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Record Nr.

UNINA9910793260503321

Autore

Anugwom Edlyne Eze <1969->

Titolo

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

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, Maryland, : Lexington Books, an imprint of The Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group, Inc., [2019]

ISBN

1-4985-7799-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (ix, 237 pages)

Disciplina

303.609669

Soggetti

Social conflict - Nigeria - History

Collective memory - Nigeria

Ethnicity - Nigeria

Nigeria Politics and government

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

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.