Poison and Medicine

Ethnicity, Power and Violence in a Nigerian City, 1966-1986

AvDouglas A. Anthony

Häftad, Engelska, 2002

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Beskrivning

An historical view of ethnic conflict in Nigeria.A study of links between interethnic conflict and processes of reconciliation in the ethnically charged setting of Kano, northern Nigeria. It shows how the Igbos renegotiated a position for themselves in the new political environment of Kano following the Nigerian Civil War of 1967-1970.North America: Heinemann

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2002-12-19
Mått:142 x 227 x 16 mm
Vikt:430 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Social History of Africa
Antal sidor:288
Förlag:James Currey
ISBN:9780852559543

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... a discriminating analysis of how the Ibo community returned to Kano and renegotiated a new political and economic position in the years following the Nigerian civil war of 1967-1970... . Here is a book of current as well as historical interest.

Innehållsförteckning

Introduction; Ethnicity enshrined: Igbos in Hausaland; The Ironsi regime & the specter of 'Igbo domination': January-July 1966; Purging the north: August-October 1966; From 'savages' to 'bothers': official representations of the Igbo, 1966-1970; They will return': The contradictions of abandoned property; 'I need to get to Kano': post-war Igbo migration; Rebuilding community, 1970-1986; Conclusion: religion and ethnicity at century's end; Appendix: The 1996 disturbances