Zwischen Biafra und Bonn : Hungerkatastrophen und Konsumkritik Im Deutschen Katholizismus 1958-1979. by Stollhof, Johannes

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From Biafra to the Niger Delta conflict : memory, ethnicity, and the state in Nigeria / Edlyne Eze Anugwom. by Anugwom, Edlyne Eze, 1969-

Table of Contents: “…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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There was a country : a personal history of Biafra / Chinua Achebe. by Achebe, Chinua

News out of Africa : Biafra to Band Aid / Paul Harrison, Robin Palmer. by Harrison, Paul, 1950-

Work in progress and other stories.

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Kabu kabu / Nnedi Okorafor. by Okorafor, Nnedi, Foster, Alan Dean, 1946-

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From slave trade to empire : Europe and the colonisation of Black Africa, 1780s-1880s / edited by Olivier Pétré-Grenouilleau.

Table of Contents: “…Background to annexation : Anglo-African credit relations in the Bight of Biafra, 1700-1891 /…”
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Names we call home : autobiography on racial identity / edited by Becky Thompson and Sangeeta Tyagi.

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West African masking traditions and diaspora masquerade carnivals : history, memory, and transnationalism / Raphael Chijioke Njoku. by Njoku, Raphael Chijioke

Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- On Origins of Masking: History, Memory, and Ritual Observances -- Aspects of Society and Culture in the Biafra Hinterland -- Bantu Migrations and Cultural Transnationalism in the Ancient Global Age, c. 2500 BCE-1400 CE -- Bight of Biafra, Slavery, and Diasporic Africa in the Modern Global Age, 1400-1800 -- Igbo Masquerade Dances in the African Diasporas:Symbols and Meanings -- Unmasking the Masquerade: Counterideologies and Contemporary Practices -- Idioms of Religion, Music, Dance, and African Art Forms -- Memory and Masquerade Narratives: The Art of Remembering.…”
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Great events. No.2 / Independent Television News (Great Britain).

Table of Contents: “…Oil Fires in Kuwait (3:55) -- Siege of Dubrovnik (4:55) -- Attack on Dubrovnik's Old City (5:16) -- Occupation of Kabul, Afghanistan (6:36) -- IRA Funeral Attacked (2:48) -- Civil War in Republic of Georgia (3:13) -- Plane Crash in Lockerbie (3:11) -- Battle for Biafra (5:16) -- Battle for Biafra: Starving Population (5:58) -- Cod War Between U.K. and Iceland (4:19) -- Falkland Islands War (2:50) -- Fall of Saigon (2:04) -- Battle of Vukovar (2:10) -- John McCarthy Released from Captivity (2:16) -- Thatcher Victory (2:17)…”
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Emergent masculinities : gendered power and social change in the Biafran Atlantic age / Ndubueze L. Mbah. by Mbah, Ndubueze L., 1985-

Table of Contents: “…Gendered Kinship: Political and Economic Backgrounds of a Slaving Society, ca. 1480-1850 -- Military Slaving: The Making of Warrior Masculinities, ca. 1650-1890 -- Gendered Slavery in the Bight of Biafra, ca. 1750-1890: A Trans-Atlantic Perspective -- Post-Abolition Emancipation and Transformative Ogaranya Masculinities, ca. 1860-1940 -- Revolutionary Female Masculinities and Dissident Sexuality, ca. 1850-1940.…”
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Zones of instability : literature, postcolonialism, and the nation / Imre Szeman. by Szeman, Imre, 1968-

Table of Contents: “…The politics of postcolonial nationalist literature -- The nation as problem and possibility -- Caribbean space : Lamming, Naipaul, and federation -- The novel after the nation : Nigeria after Biafra -- The persistence of the nation : literature and criticism in Canada -- National culture and globalization.…”
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Creating new states : theory and practice of secession / by Aleksandar Pavković with Peter Radan. by Pavković, Aleksandar

Table of Contents: “…-- Secessions and secessionist movements -- Peaceful secessions : Norway, Slovakia and Quebec -- Violent secessions : Biafra, Bangladesh, Chechnya -- Multiple secessions and state dissolution : the USSR and Yugoslavia -- Explanatory theories -- Normative theories -- Secession and the law -- Why new states?…”
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Mercenaries : Putting the World to Rights with Hired Guns. by Venter, Al

