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Oil Exploration and Local Opposition in Colonial Nigeria: Understanding the Roots of Contemporary State-Community Conflict in the Niger Delta

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Pages 111-130 | Published online: 29 Apr 2013

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INTERVIEWS

  • Elder 1 (pseudonym) Iho, Imo State, 15 January 2008. Interview conducted in Igbo and English languages. Translated from Igbo to English by Ikechukwu Umejesi .
  • Elder 2 (pseudonym) in Egbema, Imo State, 8 January 2008. Interview conducted in Igbo and English languages. Translated from Igbo to English by Ikechukwu Umejesi .

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