Nigeria

Abstract

Various scholars have often times analyzed the intrinsic values of religion in most African societies as endemic. But the intricate historical variables that web these realities together to underpin the Fecundities of conflicts in these modern African societies have in the most part not received serious contextual analysis. This paper analyzed that a succinct anthropological analysis of these variable of historicity of religion and culture provides a template for understanding and resolving religion-political fanaticism in Northern Nigeria.

Table of Contents

Introduction4

Nigeria5

People of Nigeria5

Family Life of Nigeria6

Government6

Niger's Religious History7

Conflict and Conflict Transformation of Religious Fanaticism in Northern Nigeria (Culture8

Proposing a Cultural Theoretical Approach Resolving Religious Conflict in Northern

Conclusion13

References14

Introduction

Avruch (1998) analyzing on the pervasive nature of culture, indicated that culture “encompasses not just quasi or pseudo-kinship groupings (tribe, ethnic group, and nation are the usual ones) but also groupings that derive from profession, occupation, class religion, or region. For Avruch, identity constructions of individuals often embody a social psychological construct that reflects a cultural import. Needless to reason then, why people exploit the tenets of culture for social and political advantage especially when that serves to galvanize a sense of group perception towards a desired cause. If take the analysis of Avruch on religion as a modicum of culture seriously, then the exploitation of religion as a cultural uniting force to rally support for a justified or unjustified cause within a national construct, will only serve to illuminate the variables of conflict of discontent especially within a society of multiple faith and culture like Nigeria.

The British founding fathers modeled Nigeria social fabric along a secular template of separation of powers between religion and state (Umar, 2002). This political design was arguably carried out constitutionally without the anthropological understanding of the nexus of the cultural identity of the people. Scholars have often indicated that Africans are intrinsically religious such that the divide between governance and religion or cultural beliefs is not easily understood. This assumption further reinforces Avruch's analysis that religion and culture are intrinsically interwoven.

Various missionary and jihadists adventure in the different regions of Nigeria infiltrated the Nigeria social tapestry at different point of history

Nigeria

The Republic of Niger is a landlocked country in the Saharan Desert in northern Africa, bordered by Algeria, Burkina Faso, Chad, Benin, Libya, Mali, and Nigeria. It takes its name from the Niger River, which runs through its southwestern tip. Like its neighbors Chad and Mali, it has a very low population density and low rates of urbanization, concentrated in the capital Niamey.

With a wealth of culture and tradition carried along by a hard-working and industrious people, Nigeria is growing in popularity as a place to visit for both business and pleasure. With an unfortunate poor global reputation due to issues of corruption, Nigeria is working hard to show the world what the country is really like.

People of Nigeria

Nigeria comprises around 250 ethno-linguistic groups, with three dominating the cultural and political landscape. In the north there is the predominantly Muslim Hausa-Fulani culture, the highly artistic Yoruba to ...