'Campus cults' in Nigeria: the development of an anti-social movement

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Title:	'Campus cults' in Nigeria: the development of an anti-social movement
Author:	Ellis, Stephen
Book title:	Movers and shakers: social movements in Africa
Year:	2009
Pages:	221-236
Language:	English
Geographic term:	Nigeria
Subjects:	student movements cults violence
External link:	https://hdl.handle.net/1887/18530
Abstract:	For the last decade or so, Nigerians have been concerned by the problem of 'campus cults'- initiation societies rooted in the country's university and college campuses that are part student club and part criminal gang. People who joined such cults during their student years have graduated and advanced their careers to the point that existing campus groups are now connected to networks of cult members in senior positions in business or government. Some religious authorities regard certain of the campus cults as 'satanic' by reason of their activities and rituals. The anti-social aspects of these organizations are largely attributable to their manipulation by military governments as a counter to conventional student organizations. The campus cults are quite literally an example of an anti-social movement. Ann., ref., sum. [Book abstract]