A History of the Republic of Biafra: Law, Crime, and the Nigerian Civil War

ISBN-13: 9781108840767 / Angielski / Twarda / 2020 / 300 str.

North Carolina) Samuel Fury Childs Daly (Duke University

Opis

Based on research using an original archive of legal records and oral histories, this accessible study examines the history of the Nigerian Civil War and its aftermath from the perspective of the courtroom, demonstrating how the conditions of the Nigerian Civil War paved the way for the country's long experience of crime that was to follow.

Recenzje

'… a masterful book that musters compelling evidence from a range of sources to make a convincing case about the historical underpinnings and political ramifications of criminality in contemporary Nigeria.' Daniel Jordan Smith, Journal of Interdisciplinary History

Spis treści

Introduction; 1. Law, order, and the Biafran national imagination; 2. Sworn on the gun: martial violence and violent crime; 3. Counterfeit country: fraud and forgery in Biafra; 4. Burying the hatchet: the problems of postwar reintegration; 5. 'A long heated moment': violent crime in the east central state; 6. No longer at ease: fraud and deception in postwar Nigeria; Epilogue: war crimes and crimes of war; Archival collections consulted; Index.