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Rural class differentiation in Nigeria -- Theory and Practicearticle 1979 • Kohnert, Dirk
Nupe • Africa > Western Africa
Operating under the hypothesis held by a number of social scientists that in West Africa in general, and Nigeria in particular, peasant societies are essentially class-less in structure, Kohnert attempts to demonstrate in this article that after a cr...On the articulation of witchcraft and modes of production among the Nupe, northern Nigeriaessay 2007 • Kohnert, Dirk
Nupe • Africa > Western Africa
In this paper Kohnert discusses the development of witchcraft accusation over time as an indicator of social and political conflict within Nupe society. A long-term study of the Nupe state since pre-colonial times would seem to indicate a close relat...