Religion and the Making of Nigeria

by Olufemi Vaughan

Book Overview

In Religion and the Making of Nigeria , Olufemi Vaughan examines how Christian, Muslim, and indigenous religious structures have provided the essential social and ideological frameworks for the construction of contemporary Nigeria. Using a wealth of archival sources and extensive Africanist scholarship, Vaughan traces Nigeria's social, religious, and political history from the early nineteenth century to the present. During the nineteenth century,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0822362279
• ISBN13: 9780822362272
• Release Date: December 2016
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"