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John Brown University

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26 h-index 119 pubs 2,490 cited

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Daniel Jordan Smith is an anthropologist at John Brown University whose research explores the intersections of sexuality, economics, and social issues in Africa, particularly Nigeria. His work encompasses studies of sex work, adolescent sexual and reproductive health, and LGBTQ+ issues within African contexts. Smith also investigates the dynamics of corruption and economic development, as seen in his analysis of the Pentecostal prosperity gospel in Nigeria and its paradoxical relationship with inequality. His scholarship extends to understanding the appeal of figures like Donald Trump in specific regions of Nigeria, offering insights into local political sentiments. Smith's broader anthropological perspective informs his reflections on population processes, and he has recently written about conspicuous redistribution of resources, masculinity, and morality in Nigeria.

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h-index: 26
Publications: 119
Citations: 2,490

Selected Publications

Agbiboa, Daniel E.They eat our sweat: transport labor, corruption, and everyday survival in urban Nigeria. 280 pp., illus., bibliogr. Oxford: University Press, 2022. £97.00 (hardback) (2026) DOI
‘A debt never dies’: Navigating trust and betrayal in southeastern Nigeria (2024) DOI
Good Governance in Nigeria: rethinking accountability and transparency in the twenty-first century by Portia Roelofs Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2023. Pp. xix+335. US$99.99 (hbk). (2023) DOI
<i>A History of the Republic of Biafra: Law, Crime, and the Nigerian Civil War</i> by Samuel Fury Childs Daly (2022) DOI
Scammer's Yard: The Crime of Black Repair in Jamaica. <i>Jovan Scott Lewis</i>. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 2020. 236 pp. (2021) DOI