A Culture of Corruption: Everyday Deception and Popular Discontent in Nigeria by Daniel Jordan Smith

This summer I'll be working at the United Nations Development Program in Abuja, Nigeria.  Specifically, I'll be in the Governance Unit, which seeks to encourage democratic practices, discourage corruption and strengthen a commitment to human rights. In preparation, I recently purchased the book A Culture of Corruption: Everyday Deception and Popular Discontent in Nigeria by Dr. Daniel Jordan Smith of Brown University from Barnes and Noble.com.  Upon opening the book, the title page read When They Severed Earth From Sky and the following pages included chapters entitled "Willfulness: The Atom or Thou" and "Post Hocus Ergo Pocus: Space Aliens Mutilate Cows." Apparently, Princeton University Press made a pretty serious blunder here...