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When citizens revolt : Nigerian elites, big oil, and the Ogoni struggle for self-determination / Ike Okonta.
Van Pelt Library DT515.45.O33 O56 2008
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Okonta, Ike, 1963-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Ogoni (African people)--Government relations.
- Ogoni (African people).
- Ogoni (African people)--Politics and government.
- Petroleum industry and trade--Nigeria.
- Petroleum industry and trade.
- Nigeria.
- Shell Company of Nigeria.
- Niger River Delta (Nigeria)--Social conditions.
- Niger River Delta (Nigeria).
- Nigeria--Politics and government--1993-2007.
- Politics and government.
- Physical Description:
- xvii, 328 pages : maps ; 22 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Trenton, NJ : Africa World Press, [2008]
- Contents:
- A people "visible but unseen"
- From citizens to subjects
- "Go on with one Nigeria"
- Intimations of a future storm
- The rise of Ken Saro-Wiwa
- Reinventing a nation
- When citizens revolt
- The local is the global
- Conclusion: The wise people of Umuaro : history, imagined communities, and the state in Africa.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [297]-319) and index.
- ISBN:
- 1592213812
- 9781592213818
- 1592213820
- 9781592213825
- OCLC:
- 85822686
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