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Pratten, David

 
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Synopsis

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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À propos de l'auteur

David Pratten is University Lecturer in the Social Anthrology of Africa at the University of Oxford.

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9780253349569: The Man-Leopard Murders: History and Society in Colonial Nigeria

Edition présentée

ISBN 10 :  0253349567 ISBN 13 :  9780253349569
Editeur : Indiana University Press, 2007
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