Riot's Calm and Rebuilding Begins

In the Nigerian City of Jos, The quiet of the last 24 hours is finally starting to be replaced with the sounds of people moving, searching, and packing. According to the article "Nigerian authorities relax city curfew" From January 22, 2010, The easing of the 24 hour curfew has allowed many people to either return home or flee the city, as the Riots of the last four days come to an end. In fact, the riots between Muslims and Christians have caused hundreds of deaths, and religious leaders from both sides are using this new found time to start planning the burials.

These Riots show us a very easy-to-see example of a social cleavage in Nigeria: the Middle Belt, which is the socially turbulent area between the mainly Muslim North, and The Christian Dominated South. when a social Cleavage can even break to the point to Violence on both sides, it's easy to see why studying social cleavages is very important.

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