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“daniel jordan smith”

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  • AIDS Doesn't Show Its Face

    Inequality, Morality, and Social Change in Nigeria

    by Daniel Jordan Smith ...
    AIDS and Africa are indelibly linked in popular consciousness, but despite widespread awareness of the epidemic, much of the story remains hidden beneath a superficial focus on condoms, sex workers, and antiretrovirals. Africa gets lost in this equation, Daniel Jordan Smith argues, transformed into a mere vehicle to explain AIDS, and in AIDS Doesn't Show Its Face, he offers a powerful reversal, ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • To Be a Man Is Not a One-Day Job

    Masculinity, Money, and Intimacy in Nigeria

    by Daniel Jordan Smith ...
    Refrains about financial hardship are ubiquitous in contemporary Nigeria, frequently expressed through the idiom "to be a man is not a one-day job." But while men talk constantly about money, underlying their economic worries are broader concerns about the shifting meanings of masculinity, amid changing expectations and practices of intimacy.Drawing on twenty-five years of experience in ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Every Household Its Own Government

    Improvised Infrastructure, Entrepreneurial Citizens, and the State in Nigeria

    by Daniel Jordan Smith ...
    An up-close account of how Nigerians’ self-reliance in the absence of reliable government services enables official dysfunction to strengthen state powerWhen Nigerians say that every household is its own local government, what they mean is that the politicians and state institutions of Africa’s richest, most populous country cannot be trusted to ensure even the most basic infrastructure needs of ... Read more

    $21.59 USD

  • A Culture of Corruption

    Everyday Deception and Popular Discontent in Nigeria

    by Daniel Jordan Smith ...
    E-mails proposing an "urgent business relationship" help make fraud Nigeria's largest source of foreign revenue after oil. But scams are also a central part of Nigeria's domestic cultural landscape. Corruption is so widespread in Nigeria that its citizens call it simply "the Nigerian factor." Willing or unwilling participants in corruption at every turn, Nigerians are deeply ambivalent about it- ... Read more

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    Shortlisted for the Fage and Oliver Prize 2018In 2013, the Central African Republic was engulfed by violence. In the face of the rapid spread of the conflict, journalists, politicians, and academics alike have struggled to account for its origins.In this first comprehensive account of the country's recent upheaval, Louisa Lombard shows the limits of the superficial explanations offered thus far – ... Read more

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  • Understanding Modern Nigeria

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  • Communication, Culture, and Human Rights in Africa

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    Communication, Culture, and Human Rights in Africa provides a comprehensive and interdisciplinary analysis of the interface between human rights and civil society, the media, gender, education, religion, health communication, and political processes in sub-Saharan Africa. It weaves theory, history, policy, and case analyses into a holistic intellectual and cultural critique, while offering ... Read more

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  • Governance and Leadership Institutions in Nigeria

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    This book examines how modern Nigerian political institutions have grappled with the resurgence of traditional institutions of political leadership in the post-colonial era.The contributors examine the role and nature of traditional governance institutions in West Africa from pre-colonial times to the post-colonial era. Part I considers a range of traditional institutions including monarchies, ... Read more

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  • No Shortcuts

    Organizing for Power in the New Gilded Age

    by Jane F. McAlevey ...
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  • Big Agenda

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