{"product_id":"a-biafran-odyssey-chidi-giniji-9780595344321","title":"A Biafran Odyssey","description":"At the turn of the year, 1966, Nigeria was thrown into an awful turmoil by a military coup that exacerbated the existing but cryptic ethnic resentments, precipitating the hostile environments, which necessitated the secession of Biafra, and a year later, ushered in a bloody three-year-war!\u003cp\u003e \u003ci\u003eA Biafran Odyssey\u003c\/i\u003e is the story of a Biafran youngster, Chidi, who, convinced about the unequivocal legitimacy of Biafra's claim to self-determination, left home to join the army, but returned two years later, at the end of the war, with many unanswered questions and a sobering notion about his world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Chidi tells his story of Biafra, the way it was never told, featuring the emotional vagaries to which his comrades and himself were subjected to; their woes, their cries and, ironically, their laughs too, revealing some of the weird aspects of one of the most brutal ethnic conflicts of post- colonial Africa. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e With short poems and love scenes like the short-lived affair between himself and Bernadette, Chidi portrays, without being too salacious, albeit unique with African stories, some of the discomfits of transforming from adolescent into adulthood on a fast lane. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Chidi Giniji\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0595344321\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780595344321\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e iUniverse\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/08\/2005\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 496\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.59lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.11d","brand":"Chidi Giniji","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48435540885759,"sku":"9780595344321","price":25.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_4d978f38-c00b-44a3-b4a5-793e2a973d26.jpg?v=1777151060","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/a-biafran-odyssey-chidi-giniji-9780595344321","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}