I.The Ethnic Cleavage of the Muslim And Christian Divide in Nigeria
In Nigeria, the cleavage of ethnic identity has been primarily based on the religious affiliations of various groups in the north and south of the country. The religious background of various ethnic identities in Nigeria have been historically structured by the Christian and Muslim religions. In the case of the north, the Hausa and Fulani peoples are a primarily cattle farming society that remains committed to ancient nomadic patterns that are based on cattle grazing land rights. The legacy of the Sokoto Caliphate in pre-colonial times, defines the dominant Muslim population (99% of the people) that seek to install Islamic Sharia law as the dominant legal and governing system …show more content…
The Hausa-Fulani peoples can, at times, been seen fighting each other for land rights in Nigeria, but they often cooperate and form political alliances against the Christian south based on shared Islamic religious values. Politics is often based on the basis of reinstating Sharia law and forming a dominantly Muslim government. However, the formation of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in 2013 has formed a strong political base, especially with the election of Muhammadu Buhari of the Hausa peoples in 2015: “Competition for the presidency in 2015 has increased with the collation in the All Progressives Congress that assembles members of the major opposition parties” (Heilbrun 201). However, this form of political domination by the Hausa/ Faluni regions of Nigeria have only been a recent development, since the oil-rich regions of Nigeria have typically dominated the political mobilization of power in between these two major religious factions. These are important aspects of the ethnic politics of the north and the south have created a dichotomous Christian and Muslim divide in the formation of multiple political ,parties and segmented political agreements in modern Nigeria.
II.The Rural-Urban Divide: The Rural Hausa/Fulani Peoples of Northern Nigeria and the Urban Igbo/Ijaw Peoples of Southern …show more content…
Surely, the economic power of western oil companies also defines the problem of democratic political mobilization by the Nigerian peoples, since the post-colonial doctrine of foreign ownership of national resources, such as oil, prevent a broader unity between ethnic divides in the rural north and the urbanized south. In Nigeria, the underlying conflict between the North and the South has been encouraged by the oil companies and first world governments, such as the United States, that encourage dictatorships and authoritarian governance to maintain a monopoly on Nigeria’s oil wealth. Often, the clash between religious identities has been enflamed through this form of corporate subterfuge, which keeps the Nigerian state divided along religious and class-based sectarian
In Nigeria, the cleavage of ethnic identity has been primarily based on the religious affiliations of various groups in the north and south of the country. The religious background of various ethnic identities in Nigeria have been historically structured by the Christian and Muslim religions. In the case of the north, the Hausa and Fulani peoples are a primarily cattle farming society that remains committed to ancient nomadic patterns that are based on cattle grazing land rights. The legacy of the Sokoto Caliphate in pre-colonial times, defines the dominant Muslim population (99% of the people) that seek to install Islamic Sharia law as the dominant legal and governing system …show more content…
The Hausa-Fulani peoples can, at times, been seen fighting each other for land rights in Nigeria, but they often cooperate and form political alliances against the Christian south based on shared Islamic religious values. Politics is often based on the basis of reinstating Sharia law and forming a dominantly Muslim government. However, the formation of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in 2013 has formed a strong political base, especially with the election of Muhammadu Buhari of the Hausa peoples in 2015: “Competition for the presidency in 2015 has increased with the collation in the All Progressives Congress that assembles members of the major opposition parties” (Heilbrun 201). However, this form of political domination by the Hausa/ Faluni regions of Nigeria have only been a recent development, since the oil-rich regions of Nigeria have typically dominated the political mobilization of power in between these two major religious factions. These are important aspects of the ethnic politics of the north and the south have created a dichotomous Christian and Muslim divide in the formation of multiple political ,parties and segmented political agreements in modern Nigeria.
II.The Rural-Urban Divide: The Rural Hausa/Fulani Peoples of Northern Nigeria and the Urban Igbo/Ijaw Peoples of Southern …show more content…
Surely, the economic power of western oil companies also defines the problem of democratic political mobilization by the Nigerian peoples, since the post-colonial doctrine of foreign ownership of national resources, such as oil, prevent a broader unity between ethnic divides in the rural north and the urbanized south. In Nigeria, the underlying conflict between the North and the South has been encouraged by the oil companies and first world governments, such as the United States, that encourage dictatorships and authoritarian governance to maintain a monopoly on Nigeria’s oil wealth. Often, the clash between religious identities has been enflamed through this form of corporate subterfuge, which keeps the Nigerian state divided along religious and class-based sectarian