Everyday People, Autochthony, and Indigene-Settler Crises in Lagos Commodity Markets
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2016
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Indiana University Press, office of Scholarly Publishing
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Local markets in Nigerian cities are under-studied but ubiquitous and ancient sites of inter-ethnic conflicts and cooperation of everyday people (traders). Against the backdrop of indigene-settler conflicts in two major markets in Lagos, this study examines the causes of these conflicts, defined by the advertorial use of autochthony, their management and outcomes, and how macro-inter-ethnic relations inflect conflict and cooperation in local markets...
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Lagos, autochthony, Indigene-settler, Crises