Bureaucracy and the politics of identification in Nigeria. Issuing certificates of indigene and investigating citizens' ancestral origins
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Identification and Citizenship in Africa. Biometrics, the Documentary State and Bureaucratic Writings of the Self, Identification and Citizenship in Africa. Biometrics, the Documentary State and Bureaucratic Writings of the Self. 2021-05-10p. 185 - 202
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Résumé en anglais
For 40 years, Nigeria has separated its citizens into two categories, ‘indigenes’ and ‘non-indigenes.’ Indigene citizens can trace their genealogical roots back to a community in a specific locality. All local governments ...Lire la suite >
Mots clés en anglais
Nigeria
identity papers
citizenship
bureaucracy
Project ANR
La vie sociale et politique des papiers d'identification en Afrique - ANR-15-CE26-0003