107 |
| Title Proper | Boko Haram |
| Other Title Information | religious radicalism and insurrection in Northern Nigeria |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Hansen, William |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | This article is interested in shedding light on why a phenomenon such as Boko Haram came into existence and why it poses a threat to the very existence of the Nigerian state. The Boko Haram phenomenon, I argue, can only be understood as a reaction to more than a half century of corruption, venality, poverty, and abuse by the state predator class. My argument is that Boko Haram is the entirely logical consequence of more than five decades of the post-colonial Nigerian state ruled by a parasitic predator class that is itself a by-product of the colonial state. |
| `In' analytical Note | Journal of Asian and African Studies Vol. 52, No.4; Jun 2017: p.551-569 |
| Journal Source | Journal of Asian and African Studies 2017-08 52, 4 |
| Key Words | Nigeria ; Radical Islam ; Salafism ; Northern Nigeria ; Boko Haram |