Racial Politics and Hausa-Fulani Dominant Identity in Colonial and Post-colonial Northern Nigeria
Abstract: The paper examined racial politics and identity contests in Northern Nigeria. The paper specifically traced the trajectory of racial politics and examined the dynamics of identity construction and contests in Northern Nigeria. An essentially qualitative method of data collection comprising primary data generated through in-depth interviews and secondary data generated through archival records were used. These were then subjected to content and descriptive analyses. Findings from the study revealed that racial politics originated during colonial rule with the British supposedly claiming gene/biological affinity of the Hausa-Fulani as with the Caucasoid groups of Eurasia. The Hausa-Fulani were consequently designated as the civilized group and super-imposed over minority groups that were classified as pagans. About six decades after colonial rule, Hausa-Fulani dominance remains a social reality in spite of identity contests and recreation by the minority groups of Northern Nigeria. S
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Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
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Online-Ressource
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Englisch
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Veröffentlichungsversion
begutachtet (peer reviewed)
In: The Nigerian Journal of Sociology and Anthropology ; 17 (2019) 1 ; 87-102
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Sozialwissenschaften, Soziologie, Anthropologie
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Veröffentlichung
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Mannheim
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SSOAR, GESIS – Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften e.V.
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2019
- Creator
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Ugbem, Erima Comfort
Omobowale, Ayokunle Olumuyiwa
Akinpelu, Olanrewaju Olutayo
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10.36108/NJSA/9102/71(0160)
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urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-68977-4
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Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
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25.03.2025, 1:50 PM CET
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Associated
- Ugbem, Erima Comfort
- Omobowale, Ayokunle Olumuyiwa
- Akinpelu, Olanrewaju Olutayo
- SSOAR, GESIS – Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften e.V.
Time of origin
- 2019
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