The district clerk and the 'man-leopard murders': Mediating law and authority in colonial Nigeria

Pratten D
Edited by:
Lawrance, BN, Osborn, EL, Roberts, RL
29 September 2006
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Book Title:
Intermediaries, Interpreters, and Clerks: African Employees in the Making of Colonial Africa
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University of Wisconsin Press
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Madison
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pp.
220 - 247

By uncovering the role of such men (and a few women) in the construction, function, and legal apparatus of colonial states, the essays in this volume highlight a new perspective.

Keywords:

colonialism

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history

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Africa

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