The Man-Leopard Murders: History and Society in Colonial Nigeria by David Pratte

Description: The Man-Leopard Murders by David Pratten This book is an account of murder and politics in Africa, and an historical ethnography of southern Annang communities during the colonial period. FORMAT Hardcover LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description 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. Author Biography David Pratten is a University Lecturer in the Social Anthrology of Africa at the University of Oxford. He is co-editor of African Employees and the Making of Colonial Africa (University of Wisconsin Press, forthcoming 2006). Table of Contents CONTENTS; 1. INTRODUCTION; Murder at Ikot Okoro - Leopard Alleged; Leopard Men in Fact and Fiction; A Social History of Murder; 2. OF LEOPARDS AND LEADERS; Power and Personhood; Trade and Transformation; Conversion and Conquest; 3. RESISTANCE AND REVIVAL, 1910-1929; The Landscape of Power; The Spirit Movement; The Womens War; 4. PROGRESSIVES AND POWER, 1930-38; Americans and Anthropology; We shall not be ruled by our children; Women and the Infamous Traffic; 5. WAR AND PUBLIC, 1939-1945; John Bull and the Reading Public; Cassava and Crime; Audacious Leopards and Atrocious Deeds; 6. INLAWS AND OUTLAWS, 1946; The Time of Accusation; What is at the bottom of the leopard man epidemic?; The leopard that hides its spots; 7. DIVINATIONS AND DELEGATIONS, 1947; Police and Prophecy; The Ibibio Union Touring Delegation; The Man-Eating Leopard of Ikot Udoro; 8. THE POLITICS OF IMPROVEMENT, 1947-1960; The Leopards Legacy; Nationalist Trajectories; Expectations Revisited; 9. ECHOES OF EKPE OWO. Long Description 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. Description for Reader 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. Details ISBN0748625534 Author David Pratten Pages 448 Publisher Edinburgh University Press Series International African Library Year 2007 ISBN-10 0748625534 ISBN-13 9780748625536 Format Hardcover Imprint Edinburgh University Press Subtitle History and Society in Colonial Nigeria Place of Publication Edinburgh Country of Publication United Kingdom DEWEY 966.903 Short Title The Man-Leopard Murder Mysteries Language English UK Release Date 2007-06-19 Publication Date 2007-06-19 NZ Release Date 2007-06-19 Translator Richard Veasey Edited by Johanna Spanke Birth 1953 Death 2013 Affiliation Winchester College, UK Position Classics Teacher Qualifications Sir Series Number No. 34 Audience General AU Release Date 2007-09-25 Illustrations Illustrations We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:133482734;

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