| Biafran Ghosts: The Massob Ethnic Militia and Nigeria's Democratisation Process Contributor(s): Okonta, Ike (Author) |
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ISBN: 9171067167 ISBN-13: 9789171067166 Publisher: Nordic Africa Institute OUR PRICE: $13.30 Product Type: Paperback Published: June 2012 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Political Science | Political Process - General - Political Science | Political Ideologies - Nationalism & Patriotism |
| Physical Information: 0.14" H x 6.69" W x 9.61" (0.27 lbs) 66 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The Movement for the Actualisation of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB), an ethnic militia, emerged in the Igbo-speaking region of Nigeria in 1999, shortly after military rule ended and Olusegun Obasanjo took office as elected President. MASSOB's stated goal is the struggle for Igbo self-determination and the re-emergence of a new sovereign state in the eastern part of the country to be known as the 'United States of Biafra', thereby raising the spectre of a possible break up of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. This Discussion Paper examines the circumstances of MASSOB's emergence in a period of political transition and considerable uncertainty as the Nigerian armed forces began to prepare to relinquish their grip on power, and the specific ways the promoters of this ethnic militia movement have shaped Nigeria's still unfolding democratization process since 1999. |
