Nigeria is famous for corruption, from the fraudulent emails almost everybody on the Internet receives to news stories of incredible governmental impropriety. Nigerians and foreigners alike distinguish corruption as disastrously central to the country's identity. The book under review is therefore of great interest. This book is Ethnography of everyday corruption centered on Igbo-speaking areas of southeastern Nigeria.

Daniel Jordan Smith is a Stanley J. Bernstein Assistant Professor for the Social Sciences and International Relations and Assitant Professor of Anthropology in the Department of Anthropology.