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Self-determination group or extra-legal governance agency? The multifaceted nature of the Oodua people's congress in Nigeria

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Yvan Guichaoua (Oxford Department of International Development, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK)
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The paper contributes to the understanding of the origins of violent non-legal organisations in West Africa by focusing on the emergence and the evolution of the Oodua People's Congress (OPC), a movement aiming at defending the interests of the Yoruba people in Nigeria. It discusses the causes of its gradual transformation from a self-determination group ready to use political violence into an agency of local extra-legal governance tolerated by official federal authorities. This evolution may reflect the normalisation of the OPC in Nigeria's weak democracy. Copyright © 2009 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

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Volume (Year): 21 (2009)
Issue (Month): 4 ()
Pages: 520-533
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  1. Fearon, James D. & Laitin, David D., 2000. "Violence and the Social Construction of Ethnic Identity," International Organization, Cambridge University Press, vol. 54(04), pages 845-877, November. [Downloadable!]
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