Political decentralisation and conflict: The Sharia crisis in Kaduna, Nigeria

Journal of Contemporary African Studies

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 15-31

  Angerbrandt, Henrik ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

conflict; decentralisation; ethnicity; Nigeria; religion; Sharia

Indexed keywords

DECENTRALIZATION; ETHNICITY; ISLAMISM; POLITICAL CHANGE; POLITICAL CONFLICT; POLITICAL VIOLENCE;

KADUNA [NIGERIA]; NIGERIA;

EID: 79251636288     PISSN: 02589001     EISSN: 14699397     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02589001.2011.533057     Document Type: Article

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