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About the Author
Ebenezer Obadare is Douglas Dillon Senior Fellow for Africa Studies at the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR). He is also a senior fellow at the New York University School of Professional Studies Center for Global Affairs, as well as a fellow at the University of South Africa's Institute of Theology. His books include Humor, Silence, and Civil Society in Nigeria (2016), Civic Agency in Africa: Arts of Resistance in the 21st Century (2014).
Reviews
A wonderful book...an excellent and thought-provoking read. * VOLUNTAS *
[E]xamines the practice of humor and silence in Nigeria as a way of considering an alternative to the civil society-NGO nexus. For Obadare, it is important to take humor seriously as a way of understanding grassroots criticism of politicians and economic inequality made by members of civil society - outside of associations . a thoughtful analysis of civil society. * IJAHS *
A rich and highly readable meditation on overlooked aspects of public life in Nigeria. * AFRICA AT LSE *
The book is unique and innovative. * JOURNAL OF MODERN AFRICAN STUDIES *
Book Information
ISBN 9781580465519
Author Professor Ebenezer Obadare
Format Hardback
Page Count 188
Imprint University of Rochester Press
Publisher Boydell & Brewer Ltd