African Ambiguities: Africa, 1990–1997—From Abertura to Closure

Issue Date April 1998
Volume 9
Issue 2
Page Numbers 3-17
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About the Author

Richard Joseph is John Evans Professor of International History and Politics at Northwestern University. He is the author of Democracy and Prebendal Politics in Nigeria (1987; reissued 2014). He is writing books on post-1975 Nigerian politics and society; and on governance, development, and the state in Africa.

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