Poison and Medicine: Ethnicity, Power, and Violence in a Nigerian City, 1966 to 1986
By examining the political, economic, and psychological circumstances surrounding violence against Igbos, Anthony addresses issues of vital importance for understanding ethnic conflict not only in Nigeria, but elsewhere in Africa.
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An historical view of ethnic conflict in Nigeria.
AcknowledgmentsAbbreviations and Note on CurrencyIntroduction11Ethnicity Enshrined: Igbos in Hausaland312The Ironsi Regime and the Specter of "Igbo Domination": January-July 1966553Purging the North: August-October 1966864From "Savages" to "Brothers": Official Representations of the Igbo, 1966-19701195"They Will Return": The Contradictions of Abandoned Property1476"I Need to Get to Kano": Post-War Igbo Migration1757Rebuilding Community, 1970-1986217Conclusion: Religion and Ethnicity at Century's End233AppThe 1966 Disturbances245Bibliography251Index267
