Co-Authors,Associate Professor Hannah Hoechner & Professor Yagana Bukar Universities of East Anglia and Maiduguri respectively First Published,1 July,2024 The world has come to associate the insurgency in north-east Nigeria with the slogan “western education is forbidden”. This is how “Boko Haram” – the name given to the insurgents – is commonly translated from the Hausa language into English. But “Boko Haram” is not what the insurgents call themselves or would like to be called. Different factions operate under different names. None of them use “Boko Haram”. One faction calls itself Jama’at Ahl al-Sunna…
Boko Haram and western education: the surprising views of some Nigerians who left the insurgency group
