Lumpen and the Rage against Social Order: Religion, Politics and the Boko Haram Uprising in North-East Nigeria*

• In Event: Causes of Terrorism and Civil War

Brief Overview

Lumpen youth are inextricably linked to violence in Northern Nigeria. To understand the Boko Haram insurgency explanation need to be sought within the purview of the region history of radical Islam, exclusion, and state weakness.

Author

• Luqman Saka, University of Ilorin, Nigeria