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Raising the Bar of Scholarship from the Left: A Review of ‘ Boko Haram in Nigeria’ by Kola Ibrahim Book Title:     Boko Haram in Nigeria: Historical and Political-Economic Exploration Author:          Kola Ibrahim Year:              2015 Pages:             115 Book Reviewer: Lawal Rafiu Adeniran (M.A Peace and Conflict Studies) As a testament to Samuel Huntington’s Clash of Civilisation theory, which is also manifesting in what Mary Kaldor describes as ‘new wars’, a new dimension of conflicts has established itself in International politics. These conflicts now come in form of armed insurgency, violent secessionist, ethno-religious conflicts etc. Africa, no doubt occupies an important seat in the theatre of war. In Nigeria, Jama’atu Ahlis Sunna Lidda’ Awati Wal-Jihad popularly called Boko Haram has been responsible for the death of over 14,000 people (both combatants and civilians), displacement of over 1.5 million persons, destruction and loot of properties w

Revolutionizing Political Economic Analyses: A Review of Kola Ibrahim’s “Revolutionary Pen” Book Title:                 Revolutionary Pen: Collected Essays on Nigeria’s and Global Political-Economic Issues, through the eye of a socialist Author:                      Kola Ibrahim Year of Publication: 2015 Number of Pages:     205 Number of Chapters: 9 Reviewer:                   Abiodun S. Falodun Records of events are very important. They serve as not only historical documents but a guide for the future. The book, Revolutionary Pen has done it properly as it chronicles events of struggles of the working people, youth and the poor, that emanated in almost all facets of the encounters of the working masses and the society at large; at every serially and not seemingly ending periods of attacks by the state on   them. It does not stop at reporting these events, but goes further to analyse the way forward the working masses and the society in general can take t