A Biafran Soldier S Survival From The Jaws Of Death

Author : Jerome Agu Nwadike
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
Page : 129 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2010-09-25
Category : History
ISBN : 9781453513811

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A Biafran Soldier’S Survival from the Jaws of Death by Jerome Agu Nwadike Pdf

A Biafran Soldiers Survival from the Jaws of Death: Nigeria-Biafran Civil War is a reflection of a personal experience in the battlefield and an insight about certain activities in some war theaters. Attempt was made to illustrate how Nigeria waged a war of genocide against Eastern Nigeria especially the Igbos (Biafrans). This book went further to show that the nonchalant attitude of many African countries toward the Nigeria-Biafra conflict later metamorphosed in various conflicts in many parts of Africa. The growth of Africa has been retarded by similar wars in Angola, Congo, Mozambique, Liberia, Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Chad, Sudan, Somalia, Uganda, Burundi, Ethiopia, Eritrea, and Rwanda. One of the objectives of this book is to lay the facts and was neither intended to evoke sentiments nor to cast aspersion on any group or individuals. It is better to learn from our past mistakes for the future progress and unity of Nigeria. Although the war has ended, some of the factors that contributed to the causes of the civil war are still there. In order to keep Nigeria as one indivisible entity, there should be concrete efforts to ensure that human rights of all Nigerians are fully protected.

Author : Jerome Nwadike
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
Page : 130 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2010-10
Category : History
ISBN : 1453513795

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A Biafran Soldier's Survival from the Jaws of Death by Jerome Nwadike Pdf

A Biafran Soldier's Survival from the Jaws of Death: Nigeria-Biafran Civil War is a reflection of a personal experience in the battlefield and an insight about certain activities in some war theaters. Attempt was made to illustrate how Nigeria waged a war of genocide against Eastern Nigeria especially the Igbos (Biafrans). This book went further to show that the nonchalant attitude of many African countries toward the Nigeria-Biafra conflict later metamorphosed in various conflicts in many parts of Africa. The growth of Africa has been retarded by similar wars in Angola, Congo, Mozambique, Liberia, Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Chad, Sudan, Somalia, Uganda, Burundi, Ethiopia, Eritrea, and Rwanda. One of the objectives of this book is to lay the facts and was neither intended to evoke sentiments nor to cast aspersion on any group or individuals. It is better to learn from our past mistakes for the future progress and unity of Nigeria. Although the war has ended, some of the factors that contributed to the causes of the civil war are still there. In order to keep Nigeria as one indivisible entity, there should be concrete efforts to ensure that human rights of all Nigerians are fully protected.

Author : Stephen M. Magu
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 359 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2021-01-02
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9783030629304

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Explaining Foreign Policy in Post-Colonial Africa by Stephen M. Magu Pdf

This book explores foreign policy developments in post-colonial Africa. A continental foreign policy is a tenuous proposition, yet new African states emerged out of armed resistance and advocacy from regional allies such as the Bandung Conference and the League of Arab States. Ghana was the first Sub-Saharan African country to gain independence in 1957. Fourteen more countries gained independence in 1960 alone, and by May 1963, when the Organisation of African Unity (OAU) was formed, 30 countries were independent. An early OAU committee was the African Liberation Committee (ALC), tasked to work in the Frontline States (FLS) to support independence in Southern Africa. Pan-Africanists, in alliance with Brazzaville, Casablanca and Monrovia groups, approached continental unity differently, and regionalism continued to be a major feature. Africa’s challenges were often magnified by the capitalist-democratic versus communist-socialist bloc rivalry, but through Africa’s use and leveraging of IGOs – the UN, UNDP, UNECA, GATT, NIEO and others – to advance development, the formation of the African Economic Community, OAU’s evolution into the AU and other alliances belied collective actions, even as Africa implemented decisions that required cooperation: uti possidetis (maintaining colonial borders), containing secession, intra- and inter-state conflicts, rebellions and building RECs and a united Africa as envisioned by Pan Africanists worked better collectively.

