Repressive State and Resurgent Media Under Nigeria's Military Dictatorship, 1988-98
Subtitle: Research Report 126 (NAI Research Reports)
Publisher: Nordic Africa Institute
Published: August 2004
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 140
ISBN-13: 9789171065247
Subjects: Censorship; Press & journalism; Politics / Current Events; Political Science; Politics/International Relations; Developing Countries; Political Freedom & Security - International Secur; Political Science / International Security; Politics - Current Events
First sentence: In Nigeria, the years between the late 1980s and 1999, when the country returned to civilian democracy of sorts, were marked by overt state repression countervailed by the intense activity of an aroused civil society.