A Culture of Corruption: Everyday Deception and Popular Discontent in Nigeria

by Daniel Jordan Smith

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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--resigning themselves to it, justifying it, or complaining...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0691127220

ISBN13:9780691127224

Release Date:November 2006

Publisher:Princeton University Press

Length:288 Pages

Weight:1.95 lbs.

Dimensions:0.9" x 6.0" x 9.3"

Related Subjects

Africa Anthropology Cultural History Nigeria Politics & Social Sciences Social Science Social Sciences West Africa

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