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21 février 2013
- doi: 10.4000/books.ifra.412
- isbn: 9789782015341
- eisbn: 9791092312034
https://www.openedition.org/12554 , info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
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Iheanyi M. Enwerem, « Introduction », Institut français de recherche en Afrique, ID : 10.4000/books.ifra.412
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False face must hide what the false heart doth know.(Macbeth, Act I, Scene vii) In the heat of the 1978 presidential election campaign, the late Obafemi Awolowo of the Unity Party of Nigeria (UPN) stormed the Muslim city of Sokoto. Everywhere he went, he raised his hand with his traditional ‘V’ (victory) sign to acknowledge the cheers of admirers. Given the huge and enthusiastic crowd that listened to him and the paralysis to which the city's streets and highways were subjected for the durati...