Humor, Silence, and Civil Society in Nigeria

An important contribution to the debate on forms of civil society in Africa and elsewhere, and to the global literature on dissent.

List of contents

Acknowledgments
Introduction: On the Terms of a Debate

1. A Terrain of Contention
2. An African Discourse
3. The Uses of Levity
4. Siddon Look

Conclusion
Notes
Works Cited
Index

About the author

Ebenezer Obadare

Product details

• Authors: Ebenezer Obadare
• Publisher: Boydell & Brewer
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 29.02.2016
• EAN: 9781580465519
• ISBN: 978-1-58046-551-9
• No. of pages: 188
• Dimensions: 157 mm x 234 mm x 20 mm
• Weight: 454 g
• Series: Rochester Studies in African H
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Afrika, Afrikanische Geschichte, Politik und Staat, Politics / Current Events, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / African, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, HISTORY / Africa / West