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Examines a crucial turning point in Nigerian history, the Agbekoya rebellion (“Peasants Reject Poverty”) of 1968-70, as chronicled by Toyin Falola, reflecting on his firsthand experiences as a teenage witness to history. Falola, the foremost scholar of Africa of this generation, illuminates the complex factors that led to this armed conflict and details the unfolding of major events.

Counting the Tigers Teeth

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      Publisher The University of Michigan Press
      Published 11/30/2014 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN-13 9780472119486
      978-0472119486
      ISBN-10 0472119486
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      Ethnic studies / Ethnicity Terrorism, armed struggle

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      Book Synopsis
      Examines a crucial turning point in Nigerian history, the Agbekoya rebellion (“Peasants Reject Poverty”) of 1968-70, as chronicled by Toyin Falola, reflecting on his firsthand experiences as a teenage witness to history. Falola, the foremost scholar of Africa of this generation, illuminates the complex factors that led to this armed conflict and details the unfolding of major events.

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