Religion and the Making of Nigeria

Olufemi Vaughan is Geoffrey Canada Professor of Africana Studies and History at Bowdoin College and the author and editor of many books, including Nigerian Chiefs: Traditional Power in Modern Politics, 1890s-1990s.

• Acknowledgments  ixIntroduction  11. Islam and Christianity in the Making of Modern Nigeria  132. Islam and Colonial Rule in Northern Nigeria  393. Christianity and the Transformation of Colonial Southern and Northern Nigeria  694. The Politics of Religion in Northern Nigeria during Decolonization  895. Religion and the Postcolonial State  1126. Religious Revival and the State: The Rise of Pentacostalism  1397. Expanded Sharia: The Northern Ummah and the Fourth Republic  1588. Expanded Sharia: Resistance, Violence, and Reconciliation  1819. Sharia Politics, Obasanjo's PNP Federal Government, and the 1999 Constitution  199Conclusion  223Bibliography  273Index  295

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