The man-leopard murders : history and society in colonial Nigeria / David Pratten.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Pratten, David.

Contributor:

International African Institute, issuing body.

Series:

International African library ; 34.

International African library ; 34

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Anang (African people)--Nigeria, Southern.

Anang (African people).

Murder--Investigation--Nigeria, Southern.

Murder.

Nigeria--History--1900-1960.

Nigeria.

Nigeria, Southern--Social conditions.

Nigeria, Southern.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (425 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press ; London : For the International African Institute, c2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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.

Contents:

Contents; List of Figures; Acknowledgements; Glossary; Chapter 1 Introduction; Chapter 2 Of Leopards and Leaders; Chapter 3 Resistance and Revival; Chapter 4 Progressives and Power; Chapter 5 War and Public; Chapter 6 Inlaws and Outlaws; Chapter 7 Divinations and Delegations; Chapter 8 The Politics of Improvement; Chapter 9 Echoes of Ekpe Owo; Notes; References; Index

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 02 Oct 2015).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-7486-7065-3

1-281-25210-7

9786611252106

0-7486-3100-3

OCLC:

437203020