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armed resistance
Author_Moses E. Ochonu
boko harem
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cultural identity
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extremist movements
ideological struggle
islamist insurgency
local grievances
militant networks
northern communities
political violence
radicalization
regional instability
security crisis
social upheaval
state conflict
transnational jihad
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- ISBN 9780520417694
- Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
- Publication Date: 03 Feb 2026
- Publisher: University of California Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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For many observers, the predation of Boko Haram, unsparing and venal in its manifestation, is shocking, and it seems to lack a local historical frame of reference that would help make it understandable. For others, Boko Haram’s self-declared jihad resonates within a long, local, contested historical memory of religious militancy. This book makes sense of these two seemingly contradictory perceptions. It explains Boko Haram’s simultaneous connection to, and disconnection from, a complex history of religious dissidence and militancy in Northern Nigeria. It also answers the question of where the militants came from, what inspired and motivated them, and whether there is a local history of militant religious rebellion that could both illuminate and challenge Boko Haram’s self-proclaimed jihad. Moses E. Ochonu analyzes the rise and evolution of the Boko Haram movement within and against the contentious religious pasts of Northern Nigeria.
Moses E. Ochonu is Cornelius Vanderbilt Chair in History and Professor of African History at Vanderbilt University and author, most recently, of Emirs in London: Subaltern Travel and Nigeria’s Modernity.
