MIGRATION AND RELIGIOUS SOCIALIZATION IN NIGERIA: THE FULANIZATION DILEMMA

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Peter O. O. Ottuh
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3587-7537
Onos G. Idjakpo

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Migration has remarkably influenced the development of civilization and the establishment of cultural borders throughout history. In the case of Nigeria, one of the negative impacts of migration has been the violent seizure of ancestral lands by the Fulani as part of a strategy to 'fulanize' and 'Islamize' the Nigerian nation. This study investigates the links between human migration and religious socialization in Africa, particularly Nigeria. The paper employs the descriptive and phenomenological approaches and bases its arguments on the theoretical foundations of Durkheimian and Weberian theories. The paper argues that regional mobility, with its religious socializing effects, affects national politics, government, the economy, and other national domains. It concludes that African countries should include international migration in their plans and national development goals to make their countries safer.     

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Ottuh, Peter O. O., and Onos G. Idjakpo. 2022. “MIGRATION AND RELIGIOUS SOCIALIZATION IN NIGERIA: THE FULANIZATION DILEMMA”. Journal of Liberty and International Affairs 8 (3):418-28. https://doi.org/10.47305/JLIA2283418o .
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Peter O. O. Ottuh, Delta State University - Abraka, Nigeria

Professor Peter O. O. Ottuh is an Associate Professor of Philosophy of religion in the Department of Religious Studies and Philosophy, Delta State University, Abraka, Nigeria. Ottuh holds a Ph.D degree in the philosophy of religion. His research interests include comparative religion, sociology of religion, religious ethics, religious education, Islam, and Christian theology among others. Ottuh is a prolific writer whose scholarly works number over a hundred and have appeared in both national and international academic publications.

Onos G. Idjakpo, Delta State University - Abraka, Nigeria

Professor Onos G. Idjakpo is an Associate Professor of Philosophy in the Department of Religious Studies and Philosophy, Delta State University, Abraka, Nigeria. Idjakpo holds Ph.D degree in Philosophy. He majors on political philosophy, philosophy of law, and logic. He is the current Head of the department.