A cultural explanation of collapse into civil war: Escalation of tension in Nigeria

Culture and Psychology

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 51-87

  Spalding, Nancy ^a  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biafra; Cultural theory; Ethnic conflict; Fulani; Hausa; Hierarchy; Ibo; Individualism; Nigeria; Yoruba

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034344202     PISSN: 1354067X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1354067X0061003     Document Type: Article

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