This book analyzes the impact of the Nigeria-Biafra war on the Igbo, the failure of the reconstruction and reconciliation effort in the post-war period, and the politics of exclusion of the memory of the war in public discourse in Nigeria, arguing that the war had lasting consequences for the socio-political developments in the post-war period.
This book analyzes the impact of the Nigeria-Biafra war on the Igbo, the failure of the reconstruction and reconciliation effort in the post-war period, and the politics of exclusion of the memory of the war in public discourse in Nigeria, arguing that the war had lasting consequences for the socio-political developments in the post-war period.
Edited by Chima J. Korieh - Contributions by Paul R. Bartrop; Anwesha Das; Austine Duru; Bernard Steiner Ifekwe; Obinna Innocent Ihunna; Etiido Effiong William Inyang; Chima J. Korieh; Hyacinth Chidozie Ngumah; Francis O. C. Njoku; Obioma Nnaemeka; Odigwe
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Introduction: The Power of Silence: Reflections on the Politics of Memorializing the Biafra War Chima J. Korieh Part 1: War, History, and Memory Chapter 1: Inhibitions to Speaking Out: Assessing Frederick Forsyth's Three Categories of Silent Witness in Biafra Paul R. Bartrop Chapter 2: The Catholic Church and the Post-War Rehabilitation and Reconstruction in Nigeria, 1970-1975 Nicholas Ibeawuchi Omenka Chapter 3: The Inseparable Ties with the Past: Indirect Colonial Rule in Nigeria and the Biafra War Anwesha Das Chapter 4: Biafran Enclaves and the Militia Activities in Mid-Western Nigeria, 1967-1970 Odigwe A. Nwaokocha Chapter 5: Biafran Radical Groups and the Quest for Biafra Sovereignty in the Nigeria-Biafra War Bernard Steiner Ifekwe Chapter 6: Shades of Gray: Nigeria-Biafra War Coverage, American Diplomatic Nightmare, and the Conscience of a Nation. Austine Duru Part 2: Wartime Victims, The Igbo, and the Biafran Experience Chapter 7: Constructing the Impact of the Nigeria-Biafra War on the Anioma People Odigwe A. Nwaokocha Chapter 8: The Philosophy of Refugeeism and Returneeism: The Experience of the Igbo in the Nigeria- Biafran War Francis O. C. Njoku Chapter 9: Biafra's Hidden Victims: The Lone Story of a Child Evacuee, 1967-2017 Françoise Ugochukwu Chapter 10: Children in the Nigeria-Biafra War: A Study on their Evacuation, Rehabilitation and Repatriation Nicholas Ibeawuchi Omenka Part 3: Fifty Year After: Biafra, Biafrans, and New Struggles Chapter 11: RE-Imagining Biafra Obioma Nnaemeka Chapter 12: Biafra Aftermath and the Path Forward G.N. Uzoigwe Chapter 13: Biafra Then. Biafra Now. John Sherman Chapter 14: Pertinent Stakes in the Continuing Conversations on Biafra Obinna Innocent Ihunna Part 4: Biafrawar, Arts, and Representations Chapter 15: War, Memory and the Literary Imagination Rose A. Sackeyfio Chapter 16: Of Tragedy and Art: Contemporary Igbo Artists and Critical (dis)Engagement with the Biafran War John Kelechi Opara Chapter 17: "Hands off Africa": An Iconographic Survey of Biafra Self-Determination Posters in the Nigeria Civil War, 1967-1970 Etiido Effiong Inyang Chapter 18: The Artist and the Nigeria-Biafra War: Memory and Representations Hyacinth Chidozie Ngumah
Introduction: The Power of Silence: Reflections on the Politics of Memorializing the Biafra War Chima J. Korieh Part 1: War, History, and Memory Chapter 1: Inhibitions to Speaking Out: Assessing Frederick Forsyth's Three Categories of Silent Witness in Biafra Paul R. Bartrop Chapter 2: The Catholic Church and the Post-War Rehabilitation and Reconstruction in Nigeria, 1970-1975 Nicholas Ibeawuchi Omenka Chapter 3: The Inseparable Ties with the Past: Indirect Colonial Rule in Nigeria and the Biafra War Anwesha Das Chapter 4: Biafran Enclaves and the Militia Activities in Mid-Western Nigeria, 1967-1970 Odigwe A. Nwaokocha Chapter 5: Biafran Radical Groups and the Quest for Biafra Sovereignty in the Nigeria-Biafra War Bernard Steiner Ifekwe Chapter 6: Shades of Gray: Nigeria-Biafra War Coverage, American Diplomatic Nightmare, and the Conscience of a Nation. Austine Duru Part 2: Wartime Victims, The Igbo, and the Biafran Experience Chapter 7: Constructing the Impact of the Nigeria-Biafra War on the Anioma People Odigwe A. Nwaokocha Chapter 8: The Philosophy of Refugeeism and Returneeism: The Experience of the Igbo in the Nigeria- Biafran War Francis O. C. Njoku Chapter 9: Biafra's Hidden Victims: The Lone Story of a Child Evacuee, 1967-2017 Françoise Ugochukwu Chapter 10: Children in the Nigeria-Biafra War: A Study on their Evacuation, Rehabilitation and Repatriation Nicholas Ibeawuchi Omenka Part 3: Fifty Year After: Biafra, Biafrans, and New Struggles Chapter 11: RE-Imagining Biafra Obioma Nnaemeka Chapter 12: Biafra Aftermath and the Path Forward G.N. Uzoigwe Chapter 13: Biafra Then. Biafra Now. John Sherman Chapter 14: Pertinent Stakes in the Continuing Conversations on Biafra Obinna Innocent Ihunna Part 4: Biafrawar, Arts, and Representations Chapter 15: War, Memory and the Literary Imagination Rose A. Sackeyfio Chapter 16: Of Tragedy and Art: Contemporary Igbo Artists and Critical (dis)Engagement with the Biafran War John Kelechi Opara Chapter 17: "Hands off Africa": An Iconographic Survey of Biafra Self-Determination Posters in the Nigeria Civil War, 1967-1970 Etiido Effiong Inyang Chapter 18: The Artist and the Nigeria-Biafra War: Memory and Representations Hyacinth Chidozie Ngumah
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