INDIGENOUS PEOPLES OF BIAFRA (IPOB) AND THE RENEWED QUEST FOR BIAFRA
INDIGENOUS PEOPLES OF BIAFRA (IPOB) AND THE RENEWED QUEST FOR BIAFRA
Author(s): Ngozika Anthonia Obi-Ani, Okwuchukwu Justice Nzubechi, Paul Obi-AniSubject(s): Military history, Political history, International relations/trade, Nationalism Studies, Post-War period (1950 - 1989), Peace and Conflict Studies
Published by: Editura Pro Universitaria
Keywords: Nigeria; Biafra; IPOB; Igbo; Post-Colonial; Conflict;
Summary/Abstract: This paper tried to understand the unceasing agitation for actualisation of Biafra among those who did not experience the Nigerian-Biafran war (1967-1970); those on the margin of state power and the generation of those yet to recover from the traumas of the war. The renewed resurgence of Biafra as epitomised by the Indigenous Peoples of Biafra (IPOB), brings to the fore the issues of post-civil war reconciliation in Nigeria. The official narrative is that Biafra ceased to exist on 15 January 1970. However, in the minds of millions of Igbo suffering from political and economic exclusion, the Biafran war rages on. Using both primary and secondary sources, this paper interrogates the disenchantment among the younger generation of the Igbo and how to build a new Nigeria that would be inclusive.
Journal: Cogito - Multidisciplinary research Journal
- Issue Year: 2020
- Issue No: 3
- Page Range: 97-119
- Page Count: 23
- Language: English