What is the cause of Boko Haram insurgency in Nigeria? Studies on Boko Haram
insurgency onset has largely emphasized economic poverty, religious ideology, and the …

The emergence of criminal groups—“armed bandits” in the local parlance—in the northwest
geopolitical zone has compounded the security conundrums in Nigeria. The dominant …

This article asks why ethnic exclusion from executive-level state power leads to armed
conflict in some cases but not in others. To resolve this puzzle, it focuses on the possible role …

What determines support for separatist movements in Africa? The past two decades have
seen a rise in separatism across Africa, including renewed Nigeria's Igbo Biafran …

The need to reclaim African territory–economically, socially, and politically–from imperialism
and colonialism united Africans, especially after the Second World War, in pressing for the …

Since 2011, the Sahel has been bedevilled by insecurity spawned by communal strife,
social fragmentation, and religious extremism. Some of the security conundrums in the …

Identity capital entails the use of identity as an asset in achieving a set goal. It demonstrates
a wider in-group identity spurred by social resource mobilization, identity cohesion, and …

Post-war Igbo ethno-nationalism has witnessed two distinct but interconnected generations.
Both of them emerged as a response to the ineffective and objectionable implementation of …

Why doesn't Africa have more self-determination movements? Given the prevalence of weak
states, artificial borders, and high ethnic diversity, one might expect that the majority of …

Nationalism provides a comprehensive exploration of nationalist identity, ideology, and
practice which centers the geographic underpinnings of the phenomenon. It unpacks the …