Who Are Boko Haram?
Warfare
History Hit
4.5 • 943 Ratings
🗓️ 14 March 2022
⏱️ 49 minutes
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Summary
Boko Haram is one of the largest Islamist militant groups in Africa, with Nigeria’s ongoing battle with insurgent groups and government corruption threatening the stability and political integrity of Africa’s most populous state. But who exactly are Boko Haram? In this episode of Warfare, James is joined by Dr. Olayinka Ajala, lecturer in Politics and International Relations at Leeds Beckett University and a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. With over a decade of studying the terror group that Boko Haram, Olayinka takes us through his in-depth knowledge of the terrorist organisation.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello welcome back. This is warfare the podcast where we say we are on the |
| 0:09.5 | front lines of military history. We stretch all the way back to Napoleonic battles and all the way |
| 0:15.6 | through to the war on terror and the conflicts that rage around the world today. |
| 0:21.6 | I am your host James Rogers and I'm very happy to say we've got an old friend of mine |
| 0:26.0 | Olyenka Ojala, Dr Olyenka Ojala from Leeds Beckett University coming onto the |
| 0:30.9 | podcast to tell us about the history of Boca Haram. |
| 0:34.4 | Olyanka is a former West Point fellow. |
| 0:36.5 | He's been working on this topic for, well, over a decade now. |
| 0:40.8 | I first met Olyanka when we were both working as young lecturers at the University of York how time flies |
| 0:46.7 | But every time I talked to Olyanka I learned something brand new about Boca Haram and you're going to do the same today. We're going to stretch this history right back to Nigerian independence in the 1960s and bring it right up to today where Boca Haram has well potentially split to become a new form of Islamic |
| 1:08.1 | state. |
| 1:09.1 | I know you're going to absolutely be fascinated by this one so do drop us a five-star review on Apple |
| 1:14.3 | podcast or with one click on Spotify but now here is Dr Olyanka |
| 1:19.5 | Ojala on the history of Boca Horan. Hi Oligonka, it's been a long time since we've had a catch up. How are you doing? |
| 1:40.0 | Yeah, I'm very well. How are you? Good to see you too. Where are you based now? |
| 1:45.0 | Yeah, I'm based at Leeds, so I lecture at Leeds Beckett University, just round the corner from York. |
| 1:52.0 | Yeah, great stuff. |
| 1:54.0 | So you're remaining in the broader Yorkshire area? |
| 1:57.0 | Yes, I've been in Yorkshire for 10 years now. |
| 2:00.0 | 10 years. |
| 2:02.0 | Yeah, January makes it 10 years. Yeah, January makes it 10 years. |
| 2:05.0 | That was the start of the PhD up until now, so 10 years. |
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