Playing politics with the mobile phone in Nigeria: Civil society, big business & the state

Review of African Political Economy

Volumn 33, Issue 107, 2006, Pages 93-111

  Obadare, Ebenezer ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MOBILE COMMUNICATION; POPULAR PROTEST;

AFRICA; NIGERIA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

EID: 33645891999     PISSN: 03056244     EISSN: 17401720     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03056340600671340     Document Type: Article

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