Introduction the Politics of Protection: Perspectives on Vigilantism in Nigeria
- Introduction the Politics of Protection:Perspectives on Vigilantism in Nigeria
David Pratten
David Pratten is University Lecturer in the Social Anthropology of Africa, and Fellow of St Antony's College, Oxford where he is affiliated to the Institute of Social and Cultural Anthropology and the African Studies Centre. He is the author of The Man-Leopard Murders: history and society in colonial Nigeria (Edinburgh University Press, 2007).
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