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When citizens revolt : Nigerian elites, big oil, and the Ogoni struggle for self-determination

Title
When citizens revolt : Nigerian elites, big oil, and the Ogoni struggle for self-determination / Ike Okonta.
Author
Okonta, Ike, 1963-
Publication
Trenton, NJ : Africa World Press, c2008.

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Description
xvii, 328 p. : maps; 22 cm.
Subject
  • Shell Company of Nigeria
  • Ogoni (African people) > Government relations
  • Ogoni (African people) > Politics and government
  • Petroleum industry and trade > Nigeria
  • Niger River Delta (Nigeria) > Social conditions
  • Nigeria > Politics and government > 1993-2007
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. [297]-319) and index.
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.
Call Number
Sc D 10-1612
ISBN
  • 1592213812
  • 9781592213818
  • 1592213820 (pbk.)
  • 9781592213825 (pbk.)
LCCN
2007009653
OCLC
85822686
Author
Okonta, Ike, 1963-
Title
When citizens revolt : Nigerian elites, big oil, and the Ogoni struggle for self-determination / Ike Okonta.
Imprint
Trenton, NJ : Africa World Press, c2008.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. [297]-319) and index.
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Sc D 10-1612
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