Book contents
- A History of the Republic of Biafra
- A History of the Republic of Biafra
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Maps
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1 Law, Order, and the Biafran National Imagination
- 2 Sworn on the Gun: Martial Violence and Violent Crime
- 3 Counterfeit Country: Fraud and Forgery in Biafra
- 4 Burying the Hatchet: The Problems of Postwar Reintegration
- 5 A Long Heated Moment: Violent Crime in the Postwar East Central State
- 6 No Longer at Ease: Fraud and Deception in Postwar Nigeria
- Epilogue: War Crimes and Crimes of War
- Archival Collections Consulted
- Index
6 - No Longer at Ease: Fraud and Deception in Postwar Nigeria
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 07 August 2020
- A History of the Republic of Biafra
- A History of the Republic of Biafra
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Maps
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1 Law, Order, and the Biafran National Imagination
- 2 Sworn on the Gun: Martial Violence and Violent Crime
- 3 Counterfeit Country: Fraud and Forgery in Biafra
- 4 Burying the Hatchet: The Problems of Postwar Reintegration
- 5 A Long Heated Moment: Violent Crime in the Postwar East Central State
- 6 No Longer at Ease: Fraud and Deception in Postwar Nigeria
- Epilogue: War Crimes and Crimes of War
- Archival Collections Consulted
- Index
Summary
Chapter 6 considers the long tail of wartime 419, using a variety of sources to understand why wartime practices of deception and subterfuge continued long after the war was over. It analyzes the ways in which 419 has been explained and concludes with a coda on the question of how "organized" Nigerian organized crime is.
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- A History of the Republic of BiafraLaw, Crime, and the Nigerian Civil War, pp. 218 - 251Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2020