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dc.contributor.authorGboyega, Ilusanya
dc.coverage.spatialNigeria.en_GB
dc.date.accessioned2014-12-23T10:16:29Z
dc.date.available2014-12-23T10:16:29Z
dc.date.issued2005-03
dc.identifier.citationGboyega, Ilusanya (2005) Cultism And Violent Behaviours In Tertiary Institutions In Nigeria, ZJER vol. 17, no.1. Harare, Mt. Pleasant : HRRCen_GB
dc.identifier.issn0008-9176
dc.identifier.urihttps://opendocs.ids.ac.uk/opendocs/handle/20.500.12413/5544
dc.descriptionA ZJER article on cultism and violence in Nigerian universities.en_GB
dc.description.abstractYouth violence on campuses of tertiary institutions has increasingly become a worrisome scenario for University administrators, governments and members of the civil society. Our tertiary institutions are subsets of the various macro societies and they are a reflection of society’s increasing use of violent methodologies to resolve conflict frustrations and conflict situations. Nigeria, with over one hundred and fifty tertiary institutions, has witnessed unprecedented violent behaviours occasioned by students’involvement in campus cultism. Peace on campus has been shattered due to this development of violent behaviour. Blood-letting arising from either murder or manslaughter has become pervasive. Over 33 students’ lives were lost between 1986-1996 while more than 7 members of the academic staff were also killed. This paper discusses: (a) the beginning of cultism in tertiary institutions in Nigeria with particular reference to the traditional societies which prepared the way for campus cultism, (b) the reasons for the emergence of fatal cultism on campus, (c) various factors that encouraged students to join cults, (d) names of violent cult groups and their members, (e) procedure for initiation and recruitment into cultism, and (f) factors that have sustained cultism in tertiary institutions in Nigeria. The paper concludes with the effects of cultism on tertiary education and proffers ways of combating the menace that has threatened the administration of tertiary institutions in Nigeria.en_GB
dc.language.isoenen_GB
dc.publisherHuman Resources Research Centre (HRRC); University of Zimbabween_GB
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/en_GB
dc.subjectChildren and Youthen_GB
dc.subjectEducationen_GB
dc.subjectSecurity and Conflicten_GB
dc.titleCultism And Violent Behaviours In Tertiary Institutions In Nigeriaen_GB
dc.typeArticleen_GB
dc.rights.holderUniversity of Zimbabween_GB


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