Ritual killing, 419, and fast wealth: Inequality and the popular imagination in Southeastern Nigeria

American Ethnologist

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 803-826

  Smith, Daniel Jordan ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0035497792     PISSN: 00940496     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/ae.2001.28.4.803     Document Type: Article

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