1980Event
Maitatsine uprisings expose urban religious and social crisis
The Maitatsine disturbances in northern cities reflected religious radicalism, urban poverty, state failure, and violent repression.
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Maitatsine uprisings expose urban religious and social crisis
The Maitatsine disturbances in northern cities reflected religious radicalism, urban poverty, state failure, and violent repression.
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The Maitatsine disturbances in northern cities reflected religious radicalism, urban poverty, state failure, and violent repression. They belong in the longer timeline of northern insecurity before Boko Haram.