Boko Haram and International Law

Publication title information

John-Mark Iyi & Hennie Strydom (Eds.) (2018). Boko Haram and International Law. Springer (New York)

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Books and chapters

Description

This book focuses on Boko Haram and terrorism in Nigeria, framing the conflict in an international law context. It analyses the nature of political violence and the dominant roles of a violent nation-state (in both colonial and post-colonial experiences) and the rise of terrorism in Nigeria. The book unearths embedded evidence of religious nepotism on the part of state officials using such state institutions as Islamic Preaching Boards to promote one Islamic sect over another in mainly Muslim Northern Nigeria. The book offers insights into this subtle sectarian divide and how this and other ‘subterranean’ elements have contributed to the rise of Boko Haram in Northern Nigeria beyond the dominant poverty-terrorism nexus narrative.

About the author/s

John-Mark Iyi

Prof John-Mark Iyi is Acting Director of the African Centre Transnational Criminal Justice.

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Hennie Strydom

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