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Niyi Awofeso

Niyi Awofeso

Professor Niyi Awofeso has been researching terrorism since 2000. He pioneered scholarly publications on the links between the Almajiri heritage in northern Nigeria and terrorism. Since graduating from Obafemi Awolowo University in 1987, Niyi has worked as an infectious diseases physician, hospital administrator, public health program director and senior academic. He is particularly interested in the phenomenon of suicidal terrorism and its public health impacts. Niyi has published about 100 peer-reviewed articles and four other books.

Books by Niyi Awofeso

Martyrs and Cowards

Martyrs and Cowards

As the macabre al-Qaeda attacks of 11 September 2001 on the United States illustrate, suicidal terrorism constitutes an enigmatic form of violence in which a fighter's certain death is a precondition for the execution of an attack. Read more about Martyrs and Cowards