Imagined States

Examines representations of the law in colonial and postcolonial fiction from and about Nigeria Examines representations of the law in British and Nigerian high-brow, middle-brow and popular fiction and journalism between 1900 and 1966Draws on rare archives of Nigerian newspaper reports and local government papers from the periodExplores how ethical issues of late colonial and early postcolonial law in Africa were played out in the pages of highly diverse textsDraws on the political philosophy o