The Almajiri System and Insurgency in the Northern Nigeria: A Reconstruction of the Existing Narratives for Policy Direction

• Main Authors: Usman, Abbo, Mohd. Zain, Zawiyah, Njidda, Bashir A
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: International Journal Corner 2017
• Subjects: JF Political institutions (General)
• Online Access: https://repo.uum.edu.my/id/eprint/31481/1/UJIRD%2006%2008%202017%20346-357.pdf; https://repo.uum.edu.my/id/eprint/31481/; https://www.internationaljournalcorner.com/index.php/ijird_ojs/article/view/138435

The Almajiri phenomenon represents one of the messy and wicked problem thwarting the policy maker’s effort of addressing the problems of youth restiveness, disaffectedness and insurgency in Northern Nigeria. While there is lack of empirical studies on the linkage between the Almajiri system and viol...