Acknowledgements ......................................................................xvii
Foreword
Julia Sudbury .............................................................................xxi
Chapter 1: Introduction: Colonial Systems of Control
Viviane Saleh-Hanna ..................................................................... 1
SECTION I: CONTEXTUALIZING NIGERIA
Chapter 2: Penal Coloniality
Viviane Saleh-Hanna ................................................................... 17
Chapter 3: An Evolution of the Penal System: Criminal Justice in Nigeria
Viviane Saleh-Hanna and Chukwuma Ume .............................. 55
Chapter 4: The Militarization of Nigerian Society
Biko Agozino and Unyierie Idem ................................................ 69
SECTION II: NIGERIAN PRISONS: VOICES FROM INSIDE
Chapter 5: Another Face of Slavery
Osadolor Eribo ........................................................................... 121
Chapter 6: My Nigerian Prison Experience
Clever Akporherhe ..................................................................... 127
Chapter 7: My Story
Chris Affor ................................................................................. 131
Chapter 8: A Tribute to Solidarity: My Oasis
Chris Affor ................................................................................. 141
Chapter 9: June 14, 2003
Igho Odibo ................................................................................. 147
Chapter 10: The System I Have Come to Know
Sylvester Monday Anagaba ...................................................... 149
Chapter 11: Man’s Inhumanity to Man
Sylvester Monday Anagaba ...................................................... 153
Chapter 12: Patriotism: Illusion or Reality?
Osadolor Eribo ........................................................................... 157
SECTION III: COLONIAL SYSTEMS OF IMPRISONMENT: GENDER, POVERTY AND MENTAL HEALTH IN PRISON
Chapter 13: Nigerian Penal Interactions
Viviane Saleh-Hanna ................................................................. 173
Chapter 14: Women’s Rights behind Walls
Mechthild Nagel ........................................................................ 223
Chapter 15: Nigerian Women in Prison: Hostages in Law
Biko Agozino ............................................................................. 245
Chapter 16: Protecting the Human Rights of People with Mental Health Disabilities in African Prisons
Uju Agomoh .............................................................................. 267
SECTION IV: RESISTANCE
Chapter 17: Women, Law, and Resistance in Northern Nigeria:
Understanding the Inadequacies of Western Scholarship
Viviane Saleh-Hanna ................................................................. 293
Chapter 18: Fela Kuti’s Wahala Music: Political Resistance through Song
Viviane Saleh-Hanna ................................................................. 355
SECTION V: STEPPING BEYOND THE COLONIAL PENAL BOX: AFRICAN JUSTICE MODELS AND PENAL ABOLITIONISM
Chapter 19: Alternatives to Imprisonment: Community Service Orders in Africa
Chukwuma Ume ....................................................................... 379
Chapter 20: The Igbo Indigenous Justice System
O. Oko Elechi ............................................................................ 395
Chapter 21: Penal Abolitionist Theories and Ideologies
Viviane Saleh-Hanna ................................................................. 417
Chapter 22: The Tenth International Conference on Penal Abolition (ICOPA X)
Viviane Saleh-Hanna ................................................................. 457
Index ................................................................................................ 489
