In March 1980, fifty men suffocated to death in the back of a police van, known as a Black
Maria, in Lagos, Nigeria. In the Black Maria Tragedy, as it came to be called, several …

This book investigates the ways in which people in the Lake Chad region that divides
Nigeria, Niger, Chad, and Cameroon deal with the crises of violence, jihadism, drought, and …

Oil is a metonym for terms in books and articles in diverse disciplines in African studies.
Some portray oil as a causal agent that thrusts formerly low-income countries into the highly …

This historical case study examines the root of Nigeria's increase in ethnic agitations for
inclusion as a phenomenon bordering on the country's nation-building challenges. The …

Given the tapestry of the history and the polygonal dimension of armed conflict and political
violence in Africa, the continent's civilization becomes questionable when one considers the …

There is a growing number of mutinies and desertions within the rank and file in the Armed
Forces of Nigeria (AFN). While these acts have attendant implications on the military …

Federalism is a political arrangement that seeks to satisfy all conflicting interests by uniting
diversities through a doctrine of autonomy and cooperation. Many countries in the world …

The realities of insecurity in the continent can best be described as a continual fluctuation
between two extremes; hope and despair; a condition reinforced by guided democratization …

Sur la longue durée, et non sans contretemps, l'État sénégalais a fait montre d'une
résilience et d'une capacité d'adaptation significatives face à la contestation séparatiste en …

This study is developing in a context where there is an expanding geography of Pentecostal
religion in the urban spaces of many of the cities of the Global South. Employing a …