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CHAPTER 5: Rumors, Riots, and Diabolical Rituals

  • Smith, Daniel Jordan
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A Culture of Corruption
This chapter is in the book A Culture of Corruption
© 2018 Princeton University Press, Princeton

© 2018 Princeton University Press, Princeton

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. Contents vii
  3. Illustrations ix
  4. Preface xi
  5. Acknowledgments xix
  6. INTRODUCTION 1
  7. CHAPTER 1: “Urgent Business Relationship”: Nigerian E-Mail Scams 28
  8. CHAPTER 2: From Favoritism to 419: Corruption in Everyday Life 53
  9. CHAPTER 3: Development Scams: Donors, Dollars, and NGO Entrepreneurs 88
  10. CHAPTER 4: “Fair Play Even among Robbers”: Democracy, Politics, and Corruption 112
  11. CHAPTER 5: Rumors, Riots, and Diabolical Rituals 138
  12. CHAPTER 6: “They Became the Criminals They Were Supposed to Fight”: Crime, Corruption, and Vigilante Justice 166
  13. CHAPTER 7: Anticorruption Aspirations: Biafrans and Born-again Christians 191
  14. CONCLUSION 221
  15. Appendix 233
  16. Notes 241
  17. References 247
  18. Index 257
https://doi.org/10.1515/9781400837229-009

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. Contents vii
  3. Illustrations ix
  4. Preface xi
  5. Acknowledgments xix
  6. INTRODUCTION 1
  7. CHAPTER 1: “Urgent Business Relationship”: Nigerian E-Mail Scams 28
  8. CHAPTER 2: From Favoritism to 419: Corruption in Everyday Life 53
  9. CHAPTER 3: Development Scams: Donors, Dollars, and NGO Entrepreneurs 88
  10. CHAPTER 4: “Fair Play Even among Robbers”: Democracy, Politics, and Corruption 112
  11. CHAPTER 5: Rumors, Riots, and Diabolical Rituals 138
  12. CHAPTER 6: “They Became the Criminals They Were Supposed to Fight”: Crime, Corruption, and Vigilante Justice 166
  13. CHAPTER 7: Anticorruption Aspirations: Biafrans and Born-again Christians 191
  14. CONCLUSION 221
  15. Appendix 233
  16. Notes 241
  17. References 247
  18. Index 257
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