The Politics of Biafra: And the Future of Nigeria (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781483461441)

The Politics of Biafra is a reflection on the importance of history in addressing present realities and the future co-existence of Nigeria's multi ethnic society. It analyzes the ideological struggles and conflict in Biafra during the war with Nigeria from 1967-1970, the impact of the war and the relevance of those struggles to the current agitations for a new state of Biafra. In this historical and analytical work, the author observes that nearly fifty years after the end of the Nigeria-Biafra war in 1970, Nigeria remains confronted with the Biafra dilemma. No matter its pretensions, Nigeria will at some point have to reform its present pseudo federal arrangement to create a more inclusive, equitable and proper federal structure. If not, the country will continue to face epileptic developmental thrusts, militancy in the Niger Delta and a ruinous intensifying clamor for self-determination by disadvantaged ethnic groups, especially the Igbo. Appendix - Three part essay by Professor Chukwuma Soludo.

Author: Chudi Offodile
ISBN-10: 1483461440
ISBN-13: 9781483461441
Publisher: Lulu Publishing Services
Language: English
Published: 11/23/2016
Pages: 254
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.16lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.69d