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Secessionist leader Isaac Adaka Boro, who in 1966 turned himself to the authorities. As the writer notes, the faces of Ologbosere and Boro, both destined to be executed, are tranquil, even foreknowing, as if the matter is settled. (Records Administration )
ADAKA BORO

Measures of Power: Our interest in violent, public justice

How the theatre of execution contributes to national mythmaking in Nigeria

  • Emmanuel Iduma
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