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Constructions of Belonging: Igbo Communities and the Nigerian State in the Twentieth Century
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Constructions of Belonging: Igbo Communities and the Nigerian State in the Twentieth Century. By Axel Harneit-Sievers. Rochester, NY: Rochester University Press. Pp. x, 388; 15 figures, 10 maps, 2 tables. $75.00.
The polyethnic zone that extends from the Bight of Benin and Bight of Biafra beyond the Benue and the Cross Rivers into Adamawa and northeast Cameroon is in its cultural and linguistic complexity an anthropological and historical puzzle that repeatedly tempts scholars to propo...
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; AXEL HARNEIT-SIEVERS, Constructions of Belonging: Igbo communities and the Nigerian state in the twentieth century. Rochester NY: University of Rochester Press (hb 45.00 [pounds sterling978 15804 6167 2). 2006, 400 pp. Harneit-Sievers endeavours to identify key factors in the construction of Igbo
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