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'Balance of Terror' -- Rival Militias and Vigilantes in Nigeria

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Afrikanistik online

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2008

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2009-01-06 01:00 AM

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Harnischfeger, Johannes

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Contents

1. Introduction

2. Restructuring Nigeria

2.1. Ethnic and Religious Autonomy
2.2. Areas of Disagreement

3. The OPC in Southwest Nigeria

3.1. Asserting Ethnic Hegemony
3.2. Factionalism and Cultural Unity

4. Hisba Vigilantes in the Muslim North

4.1. Piety and Control over Territory
4.2. The Limits of Islamic Law

5. Crime Fighting and Self-Determination in Igboland

5.1. Bakassi Boys
5.2. Movement for the Actualisation of a Sovereign State of Biafra

6. Fighting for Resource Control in the Niger Delta

6.1. Inter-Ethnic Rivalry
6.2. Fragmentation into Local Gangs

7. In Search of Common Rules

8. References