Entangled domains : empire, law, and religion in Northern Nigeria / Rabiat Akande, Osgoode Hall Law School, York University.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Akande, Rabiat, 1987- author.

Series:

Cambridge studies in law and society.

Cambridge studies in law and society

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Constitutional history--Nigeria, Northern--History--20th century.

Constitutional history.

Religion and state--Nigeria, Northern--History--20th century.

Religion and state.

Christians--Legal status, laws, etc--Nigeria, Northern--History--20th century.

Christians.

Muslims--Legal status, laws, etc--Nigeria, Northern--History--20th century.

Muslims.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (x, 317 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2023.

Summary:

Set in Colonial Northern Nigeria, this book confronts a paradox: the state insisted on its separation from religion even as it governed its multireligious population through what remained of the precolonial caliphate. Entangled Domains grapple with this history to offer a provocative account of secularism as a contested yet contingent mode of governing religion and religious difference. Drawing on detailed archival research, Rabiat Akande vividly illustrates constitutional struggles triggered by the colonial state's governance of religion and interrogates the legacy of that governance agenda in the postcolonial state. This book is a novel commentary on the dynamic interplay between law, faith, identity, and power in the context of the modern state's emergence from colonial processes.

Contents:

Jousting for souls : indirect rule, Christian missions and the governance of religious difference

Governing Shari'a

The construction of minorities : late imperial secularity and the constitutional politics of decolonization

The making of the 1958 Penal Code

Constituting rights : Christian religious liberty in the late Colonial State

The 1977 Constitutional Conference and beyond

Conclusion.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 22 May 2023).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-009-06201-8

1-009-06221-2

1-009-05210-1