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Record Nr.

UNINA9910813739903321

Autore

Omaka Arua Oko

Titolo

The Biafran humanitarian crisis, 1967-1970 : international human rights and joint church aid / / Arua Oko Omaka

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, [England] : , : Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, , 2016

©2016

ISBN

1-61147-974-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (205 p.)

Collana

Fairleigh Dickinson University Press Series in Law, Culture, and the Humanities

Disciplina

966.905/2

Soggetti

Food relief - Nigeria, Eastern - History

Humanitarian assistance - Nigeria, Eastern - History

Nigeria History Civil War, 1967-1970

Nigeria History Civil War, 1967-1970 Civilian relief

Nigeria, Eastern History 20th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; List of Abbreviations; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter One: The Colonial Design and Military Incursion; Chapter Two: The Gowon Regime and the Secession of Eastern Nigeria; Chapter Three: Humanitarian Impulse; Chapter Four: Joint Church Aid; Chapter Five: The Relief War; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index; About the Author

Sommario/riassunto

This book focuses on the humanitarian crisis in Biafra from 1967 to 1970 and the historic response of church groups from different parts of the world. This is the first scholarly work to establish the Joint Church Aid as the foundation of modern day international humanitarian aid.