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January 27, 2012

Boko Haram 3

More articles related to Boko Haram in Nigeria.

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January 10, 2012

Boko Haram 2

A Storified collection of articles about Boko Haram attacks in Nigeria.

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August 16, 2011

Ife researchers unveil local language text-to-voice application

“Ife researchers unveil local language text-to-voice application,” in Nigerian Bulletin. “To help secure, protect and bring back most of the local languages that are going into extinction.” The software translates texts into voice messages in Nigerian English languages. Would be interesting to see how accurate it is.

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July 22, 2011

Boko Haram

A new fundamentalist Islamic group is becoming well known in northern Nigeria. It has a very long official name but locals call it “Boko Haram,” a name which apparently means something on the order of “Western or non-Islamic education is a sin.” It seeks sharia law in northern Nigeria and has been active since 2002, but became well known internationally after violent attacks in 2010 and 2011. Boko Haram rejects virtually everything to do with Western thinking. In addition to attacks on various governmental buildings and people, Boko Haram has bombed beer gardens and on July 10 bombed the All [...]

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July 13, 2011

The intersection between superstition and football

Defeat: We found charms in our dressing room – Nigerian captain creates all sorts of questions about the ongoing impact of magic, superstition, voodoo, etc. in African societies. The Nigerians are accusing the Ghanaians of putting juju charms in their dressing room, which then filled the young players with fear and explained their loss. Nigeria professes to be 51% Christian and 45% Muslim, with 3% belonging to ethnic religions. But the reality is always more complicated. As Operation World notes, “actual practice of traditional religions can be as high as 10% of the population.” Use of charms as offensive weapons to [...]

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July 1, 2011

Culture Shock: Nigerian weddings, money and babies

Africa Review has an article with so many culturally shocking statements in it that I hardly know how to describe it. I’m curious as to what comments others might make.

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March 22, 2010

Gaddafi row: suggests Christian-Muslim split in Nigeria

The leader of Libya suggested Nigeria ought to be split on religious grounds between Christians and Muslims, and a diplomatic row has ensued.

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March 22, 2010

New martyrs in Nigeria

Second Wave of Attacks Near Jos, Nigeria Leaves 13 Christians Dead (Religion News Blog). The attacks are more political in nature: Christian politicians in Plateau state have blocked many Muslims from being legally recognized as citizens (CBSNews.com). Update: Steve has further analysis.

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March 11, 2010

Christians killed in Nigeria

Hundreds of (mostly ethnic Berom) Christians in 3 farming villages near Jos, Nigeria were killed by ethnic Fulani Muslims, and about 75 houses were burned. Multiple reports: BBC, ReliefWeb, NYT, CNN, Compass Direct, many more.

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January 25, 2010

Religious strife in Jos, Nigeria

This information comes via the World Evangelical Alliance. From: Gideon Para-Mallam Date: Thu, Jan 21, 2010 at 12:43 AM Subject: Fw: UPDATE ON THE JOS CRISIS AND CALL FOR HELP Dear Friends This is an urgent call to prayer and action from us to the international Christian community. Please find attached a write-up from certain ECWA leaders providing a situation analysis of of the ongoing attack on the lives and property of indigenous peoples and other Christians in Jos and environs. As I write men dressed in army uniforms, whose true identity is yet to be fully ascertained, are going [...]

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September 1, 1996

Nigeria: the Africa of the future?

By 2025 Nigeria will have 238 million inhabitants–almost the same population as the United States has now, but in less than 10% of the space. China (1.5 billion) and India (1.4 billion) will still be the most populous countries. Africa’s doubling time is 25 years; which means that by 2025 Africa will have 1.49 billion residents. At that time, Africa will likely have more Christians than any other region on Earth–presently estimated at 620 million, or one quarter of the world’s total. Latin America will be a close second, with 619 million. North America with 241 million will rank fourth, [...]

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