Religion and the Making of Nigeria (Religious C. Vaughan<|

Religion and the Making of NigeriaAuthor(s): Olufemi Vaughan\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Duke University Press, United States\nImprint: Duke University Press\nISBN-13: 9780822362272, 978-0822362272\nSynopsis\nIn 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 Nigerias social, religious, and political history from the early nineteenth century to the present. During the nineteenth century, the historic Sokoto Jihad in todays northern Nigeria and the Christian missionary movement in what is now southwestern Nigeria provided the frameworks for ethno-religious divisions in colonial society. Following Nigerias independence from Britain in 1960, Christian-Muslim tensions became manifest in regional and religious conflicts ov.