Trenton, NJ:
Africa World Press
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2007
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307 S.
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| Einrichtung: | Frauensolidarität | Wien |
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| Verfasst von: | Uchendu, Egodi |
| Jahr: | 2007 |
| Maße: | 23 cm |
| ISBN: | 1592214738 |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
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| This book provides a detailed analysis of Anioma women war-time roles during the Nigerian civil war, also called the Biafran war. Anioma, the Igbo homeland west of the River Niger, was for long absent in the accounts on the civil war; yet, the Anioma like their Igbo kith and kin east of the River Niger (who led the Biafran revolution and fought the Nigerian federal government from 1967 to 1970) were as involved militarily and otherwise as Biafrans in the confrontation with the federal government all through that period of crisis. In analyzing Anioma women war-time roles, the book draws largely on interviews with women who survived the war. Mens re-collections of womens activities during the war and after were also reflected just as much as relevant information from archival materials from the federal, Anioma, and Biafran sides, both civilian and military. In addition to the focus on the war the book provides historical background on pre-war Anioma, delineating the activities of women, their roles, relationships and statuses vis a vis men. The book generally deals with issues that have not been given adequate attention in the academy from that period of Nigeria's troubled history but especially womens participation in the Nigerian or Biafran war, their care taking roles in and outside war zones, shifting identities and the maintenance of cultural and other norms in times of crises. | |
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