This present darkness
Subtitle: a history of Nigerian organised crime
By: Stephen Ellis
Publisher: C. Hurst & Co. (Publishers) Ltd.
Published: 2016
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 313
ISBN-13: 9781849046305
Subjects: Organized crime; History
Other titles: History of Nigerian organised crime; History of Nigerian organized crime
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Acknowledgments -- Foreword -- List of abbreviations -- Introduction -- How to read this book -- A note on sources -- 1.; title: Rules of law --; title: The civilizing mission --; title: Indirect rule and law --; title: A school for deception -- -- 2.; title: Wonder-workers --; title: The professor of wonders --; title: Wealth, risk, destiny --; title: A hollow system -- -- 3.; title: Enter the politicians --; title: The impact of the Second World War --; title: Nationalism and corruption --; title: Political parties and corruption -- -- 4.; title: The national cake --; title: Independence --; title: The foreign contribution --; title: Corruption spreads to daily life -- -- 5.; title: The men in uniform --; title: Coup and counter-coup --; title: The oil issue --; title: The new criminality -- -- 6.; title: Boom time --; title: Nigeria rampant --; title: Corruption, crime, cults --; title: The Second Republic -- -- 7.; title: Crime goes global --; title: The drug trade --; title: Four one nine --; title: The rise and fall of anti-corruption --; title: Ethnic issues -- -- 8.; title: Godfathers --; title: Babangida ... and another criminal arrives --; title: Oil as loot --; title: Democrats/kleptocrats -- -- 9.; title: The business of crime --; title: Crime as a career --; title: The kings of four one nine --; title: Drugs --; title: Sex work --; title: Organization -- -- 10.; title: Cosmic powers --; title: Cults and shrines --; title: The Okija shrine --; title: Law versus reality --; title: Society and anti-society -- -- 11.; title: Nigerian organized crime --; title: State crime --; title: Why Nigeria? --; title: Nigerian crime in globalization ---- Appendix-- Notes-- Bibliography-- Index.