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The Resource The Asaba massacre : trauma, memory, and the Nigerian civil war, S. Elizabeth Bird and Fraser M. Ottanelli, (electronic resource)

The Asaba massacre : trauma, memory, and the Nigerian civil war, S. Elizabeth Bird and Fraser M. Ottanelli, (electronic resource)

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In October 1967, early in the Nigerian Civil War, government troops entered Asaba in pursuit of the retreating Biafran army, slaughtering thousands of civilians and leaving the town in ruins. News of the atrocity was suppressed by the Nigerian government, with the complicity of Britain, and its significance in the subsequent progress of that conflict was misunderstood. Drawing on archival sources on both sides of the Atlantic and interviews with survivors of the killing, pillaging and rape, as well as with high-ranking Nigerian military and political leaders, S. Elizabeth Bird and Fraser M. Ottanelli offer an interdisciplinary reconstruction of the history of the Asaba Massacre, redefining it as a pivotal point in the history of the war. Through this, they also explore the long afterlife of trauma, the reconstruction of memory and how it intersects with justice, and the task of reconciliation in a nation where a legacy of ethnic suspicion continues to reverberate.--
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The Asaba massacre : trauma, memory, and the Nigerian civil war
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The Asaba massacre
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trauma, memory, and the Nigerian civil war
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S. Elizabeth Bird and Fraser M. Ottanelli
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eng
Summary
In October 1967, early in the Nigerian Civil War, government troops entered Asaba in pursuit of the retreating Biafran army, slaughtering thousands of civilians and leaving the town in ruins. News of the atrocity was suppressed by the Nigerian government, with the complicity of Britain, and its significance in the subsequent progress of that conflict was misunderstood. Drawing on archival sources on both sides of the Atlantic and interviews with survivors of the killing, pillaging and rape, as well as with high-ranking Nigerian military and political leaders, S. Elizabeth Bird and Fraser M. Ottanelli offer an interdisciplinary reconstruction of the history of the Asaba Massacre, redefining it as a pivotal point in the history of the war. Through this, they also explore the long afterlife of trauma, the reconstruction of memory and how it intersects with justice, and the task of reconciliation in a nation where a legacy of ethnic suspicion continues to reverberate.--
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Ottanelli, Fraser M.
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  • Civil war
  • Nigeria, Eastern
  • Igbo (African people)
  • Genocide
  • Nigeria
  • Nigeria
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The Asaba massacre : trauma, memory, and the Nigerian civil war, S. Elizabeth Bird and Fraser M. Ottanelli, (electronic resource)
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1 online resource (xvii, 239 pages)
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Use of this electronic resource may be governed by a license agreement which restricts use to the European University Institute community. Each user is responsible for limiting use to individual, non-commercial purposes, without systematically downloading, distributing, or retaining substantial portions of information, provided that all copyright and other proprietary notices contained on the materials are retained. The use of software, including scripts, agents, or robots, is generally prohibited and may result in the loss of access to these resources for the entire European University Institute community
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9781107140783
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(OCoLC)1097109112
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The Asaba massacre : trauma, memory, and the Nigerian civil war, S. Elizabeth Bird and Fraser M. Ottanelli, (electronic resource)
Link
https://eui.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://doi.org/10.1017/9781316493168
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online resource
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  • cr
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rdacarrier
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text
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  • txt
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rdacontent
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CR9781316493168
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unknown
Extent
1 online resource (xvii, 239 pages)
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online
Governing access note
Use of this electronic resource may be governed by a license agreement which restricts use to the European University Institute community. Each user is responsible for limiting use to individual, non-commercial purposes, without systematically downloading, distributing, or retaining substantial portions of information, provided that all copyright and other proprietary notices contained on the materials are retained. The use of software, including scripts, agents, or robots, is generally prohibited and may result in the loss of access to these resources for the entire European University Institute community
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9781107140783
Media category
computer
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • c
Other physical details
digital, PDF file(s).
Specific material designation
remote
System control number
(OCoLC)1097109112

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