Research Catalog

Title

Understanding Boko Haram : terrorism and insurgency in Africa / edited by James J. Hentz and Hussein Solomon.

Publication

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group, 2017.

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Additional Authors

• Hentz, James J.
• Solomon, Hussein

Description

xix, 283 pages : map; 24 cm

Summary

The primary objective of this book is to understand the nature of the Boko Haram insurgency in northeast Nigeria. One of the world's most lethal terrorist groups, Boko Haram is formally known as Jama'at ahlis Sunnah lid Da'wat wal Jihad (people committed to the propagation of the Prophet's teachings and jihad), with Boko Haram being its common Hausa name, which loosely translates as 'western education is forbidden'. The movement's ostensible goal is to create an Islamic Caliphate starting in Borno State in the North East that will eventually cover the areas of the former Kanem-Borno Empire, including parts of western Chad, northwestern Cameroon, and southeastern Niger. The central theme threading its way through this volume's chapters is the relationship between the failure of the state- building project in Nigeria and the outbreak and nature of insurgency. State failure, if not collapse, in Nigeria has different dimensions. The chapters here, therefore, aim to unpack different parts of the puzzle. From fifteen thousand feet up, Boko Haram's goal of an Islamic Caliphate is a rejection of the modern state system forced on it by the West, and in particular by a conquering Great Britain. Thus, for instance, the borders inherited from colonial rule are considered illegitimate and a caliphate would eventually cover the areas of the former Kanem-Borno Empire, including parts of western Chad, northwestern Cameroon, and southeastern Niger.

Series Statement

Contemporary terrorism studies

Uniform Title

Contemporary terrorism studies.

Subject

• Boko Haram
• Terrorist organizations > Nigeria
• Insurgency > Nigeria
• Islamic fundamentalism > Nigeria
• Terrorism > Nigeria > Prevention
• Insurgency
• Terrorist organizations
• Nigeria

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Introduction: theorizing Boko Haram : understanding the terrorist threat / Hussein Solomon -- The long durée -- Boko Haram : a jihadist enigma in Nigeria / Marc-Antoine Pérouse de Montclos -- The Boko Haram paradox : ethnicity, religion, and historical memory in pursuit of a caliphate / Zacharias P. Pieri and Jacob Zenn -- Old wine in a new bottle : ideological and operational linkages between maitatsine and Boko Haram revolts in Nigeria / Iro Aghedo -- The nigerian state and Boko Haram -- Boko Haram and the widening of cleavages in Nigeria / Azeez Olaniyan and Lucky Asuelime -- Identity, deprivation, terror : why Boko Haram rebels / Daniel Agbiboa -- The elusive quest for peace : Boko Haram and the hollowness of Nigeria's counterinsurgency strategy and weak security architecture / Olabanji Akinola -- Mopping the wet floor of a leaking roof : fighting terror while overlooking radicalization / Ibaba Samuel Ibaba and Anthony Okoye -- Responses -- Portents of a fractured Boko Haram for Nigeria's counter-terrorism strategy and tactics / Gbemisola Abdul-Jelil Animasawun -- Effective counter-terrorism against Boko Haram : empirical assessments of coercion, delegitimization, incentivization and denial strategies in Nigeria (2009-2014) / John A. Stevenson, Amy Pate, Elvis Asiamah -- The Western response / Virginia Comolli -- Responding to Boko Haram : interrogating the effectiveness of state and regional intervention approaches / Kwesi Aning, Mustapha Abdallah and Festus Aubyn -- Conclusion: Nigeria and a war across states in Northwest Africa / James J. Hentz.

Call Number

Sc E 17-1280

ISBN

• 9781138696228
• 1138696226

LCCN

2016048326

OCLC

978712588

Title

Understanding Boko Haram : terrorism and insurgency in Africa / edited by James J. Hentz and Hussein Solomon.

Publisher

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group, 2017.

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

Contemporary terrorism studies

Contemporary terrorism studies.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Added Author

Hentz, James J., editor.

Solomon, Hussein, editor.

Research Call Number

Sc E 17-1280