The carpenter's revolt: Youth, violence and the reinvention of culture in Nigeria

Journal of Modern African Studies

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 339-365

  Adebanwi, Wale ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL IDENTITY; POLITICAL PARTICIPATION; VIOLENCE; YOUNG POPULATION;

AFRICA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; NIGERIA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA; WORLD;

EID: 23844460196     PISSN: 0022278X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022278X0500100X     Document Type: Article

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