Dr David Pratten
Books
2007 |
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Global Vigilantes: Perspectives on Justice and Violence, 2007, Hurst: London.
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The Man-Leopard Murders: History and Society in Colonial Nigeria, 2007, Edinburgh University Press & Indiana University Press for the International African Institute.
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Book chapters
2010 |
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‘Bodies of power: narratives of selfhood and security in Nigeria’, In and
Domesticating Vigilantism in Africa, Oxford: James Curry, 2010, pp. 118-138.
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2007 |
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‘The 'rugged life': Youth and violence in Southern Nigeria’, In and
Violence and Non-violence in Africa, Routledge: London, 2007, pp. 84-104.
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‘Singing thieves: history and practice in Nigerian popular justice’, In and
Global Vigilantes: Perspectives on Justice and Violence, Hurst: London, 2007, pp. 175-205.
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2006 |
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‘The District Clerk and the ‘Man-Leopard Murders’: mediating law and authority in colonial Nigeria’, In and
Intermediaries, Interpreters and Clerks: African Employees and the Making of Colonial Africa, University of Wisconsin Press, 2006, pp. 220-247.
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2005 |
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‘Conversion, Conquest and the Qua Iboe Mission’, In
Christianity and Social Change in Africa: Essays in Honor of J.D.Y. Peel,, Carolina Academic Press: Durham, North Carolina, 2005, pp. 413-40.
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1995 |
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‘Return to the Roots: Processes of Legitimacy in Sudanese Migrant Associations’, In
Non-Governmental Organisations - Performance and Accountability: Beyond the Magic Bullet,, Earthscan: London, 1995, pp. 119-129.
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Articles
2008 |
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‘Masking Youth: Transformation and Transgression in Annang Performance’, African Arts
41
(1), 2008, pp. 44-60.
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‘The thief eats his shame: practice and power in Nigerian vigilantism’, Africa
78
(1), 2008.
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2007 |
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‘Mystics and Missionaries: Narratives of the Spirit Movement in Eastern Nigeria’, Social Anthropology
15
(1), 2007, pp. 47-70.
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2006 |
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‘The Politics of Vigilance in south-eastern Nigeria’, Development and Change
37
(1), 2006, pp. 707-734.
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1997 |
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‘Local Institutional Development and Relief in Ethiopia: A Kire-based Seed Distribution Programme in North Wollo’, Disasters
21
(2), 1997, pp. 138-154.
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1996 |
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‘Reconstructing Community: The Intermediary Role of Sahelian Associations in Processes of Migration and Rural Development’, African Rural and Urban Notes
3
(1), 1996, pp. 49-77.
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Reports
2000 |
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Return to the Roots? Urban Networks, Rural Development and Power in Sudan, 2000, University of Edinburgh: Edinburgh.
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1997 |
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Bamako Bound: The Social Organization of Migration in Mali, 1997, SOS Sahel International UK: London.
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