Boko Haram and Nigeria thesis help

[davidbfpo]

Mitt,

A timely BBC analysis, it names two sources:

UK-based finance and security analyst Tom Keatinge ....Nigerian researcher Kyari Mohammed.....The International Crisis Group (ICG).

Link:http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-30933860

In April 2015 Hurst (London) are publishing a book by Virginia Comolli, 'Boko Haram: Nigeria's Islamist Insurgency'. If you register with them you can get a discount and worldwide free P&P:http://www.hurstpublishers.com/

Not sure why Tom Keatinge is cited as a source, his known expertise is elsewhere:https://www.rusi.org/analysis/author...54006656A7546/

Kyari Mohammed is based in Nigeria, here is a starting point:http://mautech.academia.edu/KyariMohammed

[Jedburgh]

This has developed into a working problmatique on What are the conditions in Nigeria that have allowed Boko Haram to establish itself and prosper?

To do that effectively, you'll need to research the background and delineate the evolution of the problem in northern Nigeria. You should go back at least to the '80s and the Maitatsine, and follow the pattern of events through to the emergence of Ahl-Sunna wal Jamma in '95 and then the rise of Boko Haram. You should be able to collect plenty of material to adequately describe the failure of the Nigerian state to address core issues of resentment in the Muslim north over a period of decades in the face of a clearly evolving threat.