From Biafra to the Niger Delta conflict : memory, ethnicity, and the state in Nigeria /

This book analyzes the influence of memory on social conflict as well as the role of ethnicity in state formation and governance in Nigeria. It examines the nexus between the Nigerian civil war and the conflict in the oil rich Niger Delta against the background of memory and ethnicization of the sta...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Anugwom, Edlyne Eze, 1969- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lanham : Lexington Books, 2018.
Temas:
1967-1970
Social conflict > Nigeria > History.
Collective memory > Nigeria.
Ethnicity > Nigeria.
Mémoire collective > Nigeria.
Ethnicité > Nigeria.
Politics and government
Ethnicity
Collective memory
Social aspects
Social conflict
Nigeria > Politics and government.
Nigeria > Politique et gouvernement.
Nigeria
Eastern Nigeria
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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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