A meaty colony : Nigerians and the animals they ate -- The living machines of imperialism : animal aesthetics, imperial spectacle, and the political economy of the horse and donkey -- "Dogs are the most useful animals" : a canine history of colonial Nigeria -- "The Nigerian political zoo" : animal art, modernism, and the visual narrative of nation-building -- "Beware of dogs" : rabies and the elastic geographies of fear -- The lion king in the cage : nature, wildlife conservation, and the modern zoo -- "Let us be kind to our dumb friends" : animal cruelty in the discourse of colonial modernity -- "A great evil ritual murder" : the Save-the-Nigerian-Horse-and-Donkey campaign |