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The Man-Leopard Murders
History and Society in Colonial Nigeria
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David Pratten
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English
Published/Copyright:
2007
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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 in south-eastern Nigeria attributed to the 'man-leopard society'. These murder mysteries, reported as the 'biggest, strangest murder hunt in the world', were not just forensic but also related to the broad historical impact of commercial, Christian and colonial aid relations on Annang society.
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Frontmatter
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CONTENTS
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LIST OF FIGURES
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
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GLOSSARY
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1 INTRODUCTION: THE MAN-LEOPARD MURDER MYSTERIES
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2 OF LEOPARDS AND LEADERS: ANNANG SOCIETY TO 1909
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3 RESISTANCE AND REVIVAL, 1910–1929
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4 PROGRESSIVES AND POWER, 1930–1938
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5 WAR AND PUBLIC, 1939–1945
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6 INLAWS AND OUTLAWS, 1946
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7 DIVINATIONS AND DELEGATIONS, 1947
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8 THE POLITICS OF IMPROVEMENT, 1947–1960
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9 ECHOS OF EKPE OWO
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NOTES
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REFERENCES
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INDEX
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June 19, 2007
eBook ISBN:
9780748631001
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448
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9780748631001
Keywords for this book
African Studies
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College/higher education;
