Islamic education in northern Nigeria

Hannah Hoechner

doi:10.20377/rpb-1920

Autor/innen

Hannah Hoechner University of East Anglia https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6804-2819

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.20377/rpb-1920

Schlagworte:

Nigeria, islamische Bildung, Koranschulen, almajirai, Boko Haram

Abstract

Dieser Beitrag gibt einen Überblick über die Geschichte der islamischen Bildung in Nordnigeria. Es werden verschiedene islamische Lernpraktiken erörtert und Überlegungen darüber angestellt, was die Zukunft für die islamische Bildung in Nordnigeria bringen könnte.

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