Encountering the Nigerian State

1. Introduction: Excess and Abjection in the Study of the African State
Ebenezer Obadare, Wale Adebanwi

2. Deconstructing “Oluwole”: Political Economy at the Margins of the State
Olawale Ismail

3. The Spatial Economy of Abjection: The Evacuation of Maroko Slum in Nigeria
Sheriff Folarin

4. “Rotten English”: Excremental Politics and Literary Witnessing
Sarah L. Lincoln

5. The Perils of Protest: State Repression and Student Mobilization in Nigeria
Bukola Akintola

6. Vocalizing Rage: Deconstructing the Language of Antistate Forces
Azeez Olusola Olaniyan

7. The Subaltern Encounters the State: OPC-State Relations 1999–2003
Omobolaji Olarinmoye

8. The State as Undertaker: Power and Insurgent Media in Nigeria
Ayo Olukotun

9. From Corporatist Power to Abjection: Labor and State Control in Nigeria
Emmanuel Remi Aiyede

10. When the State Kills: Political Assassinations in Abacha’s Nigeria
Isaac Olawale Albert

11. The Sharia Challenge: Revisiting the Travails of the Secular State
Rotimi Suberu

12. Koma: A Glimpse of Life at the Edges of the State
Muhammad Kabir Isa

Nyckelord: Political Science and International Relations, African Politics, Anthropology, African Culture, Sociology, general, Political Science, African History