Books
Abdel Haleem, M.A.S., The Qur'an: A New Translation (Oxford, 2010)
Achebe, Chinua, The Trouble with Nigeria (Essex, 1984)
Adichie, Chimamanda Ngozi, Half of a Yellow Sun (New York, 2006)
Backwell, H.F., The Occupation of Hausaland: 1900â1904 (Lagos, 1927)
Bello, Sir Ahmadu, My Life (Cambridge, 1962)
Crowder, Michael, The Story of Nigeria (London, 1978)
Cunliffe-Jones, Peter, My Nigeria: Five Decades of Independence (New York, 2010)
Falola, Toyin and Heaton, Matthew M., A History of Nigeria (Cambridge, 2009)
Hiskett, Mervyn, The Development of Islam in West Africa (New York, 1984)
Hiskett, Mervyn, The Sword of Truth (Evanston, 1994)
Hogben, S.J., An Introduction to the History of the Islamic States of Northern Nigeria (Ibadan, 1967)
Last, Murray, The Sokoto Caliphate (Bristol, 1967)
Lugard, Sir F.D., The Dual Mandate in British Tropical Africa (Edinburgh and London, 1922)
Maier, Karl, This House Has Fallen: Nigeria in Crisis (London, 2000)
Muffett, D.J.M., Concerning Brave Captains (London, 1964)
Muhammad, Abdullah Ibn, Tazyin Al-Waraqat, trans. Mervyn Hiskett (Ibadan, 1963)
Neher, Gerald A. with Neher, Lois R., Life Among the Chibok of Nigeria (Kansas, 2011)
Perham, Margery, Lugard: The Years of Authority 1898â1945 (London, 1961)
Pieth, M. (ed.), Recovering Stolen Assets (Berne, 2008)
Soyinka, Wole, You Must Set Forth at Dawn (New York, 2006)
Umar, Muhammad S., Islam and Colonialism: Intellectual Responses of Muslims of Northern Nigeria to British Colonial Rule (Leiden, 2006)
Journals
Anonymous, â
The Popular Discourses of Salafi Radicalism and Salafi Counter-radicalism in Nigeria: A Case Study of Boko Haram
', Journal of Religion in Africa, 42(2) (2012), pp. 118â144
Higazi, Adam, â
The Origins and Transformation of the Boko Haram Insurgency in Northern Nigeria'. Published in French translation as âLes origines et la transformation de l'insurrection de Boko Haram dans le nord du Nigeria
', Politique Africaine, 130 (2013), pp. 137â64
Hiskett, Mervyn, â
The Maitatsine Riots in Kano, 1980: An Assessment
', Journal of Religion in Africa, 17(3) (1987), pp. 209â33
Isichei, Elizabeth, â
The Maitatsine Risings in Nigeria 1980â85: A Revolt of the Disinherited
', Journal of Religion in Africa, 17(3) (1987), pp. 194â208
Last, Murray, â
Contradictions in Creating a Jihadi Capital: Sokoto in the Nineteenth Century and Its Legacy
', African Studies Review, 56(2) (September 2013), pp. 1â20
Loimeier, Roman, â
Boko Haram: The Development of a Militant Religious Movement in Nigeria
', Africa Spectrum, 47(2â3) (2012), pp. 137â55
Umar, Muhammad S., â
Education and Islamic Trends in Northern Nigeria: 1970sâ1990s
', Africa Today, 48(2) (Summer 2001), pp. 127â50
Miscellaneous
Amnesty International, âNigeria: trapped in the cycle of violence', November 2012
Colonial Reports â Annual, N. Nigeria, 1900â11 (London, HMSO)
Human Rights Watch, âSpiraling violence: Boko Haram attacks and security force abuses in Nigeria', October 2012
Mustapha, Abdul Raufu, âEthnic Structure, Inequality and Governance of the Public Sector in Nigeria', Democracy, Governance and Human Rights Programme, Paper No. 24, November 2006, United Nations Research Institute for Social Development
Papers of Baron Lugard of Abinger, 1858â1945, Bodleian Library of Commonwealth and African Studies, Oxford
Perouse de Montclos, Marc-Antoine, âNigeria's Interminable Insurgency? Addressing the Boko Haram Crisis', Chatham House Research Paper, September 2014