Author : Sargon George Donabed,Autumn Quezada-Grant
Publisher : Lexington Books
Page : 313 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2015-04-09
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780739193266

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Decentering Discussions on Religion and State by Sargon George Donabed,Autumn Quezada-Grant Pdf

This volume explores dynamic conversations through history between individuals and communities over questions about religion and state. Divided into two sections, our authors begin with considerations on the separation of religion and state, as well as Roger Williams’ concept of religious freedom. Authors in the first half consider nuanced debates centered on emerging narratives, with particular emphasis on Native America, Early Americans, and experiences in American immigration after Independence. The first half of the volume examines voices in American History as they publicly engage with notions of secular ideology. Discussions then shift as the volume broadens to world perspectives on religion-state relations. Authors consider critical questions of nation, religious identity and transnational narratives. The intent of this volume is to privilege new narratives about religion-state relations. Decentering discussions away from national narratives allows for emerging voices at the individual and community levels. This volume offers readers new openings through which to understand critical but overlooked interactions between individuals and groups of people with the state over questions about religion.

Author : Alfred Obiora Uzokwe
Publisher : Writers Advantage Press
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : STANFORD:36105111874769

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Surviving in Biafra by Alfred Obiora Uzokwe Pdf

In 1966, several waves of rioting in northern Nigeria culminated in the brutal massacre of thousands of easterners by their northern Nigerian counterparts. Sensing that their safety could no longer be guaranteed, the easterners fled to the eastern region and established an independent nation called Biafra. Refusing to accept her sovereignty, Nigeria waged a thirty-month war against Biafra, targeting air assaults at civilian locations, which resulted in the deaths of thousands of children, women, and the elderly. Nigeria used land and sea blockade to prevent relief food from reaching hungry masses in Biafra and thousands of children died from a form of malnutrition called kwashiorkor. At the end of it all in 1970, two million people had perished.

Author : Frederick Forsyth
Publisher : Pen and Sword
Page : 219 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2015-03-21
Category : History
ISBN : 9781848846067

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The Biafra Story by Frederick Forsyth Pdf

A fearless act of journalism in 1960s Nigeria and the true story behind the international bestselling novel The Dogs of War. The Nigerian civil war of the late 1960s was one of the first occasions when Western consciences were awakened and deeply affronted by the level of suffering and the scale of atrocity being played out in the African continent. This was thanks not just to advances in communication technology but to the courage and journalistic skills of foreign correspondents like Frederick Forsyth, who had already earned an enviable reputation for tenacity and accuracy working for Reuters and the BBC. In The Biafra Story, Forsyth reveals the depth of the British Government’s active involvement in the conflict—information which many in power would have preferred to remain secret. General Gowon’s genocide of the Biafran people was facilitated by a ready supply of British arms and advice. Still tragically relevant in its depiction of global affairs, this powerful book also launched Frederick Forsyth to literary stardom by providing him with the background material for The Dogs of War. The dramatic events and shocking political exposures, all delivered with Forsyth’s bold and perceptive style, makes The Biafra Story a compelling lesson in courage.

Author : Roger Thurow
Publisher : ReadHowYouWant.com
Page : 558 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781458767332

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Enough by Roger Thurow Pdf

For more than thirty years, humankind has known how to grow enough food to end chronic hunger worldwide. Yet while the ''Green Revolution'' succeeded in South America and Asia, it never got to Africa. More than 9 million people every year die of hunger, malnutrition, and related diseases every year - most of them in Africa and most of them children. More die of hunger in Africa than from AIDS and malaria combined. Now, an impending global food crisis threatens to make things worse. In the west we think of famine as a natural disaster, brought about by drought; or as the legacy of brutal dictators. But in this powerful investigative narrative, Thurow & Kilman show exactly how, in the past few decades, American, British, and European policies conspired to keep Africa hungry and unable to feed itself. As a new generation of activists work to keep famine from spreading, Enough is essential reading on a humanitarian issue of utmost urgency.