Table of Contents: “…Coverpage; Titlepage; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; 1 Privatizing War; 2 Africa's Great Mercenary Tradition; 3 Profile of a Mercenary: Cobus Claassens; 4 Cuban Mercenaries in the Central Intelligence Agency's Air War in the Congo; 5 Mercenaries in Biafra's Aerial War of Attrition; 6 An American Warrior in South Lebanon; 7 Profile of a Mercenary: Fijian Warrior Fred Marafono; 8 The Battle for Soyo: Mercenary History in the Making; 9 How the Private Military Company Concept Evolved; 10 Mercenary Wings; 11 Profile of a Mercenary: Helicopter Pilot Arthur Walker.…”
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On an empty stomach : two hundred years of hunger relief / Tom Scott-Smith. by Scott-Smith, Tom, 1980-

Table of Contents: “…Introduction : humanitarian approaches to hunger -- From the classical soup kitchen to the Irish famine -- Justus Liebig and the rise of nutritional science -- Governing the diet in Victorian institutions -- Colonialism and communal strength -- Social nutrition at the League of Nations -- Military feeding during World War Two -- The medicalization of hunger and the postwar period -- High modernism and the development decade -- Low modernism after Biafra -- Small-scale devices and the low modernist legacy -- Conclusion : on an empty stomach.…”
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The "civil society" problematique : deconstructing civility and southern Nigeria's ethnic radicalisation / by Adedayo Oluwakayode Adekson. by Adekson, Adedayo Oluwakayode

Table of Contents: “…Copyright; Dedication; Contents; CHAPTER I Introduction; CHAPTER II Overview of Study; CHAPTER III Review of Literature; CHAPTER IV Summary of Results -- Ijaw Youth Council; CHAPTER V Summary of Results -- Movement for the Actualisation of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB); CHAPTER VI Summary of Results -- Oodua Peoples Congress; CHAPTER VII Analysis of Theoretical Anomalies and Regime Policy; CHAPTER VIII Analysis of the Process of Radicalization; CHAPTER IX Implications of Findings and Conclusion; APPENDIX A Questionnaire; APPENDIX B Summary of MOSOP Interview; APPENDIX C Map of Nigeria.…”
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Conor : a Biography of Conor Cruise O'Brien, Vol 2, Anthologies : Bib / Donald Harman Akenson. by Akenson, Donald H.

Table of Contents: “…19 The Homer Watt Lecture20 Encounter Retorts -- 21 Burke, Marx, and History -- 22 Two-Faced Cathleen -- 23 In Quest of Uncle Tom -- 24 Inside Biafra -- 25 Student Unrest -- 26 Biafra Revisited -- 27 Camus, Algeria, and The Fall -- 28 Holy War -- 29 America First or Varieties of Americocentrism -- 30 The Gentle Nietzscheans -- 31 Mr. …”
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Wole Soyinka : Child of the Forest / M-Net (Firm).

Table of Contents: “…In Praise of Activism and Accomplishments (4:43) -- Child of the Forest (2:45) -- Influence of Mother (3:59) -- Soyinka: Prolific Writer (3:06) -- African Theater (3:57) -- Wole Soyinka: Experimental Writer (2:07) -- Writer's World View (2:02) -- Writer as Activist (3:20) -- Human Tendency to Dominate (2:52) -- Wole Soyinka: Young Activist (3:14) -- Activism and Unfairness (2:02) -- Biafra and Soyinka's Arrest (4:43) -- Post-Prison Activism (3:59) -- Military Dictator vs. …”
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Off the Record : 25 Years of Music Street Press. by Sennett, Sean

Table of Contents: “…Cover; Title Page; Contents; Introduction; Hunters and Collectors; The Triffids; Stevie Wright; The Residents; Painters and Dockers; Warumpi Band; Weddings Parties Anything; Midnight Oil; Do Re Mi; Crowded House; Paul Kelly; Hoodoo Gurus; The Go-Betweens; Sonic Youth; Jello Biafra; Malcolm McLaren; The Ramones; The Stone Roses; The Church; The Celibate Rifles; Bob Geldof; The Cure; Iggy Pop; Chris Isaak; Jane's Addiction; AC/DC; The La's; Massive Attack; Violent Femmes; The Cult; Nirvana; Bob Dylan; Keith Richards; Tori Amos; Nick Cave; Powerfinger; The Lemonheads; INXS; Radiohead.…”
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