Boko Haram

The Past of the Present Upheaval

Moses E. Ochonu (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

288 Seiten

2026
University of California Press (Verlag)
978-0-520-41769-4 (ISBN)

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For many observers, the predation of Boko Haram, unsparing and venal in its manifestation, is shocking, and it seems to lack a local historical frame of reference that would help make it understandable. For others, Boko Haram’s self-declared jihad resonates within a long, local, contested historical memory of religious militancy. This book makes sense of these two seemingly contradictory perceptions. It explains Boko Haram’s simultaneous connection to, and disconnection from, a complex history of religious dissidence and militancy in Northern Nigeria. It also answers the question of where the militants came from, what inspired and motivated them, and whether there is a local history of militant religious rebellion that could both illuminate and challenge Boko Haram’s self-proclaimed jihad. Moses E. Ochonu analyzes the rise and evolution of the Boko Haram movement within and against the contentious religious pasts of Northern Nigeria.

Moses E. Ochonu is Cornelius Vanderbilt Chair in History and Professor of African History at Vanderbilt University and author, most recently, of Emirs in London: Subaltern Travel and Nigeria’s Modernity.

Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction: Boko Haram Beyond the Spectacle of Violence
1. Before Boko Haram: Contexts and Catalysts
2. Reform and Rejection
3. Boko Haram’s Antimodernism Historicized
4. Combat, Captives, and Coping
Epilogue: Historical Speculations on Boko Haram’s Future

Notes
Bibliography
Index

Erscheint lt. Verlag	3.2.2026
Verlagsort	Berkerley
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie ► Islam
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung
ISBN-10	0-520-41769-0 / 0520417690
ISBN-13	978-0-520-41769-4 / 9780520417694
Zustand	Neuware