2008

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Women, Law, and Resistance in Northern Nigeria: Understanding the Inadequacies of Western Scholarship

From: Colonial Systems of Control

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This chapter focuses on women in the contemporary northern Nigerian context: their interactions with pluralities of law in northern Nigeria, and the modes of resistance they employ in facing … 61 $6.10 Add
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Fela Kuti’s Wahala Music: Political Resistance through Song

From: Colonial Systems of Control

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Music was used as a culturally appropriate tool of political resistance by Fela Kuti in Nigeria during an era of military regimes. Within the historical and spiritual contexts of Fela’s … 22 $2.20 Add
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Alternatives to Imprisonment: Community Service Orders in Africa

From: Colonial Systems of Control

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The concept and implementation of community service orders are presented as a practical alternative to imprisonment. The chapter also puts forward the rationale for the call for more viable and … 15 $1.50 Add
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The Igbo Indigenous Justice System

From: Colonial Systems of Control

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This chapter examines the indigenous justice system of the Igbo of southeast Nigeria from restorative, transformative, and communitarian principles. 22 $2.20 Add
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Penal Abolitionist Theories and Ideologies

From: Colonial Systems of Control

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Two questions about the penal abolitionist perspective are whether it represents is a theory of crime and whether it can or does address the nature of crime. Here I will illustrate that penal … 40 $4.00 Add
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The Tenth International Conference on Penal Abolition (ICOPA X)

From: Colonial Systems of Control

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Following a long line of academic literature, and growing through activist affiliations, this chapter outlines penal abolitionism as it was presented to the Nigerian community in efforts to … 32 $3.20 Add