A Culture of Corruption - Everyday Deception and Popular Discontent in Nigeria : Everyday Deception and Popular Discontent in Nigeria

List of Illustrations ix Preface xi Acknowledgments xix INTRODUCTION 1 CHAPTER 1 "Urgent Business Relationship": Nigerian E-Mail Scams 28 CHAPTER 2 From Favoritism to 419: Corruption in Everyday Life 53 CHAPTER 3 Development Scams: Donors, Dollars, and NGO Entrepreneurs 88 CHAPTER 4 "Fair Play Even among Robbers": Democracy, Politics, and Corruption 112 CHAPTER 5 Rumors, Riots, and Diabolical Rituals 138 CHAPTER 6 "They Became the Criminals They Were Supposed to Fight": Crime, Corruption, and Vigilante Justice 166 CHAPTER 7 Anticorruption Aspirations: Biafrans and Born-again Christians 191 CONCLUSION 221 Appendix 233 Notes 241 References 247 Index 257