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Biafran ghostsIke Okonta

Biafran ghosts

201264 pages
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On the back cover: The movement for the actualisation of the sovereign state of Biafra (MASSOB), an ethnicmilitia, emerged in the Igbo-speaking region of Nigeria in 1999, shortly after military rule ended and Olusegun Obasanjo took office as elected President. MASSOB's stated goal is the struggle for Igbo self-determination and the re-emergence of a new sovereign state in the eastern part of the country to be known as the 'United States of Biafra', thereby raising the spectre of a possible break up of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. This discussion paper examines the circumstances of…

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  • Other · Swedish · 2012
    Nordiska Afrikainstitutet · 64 pages · 9789171067166
Politics and governmentIgbo (African people)Political aspectsEthnic conflictEthnic relationsDemocratizationMASSOB (Militant group)