Between maitatsine and boko haram: Islamic fundamentalism and the response of the nigerian state

Africa Today

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 99-119

  Adesoji, Abimbola O ^a  

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CULTURE; IDEOLOGY; ISLAMISM; TERRORISM; VIOLENCE;

NIGERIA;

EID: 80051655792     PISSN: 00019887     EISSN: 15271978     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2979/africatoday.57.4.99     Document Type: Article

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