From Biafra to the Niger Delta conflict [electronic resource] : memory, ethnicity, and the state in Nigeria / Edlyne Eze Anugwom
- Author:
- Anugwom, Edlyne Eze, 1969-
- Published:
- Lanham : Lexington Books, [2019]
- Physical Description:
- ix, 237 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
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- Contents:
- Introduction -- Theoretical insights and assumptions -- From memory to social memory: diversities of knowledge and practice -- The nature of the Nigerian state -- The state, ethnicity and social conflict -- Ethnicization of state power, resource distribution and self-determination struggles -- Social memory, ethnicity and conflict: the Biafra war and the Niger Delta oil conflict -- Social memory as breeding uniform patterns of remembrance and mobilization -- Ethnicity and memory hegemonies in Nigeria -- The state, memory and dealing with the past -- Conclusion.
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- ISBN:
- 9781498577984 (cloth : alk. paper)
- Bibliography Note:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-231) and index.
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