Author : Ayuba Mshelia
Publisher : AuthorHouse
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2012-01-26
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781468529722

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Araba Let's Separate by Ayuba Mshelia Pdf

Araba(separation) was a word first used by rioters at a Bauchi demonstration signaling the Northern peoples desire to break from the federal republic of Nigeria. The catalyst for its first use was the cold-blooded murder of some prominent Northern elites, including the Premier of the North, Sir Ahmadu Bello, the Sardauna of Sokoto, by predominantly Igbo officers, on January 15, 1966 Araba became a rallying cry for the Norths disaffection with the state of affairs after Irons promulgation of the obnoxious decree No 34, making Nigeria a unitary state. In some quarters, it became resonant and synonymous with the rampant killing of Igbos in the North. These killings (similar things were happening to Northerners in the East) necessitated the mass movement of Igbos to the East and Northerners to the Northern territories. The Norths disaffection with decree No 34 led to the overthrow of Irons regime by predominantly Northern officers, led by, amongst others, M. Muhammed. However, military decorum and Northern political leadership demanded Muhammed defer to Gowon, even though Gowon was never part of the coup plan or a strong supporter of it. Indeed, if anything, he tried to quell it. The abrogation of decree No 34 and the creation of the twelve-state structure by Gowon was the final straw that broke the camels back for Ojukwu, who consequently proclaimed his territorys secession from Nigeria and the creation of an independent republic of Biafra formed out of the Eastern states. The seed for a bloody civil war was thus cast, and for four years the East felt the worst for it. However, the magnanimity of a blanket amnesty given to all the rebel soldiers at the end of hostilities was admirable, and an intelligent piece of statecraft, responsible for the easy and smooth absorption of those in the East into the economic and political life of the country.

Author : Mary H. Kingsley
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 842 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 1897
Category : Africa, West
ISBN : STANFORD:36105048627330

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Travels in West Africa by Mary H. Kingsley Pdf

As a dutiful Victorian daughter, the author was thirty before being freed (by her parents' deaths) to do as she chose. She went to West Africa in 1893 and again in 1895, to investigate the beliefs and customs of the inland tribes and also to collect zoological specimens. She was appalled by the 'thin veneer of rubbishy white culture' imposed by British officials and was not afraid to say so.

Author : Peter Narvaez
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 376 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2003-07
Category : Humor
ISBN : UOM:39015056918751

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Of Corpse by Peter Narvaez Pdf

Laughter, contemporary theory suggests, is often aggressive in some manner and may be prompted by a sudden perception of incongruity combined with memories of past emotional experience. Given this importance of the past to our recognition of the comic, it follows that some "traditions" dispose us to ludic responses. The studies in Of Corpse: Death and Humor in Folklore and Popular Culture examine specific interactions of text (jokes, poetry, epitaphs, iconography, film drama) and social context (wakes, festivals, disasters) that shape and generate laughter. Uniquely, however, the essays here peruse a remarkable paradox---the convergence of death and humor.

Author : John Iliffe
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 421 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2017-07-13
Category : History
ISBN : 9781107198326

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Africans by John Iliffe Pdf

An updated and comprehensive single-volume history covering all periods from human origins to contemporary African situations.

Author : Chinua Achebe,C. L. Innes
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 159 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 1985
Category : Short stories, African (English)
ISBN : OCLC:11757509

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African Short Stories by Chinua Achebe,C. L. Innes Pdf

Author : Mai Palmberg
Publisher : Nordic Africa Institute
Page : 356 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : History
ISBN : 9171064419

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National Identity and Democracy in Africa by Mai Palmberg Pdf

Province of South Africa

Author : Mai Palmberg
Publisher : Nordic Africa Institute
Page : 286 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9171064788

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Encounter Images in the Meetings Between Africa and Europe by Mai Palmberg Pdf

Positive images of Africa contrast with negative images of misery, war and catastrophes often conveyed by the mass media. This selection of papers debate the images and stereotypes of Africa.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 826 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 1968
Category : Periodicals
ISBN : UCD:31175007401683

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The Saturday Evening Post by Anonim Pdf