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Islamic Political Culture and Constitutional Change in Nigeria

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 August 2021

John N. Paden
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This essay attempts to summarize the Islamic aspect of political culture in Nigeria. It is not intended as an analysis of the recent elections in Nigeria whereby civilian governments were established to replace the military regime. Yet the emphasis on constitutional change, focuses on those aspects of Islamic culture in Nigeria which are likely to affect what ordinary citizens feel ought to be among the basic purposes of government. This essay is largely interpretative rather than empirical, and is based on a profound respect for many of the varieties of Islamic culture in Nigeria.

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African Issues , Volume 11 , Issue 1-2 , Spring/Summer 1981 , pp. 24 - 28
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Copyright © African Studies Association 1981 

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