Edlyne Eze Anugwom

From Biafra to the Niger Delta Conflict

Memory, Ethnicity, and the State in Nigeria

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Produktbeschreibung

This book analyzes the influence of memory on social conflict as well as the role of ethnicity in state formation and governance in Nigeria. It examines the nexus between the Nigerian civil war and the conflict in the oil rich Niger Delta against the background of memory and ethnicization of the state.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Lexington Books
• Seitenzahl: 250
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Dezember 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 564g
• ISBN-13: 9781498577984
• ISBN-10: 1498577989
• Artikelnr.: 53689750

Autorenporträt

By Edlyne Eze Anugwom

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1: Introduction Chapter 2: Theoretical Insights and Assumptions
Chapter 3: From Memory to Social Memory: Diversities of Knowledge and
Practice Chapter 4: The Nature of the Nigerian State Chapter 5: The State,
Ethnicity and Social Conflict Chapter 6: Ethnicization of State Power,
Resource Distribution and Self-Determination Struggles Chapter 7: Social
Memory, Ethnicity and Conflict: The Biafra War and the Niger Delta Oil
Conflict Chapter 8: Social Memory as Breeding Uniform Patterns of
Remembrance and Mobilization Chapter 9: Ethnicity and Memory Hegemonies in
Nigeria Chapter 10: The State, Memory and Dealing with the Past Chapter 11:
Conclusion