Ethnic conflicts and hometown associations: an analysis of the experience of the Agila Development Association.

Part of a special section on conflict and conflict resolution in Africa. Drawing on land disputes between the Igbos and the Idomas of Nigeria, the writer demonstrates that ethnicity might not always be invoked when two or more ethnic groups are involved in a conflict and that the way in which confl...

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Published in:Africa Today Vol. 43; pp. 139 - 157
Main Author: Agbese, Pita Ogaba
Format: Article
Published: Indiana University Press April/June 1996
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