SADAQAH (CHARITY) AND THE (NON)VIOLENT MAKING OF OLUSOLA SARAKI'S HEGEMONY IN CONTEMPORARY ILORIN

Gbemisola Animasawun ()
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Gbemisola Animasawun: Center for Peace & Strategic Studies, Postal: University of Ilorin, Ilorin,, https://fssunilorinedu.org/ijbss/index.php

Ilorin Journal of Business and Social Sciences, 2020, vol. 22, issue 1, 1-27

Abstract: Late Abubakar Olusola Saraki was a politically preeminent figure in the politics of Kwara State, Nigeria right from the inception of the state in 1967. Before his death in 2012, he handed the baton of leadership to his son, Bukola Saraki, making the Saraki family one of the oldest, and the most resilient, political dynasties in post-colonial Nigeria. As a form of personal rule legitimated mainly by philanthropy sustained over fifty years through 'social relations of assistance and institutionalized giving', the Saraki dynasty offers a detailed insight into an unpopular oeuvre of philanthropy and its entwinement with political patronage. I explore the largely unexamined connection between charity and politics, specifically the way in which the Islamic tradition of sadaqah or 'voluntary obligation' has been central to the Saraki dynasty's populist political project.

Keywords: Charity; Religion; Politics; Patronage; Nigeria (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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