Author: Publisher: Cambria Press
ISBN: 1621968235
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 359
Book Description
The Nigeria-Biafra War
Author: Publisher: Cambria Press
ISBN: 1621968235
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 359
Book Description
The Nigerian Civil War and Its Aftermath
Author: Eghosa E. OsaghaePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Nigeria
Languages : en
Pages : 492
Book Description
A History of the Republic of Biafra
Author: Samuel Fury Childs DalyPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108895956
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 287
Book Description
The Republic of Biafra lasted for less than three years, but the war over its secession would contort Nigeria for decades to come. Samuel Fury Childs Daly examines the history of the Nigerian Civil War and its aftermath from an uncommon vantage point – the courtroom. Wartime Biafra was glutted with firearms, wracked by famine, and administered by a government that buckled under the weight of the conflict. In these dangerous conditions, many people survived by engaging in fraud, extortion, and armed violence. When the fighting ended in 1970, these survival tactics endured, even though Biafra itself disappeared from the map. Based on research using an original archive of legal records and oral histories, Daly catalogues how people navigated conditions of extreme hardship on the war front, and shows how the conditions of the Nigerian Civil War paved the way for the country's long experience of crime that was to follow.
The Nigerian Civil War and Its Effects
Author: Michael Adeleye OjoThe Economics of the Nigerian Civil War and Its Prospects for National Development
Author: Nwabeze Reuben OgbudinkpaPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Nigeria
Languages : en
Pages : 128
Book Description
The Asaba Massacre
Author: S. Elizabeth BirdPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107140781
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 259
Book Description
An interdisciplinary study of the Asaba massacre, re-examining Nigerian history and enriching the understanding of post-conflict trauma and memory construction.
Torn Apart
Author: Françoise UgochukwuPublisher: Adonis & Abbey Pub Limited
ISBN: 9781906704766
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 157
Book Description
The Nigerian Civil War, 1967-1970 (also known as the Biafran War) has been described as a 'forgotten war'. Yet it led to the birth of the NGO Doctors without Borders / Medecins sans frontieres and equipped journalists with the intercultural skills they later used in their coverage of other African conflicts. The Biafran conflict equally ended up strengthening the special relationship between France and Nigeria. From 1970 in particular, the Nigerian education sector was taken up with a wave of francophilia, which boosted the teaching of French in Language programmes at the secondary school level. The Civil War, which ravaged the South-Eastern part of the federation, was, above all, a collective experience which inspired poets, novelists and playwrights - Achebe, Soyinka, Okigbo, Saro-Wiwa, Okpewho, Adichie and others, while bringing about a massive religious revival which affected the whole region. The war mobilised politicians and NGOs, it changed the country and brought it into the limelight. This book reveals, through the study of oral genres, radio bulletins and the impact of the conflict on literature and the Web, the human history of the war, the role played by the media and the deep scar the conflict left on the bodies and minds of survivors. _____________________ Francoise UGOCHUKWU was born in Valence (France) in 1949. She moved to Britain in 1995 after twenty-four years of lecturing at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka and currently holds a post at the Open University. She is an Africanist with active links to the CNRS. Her research field is in Comparative Literature, with a focus on Nigeria and Orature. Her pioneering work in the field and longstanding contribution to the strengthening of cultural and educational ties between France and Nigeria awarded her the national distinction of Chevalier des Palmes Academiques in 1994."
Surviving in Biafra
Author: Alfred Obiora UzokwePublisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 0595263666
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 249
Book Description
In 1966, several waves of rioting in northern Nigeria culminated in the brutal massacre of thousands of easterners by their northern Nigerian counterparts. Sensing that their safety could no longer be guaranteed, the easterners fled to the eastern region and established an independent nation called Biafra. Refusing to accept her sovereignty, Nigeria waged a thirty-month war against Biafra, targeting air assaults at civilian locations, which resulted in the deaths of thousands of children, women, and the elderly. Nigeria used land and sea blockade to prevent relief food from reaching hungry masses in Biafra and thousands of children died from a form of malnutrition called kwashiorkor. At the end of it all in 1970, two million people had perished.
The Biafra Story
Author: Frederick ForsythPublisher: Pen and Sword
ISBN: 1848846061
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 219
Book Description
A fearless act of journalism in 1960s Nigeria and the true story behind the international bestselling novel The Dogs of War. The Nigerian civil war of the late 1960s was one of the first occasions when Western consciences were awakened and deeply affronted by the level of suffering and the scale of atrocity being played out in the African continent. This was thanks not just to advances in communication technology but to the courage and journalistic skills of foreign correspondents like Frederick Forsyth, who had already earned an enviable reputation for tenacity and accuracy working for Reuters and the BBC. In The Biafra Story, Forsyth reveals the depth of the British Government’s active involvement in the conflict—information which many in power would have preferred to remain secret. General Gowon’s genocide of the Biafran people was facilitated by a ready supply of British arms and advice. Still tragically relevant in its depiction of global affairs, this powerful book also launched Frederick Forsyth to literary stardom by providing him with the background material for The Dogs of War. The dramatic events and shocking political exposures, all delivered with Forsyth’s bold and perceptive style, makes The Biafra Story a compelling lesson in courage.
The Logic of Ethnic and Religious Conflict in Africa
Author: John F. McCauleyPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107175011
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 255
Book Description
The book is aimed at students and scholars of conflict, Africa, ethnic politics, and religion. It may also appeal to religious and political leaders. It proposes a new perspective on how ethnicity and religion shape political outcomes and violence in Africa, adding psychological elements to standard political science arguments.