Understanding and Transforming Intra-Ethnic Conflicts: The Case Study of the Offa-Erinle, Kwara State, Nigeria (Conflict and Security in the Developing World)

The plight of citizens being victims of violence, politicking, power tussle, inconsistent government policies, and approaches to resolving the protracted conflict between Offa and Erinle (also known as Erin-Ile) from independence to now defines and explains the intractability between these two groups. Understanding Protraction and the Intractability of Conflicts: The Case of Offa and Erinle, Kwara State, Nigeria, by Yakub Jide Yahaya, examines a sensitive and problematic socio-cultural aspect of intra-ethnic conflicts where two promising communities have ignored trade development and urbanization and settled for pettiness and violence. The book searches into the unique area of intra-ethnic conflicts while providing a background for understanding this conflict, highlighting the nuances ignored in the discussion. Above all, it highlights the underlying issues called 'land conflict' across Nigeria and Africa.

Yakub Jide Yahaya is a lecturer at Georgia Institute of Technology, Georgia, USA.

Akanmu G. Adebayo is professor of history at Kennesaw State University.