The Man-Leopard Murders : History and Society in Colonial Nigeria /
Pratten, David
The Man-Leopard Murders : History and Society in Colonial Nigeria / David Pratten. - 1 online resource (448 p.) - International African Library : IAL .
Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- LIST OF FIGURES -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- GLOSSARY -- 1 INTRODUCTION: THE MAN-LEOPARD MURDER MYSTERIES -- 2 OF LEOPARDS AND LEADERS: ANNANG SOCIETY TO 1909 -- 3 RESISTANCE AND REVIVAL, 1910–1929 -- 4 PROGRESSIVES AND POWER, 1930–1938 -- 5 WAR AND PUBLIC, 1939–1945 -- 6 INLAWS AND OUTLAWS, 1946 -- 7 DIVINATIONS AND DELEGATIONS, 1947 -- 8 THE POLITICS OF IMPROVEMENT, 1947–1960 -- 9 ECHOS OF EKPE OWO -- NOTES -- REFERENCES -- INDEX
restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec
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.
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
In English.
9780748625536 9780748631001
10.1515/9780748631001 doi
Anang (African people)--Nigeria, Southern.
Anang (African people)--Nigeria, Southern.
Murder--Investigation--Nigeria, Southern.
Murder--Investigation--Nigeria, Southern.
African Studies.
HISTORY / Africa / General.
HV8079.H6
363.25952309669 966.903
The Man-Leopard Murders : History and Society in Colonial Nigeria / David Pratten. - 1 online resource (448 p.) - International African Library : IAL .
Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- LIST OF FIGURES -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- GLOSSARY -- 1 INTRODUCTION: THE MAN-LEOPARD MURDER MYSTERIES -- 2 OF LEOPARDS AND LEADERS: ANNANG SOCIETY TO 1909 -- 3 RESISTANCE AND REVIVAL, 1910–1929 -- 4 PROGRESSIVES AND POWER, 1930–1938 -- 5 WAR AND PUBLIC, 1939–1945 -- 6 INLAWS AND OUTLAWS, 1946 -- 7 DIVINATIONS AND DELEGATIONS, 1947 -- 8 THE POLITICS OF IMPROVEMENT, 1947–1960 -- 9 ECHOS OF EKPE OWO -- NOTES -- REFERENCES -- INDEX
restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec
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.
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
In English.
9780748625536 9780748631001
10.1515/9780748631001 doi
Anang (African people)--Nigeria, Southern.
Anang (African people)--Nigeria, Southern.
Murder--Investigation--Nigeria, Southern.
Murder--Investigation--Nigeria, Southern.
African Studies.
HISTORY / Africa / General.
HV8079.H6
363.25952309669 966.903