The Man-Leopard Murders : History and Society in Colonial Nigeria /

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This book is an account of murder and politics in Africa, and an historical ethnography of southern Annang communities during the colonial period. Its narrative leads to events between 1945 and 1948 when the imperial gaze of police, press and politicians was focused on a series of mysterious deaths...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Pratten, David (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2022]
Colección:International African Library : IAL
Temas:
Anang (African people) > Nigeria, Southern.
Murder > Investigation > Nigeria, Southern.
African Studies.
HISTORY / Africa / General.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • LIST OF FIGURES
  • ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
  • GLOSSARY
  • 1 INTRODUCTION: THE MAN-LEOPARD MURDER MYSTERIES
  • 2 OF LEOPARDS AND LEADERS: ANNANG SOCIETY TO 1909
  • 3 RESISTANCE AND REVIVAL, 1910-1929
  • 4 PROGRESSIVES AND POWER, 1930-1938
  • 5 WAR AND PUBLIC, 1939-1945
  • 6 INLAWS AND OUTLAWS, 1946
  • 7 DIVINATIONS AND DELEGATIONS, 1947
  • 8 THE POLITICS OF IMPROVEMENT, 1947-1960
  • 9 ECHOS OF EKPE OWO
  • NOTES
  • REFERENCES
  • INDEX

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