Mark Anyorikeya AMALIYA

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Mark Amaliya Anyorikeya is a Research associate with the institute of Political Science at the University of Tuebingen where he is also completing his Doctorate degree. As a research associate, he is engaged on the DFG funded project on De/sacralization of Texts (FOR2828), where he works in the research cluster – focusing on the correlation between practices of interpreting sacred texts and the (de)legitimation of political violence among peaceful, moderate, and radical religious groups in West Africa. The project distinguishes between -peaceful and violent – compatible practices of interpreting Holy scriptures by religious authorities which in turn, account for variations between violent-prone and non-violent religious groups and organizations. In his doctoral dissertation, he investigates the cooperation-competition nexus within the global jihadist movement and its effect on transnational jihadist alliances in Africa. Focusing on the alliance dyad between the Islamic State and its West African Province, he highlights the nature of the cooperative environment- heterarchy- as a crucial structural barrier which constrains the maintenance of jihadi alliances between core and periphery thereby exposing the soft-underbelly of trans-jihadi interactions on the continent despite a surge in formal alliances. He has a series of publications under peer review from his dissertation and other concurrent projects in renowned journals.

Publications

• Assessing Boko Haram: A Conversation with Michael Nwankpa-Journal of Terrorism Research, Vol 5-Issue 1 2014.
• Critical Junctures and Democratic Transitions in Sub-Saharan Africa: How Can the African Union Manage Democratic Change from Citizen Uprisings? In Augustinho Issau (Ed), Democratization’s Trajectory through Change and Continuity in Sub-Saharan Africa, Edizioni Nuova Cultura-Roma (2017).

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