Secret cults in Nigeria's tertiary institutions
Subtitle: agenda for reform
By: Daniel A. Offiong.
Publisher: Apex Books Limited
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Lagos, [Nigeria]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 224
ISBN-13: 9789784804561
Subjects: Cults -- Nigeria; Secret societies -- Nigeria; Campus violence -- Nigeria; College students -- Religious life -- Nigeria; College students -- Crimes against -- Nigeria; College students -- Conduct of life; Universities and colleges -- Nigeria -- Social conditions
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 208-219) and index.
Table of contents: title: The nature of campus cultism; title: Secret societies and secret cults; title: Some traditional associations in West Africa; title: The Mau Mau of Kenya; title: Fraternities in American colleges and universities; title: Campus cults in Nigerian tertiary institutions; title: The operational dynamics of Nigerian campus cults; title: Membership in campus cults; title: The political context of Nigeria; title: The social context : ramifications of corruption; title: The proliferation and perpetuation of campus cultism; title: Some reactions to campus cultism; title: Towards the institutionalisation of confraternities and deinstitutionalisation of campus cults.