USA Africa Dialogue Series - Ken Harrow: WHY NIGERIANS ARE CORRUPT

>i tried to post this earlier but had trouble. some people might be
>interested still in this account of bayart's work
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>here are the opening words of the African Affairs' review of Bayart's
>Politics of the Belly. pub. 1994 African Affairs: 93 (372), july1994.
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>"Every now and then, something comes along that changes the way in which
>we think of our subject."
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>the review is really an astounding evaluation of its importance. i
>recommend folks who are interested read it, read about longue durée,
>and the rest of what bayart does, following braudel. and then tell me it
>isn't really important scholarship.
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>there is no text that is above criticism. but there are criticisms that
>we take seriously, and others we don't.
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>ken
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>On 6/11/16 5:21 PM, 'Abubakar Momoh' via USA Africa Dialogue Series wrote:
>> Prof. Mbaku,
>> I will explain. Your approach to corruption is too liberal, unilinear
>> and descriptive, rather than critical, complex and Pluridisciplinary.
>> Jean Francois Bayart is one of your recommended core texts for us on
>> corruption and you gleefully cite him for us to read; but what does
>> his book "Politics of the Belly" tell us about the reality in Africa?
>> Nothing but pure fiction: so-called politics of "chopping". Is that
>> what politics is all about in Africa? Even if taken from a statist
>> point of view?
>> You may have written tonnes of books on corruption in Africa, but
>> let's be very modest about the claims we make: you are not the oracle
>> on corruption in Africa and we have not heard the final pronouncement
>> on the subject and above all, your reading list on the subject of
>> corruption is not the most engaging and critical. I find it
>> strange that you cite such unserious scholars as your core texts on
>> corruption in Africa.
>> Also, your way out of the corruption question is too legalistic and
>> simplistic. And l find this unacceptable, as a student of the subject.
>> Abu
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>> Sent from my iPhone
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>kenneth w. harrow
>professor of english
>michigan state university
>department of english
>619 red cedar road
>room C-614 wells hall
>east lansing, mi 48824
>ph. 517 803 8839
>harrow@msu.edu
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