#Almajiranci and the security of the AfriCan child.

AfriCan Geopardy

In this episode, we discuss the #Almajiranci system of Islamic education practised in northern Nigeria and other parts of West Africa with Dr Hadiza Kere Abdulrahman - the male gender seeking Islam knowledge is called Almajiri, the female gender is Almajira. Dr Kere Abdulrahman is a lecturer in Inclusive Education at Bishop Grosseteste University in Lincoln, UK. She has a PhD in Education and researches the Almajiranci system of education of northern Nigeria – she is also an advocate for its practitioners. Did you know that the Almajiranci system's changing nature has routes in the Structural Adjustment Program (SAP) introduced in the 1980s? Did you also know that experts hold that having vulnerable children in cities across a nation fighting an ideological war makes it easier for Boko Haram insurgents to continue to wage war against the Nigerian state due to a robust recruitment source? - listen to find out more. Dr Kere Abdulrahman is a lecturer in Inclusive Education at Bishop Grosseteste University in Lincoln, UK. She has a PhD in Education and researches the Almajiranci system of education of northern Nigeria – she is also an advocate for its practitioners.