The Asaba Massacre: Trauma, Memory, and the Nigerian Civil War

Author:   S. Elizabeth Bird (University of South Florida) ,  Fraser M. Ottanelli (University of South Florida)
Publisher:   Cambridge University Press
ISBN:  

9781107140783


Pages:   254
Publication Date:   31 July 2017
Format:   Hardback
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Author:   S. Elizabeth Bird (University of South Florida) ,  Fraser M. Ottanelli (University of South Florida)
Publisher:   Cambridge University Press
Imprint:   Cambridge University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.80cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.570kg
ISBN:  

9781107140783


ISBN 10:   1107140781
Pages:   254
Publication Date:   31 July 2017
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In stock   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

List of illustrations; List of maps; Acknowledgements; Prologue; 1. The road to war and massacre; 2. What happened at Asaba; 3. Causes and consequences; 4. Surviving the occupation; 5. Reclaiming memory in an age of new media; 6. Trauma, identity, memorialization, and justice; Sources consulted.

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'This book is a significant contribution to a neglected aspect of the war's history ... I strongly recommend it for scholars and institutions that are interested in human rights and the history of the Nigeria-Biafra War.' Arua Oko Omaka, War in History


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S. Elizabeth Bird is Professor of Anthropology at the University of South Florida. She has published over eighty articles and chapters on popular culture, media, heritage, and memory, as well as five books, one of which won an Outstanding Book Award from the Gustavus Myers Center for the Study of Bigotry and Human Rights, while another was awarded the International Communication Association's Outstanding Book Award. Fraser M. Ottanelli is Professor of History at the University of South Florida. He has authored and co-authored four books and several articles and essays on radical movements, ethnic history and comparative migration in the twentieth century. He currently serves as Chair of the Board of Governors of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade Archives (ALBA), an educational non-profit dedicated to promoting social activism and the defense of human rights.

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