<p>This text demonstrates that the Biafran War, 1967-1970, was the second phase of the Igbo genocide, following the initial massacre of 100,000 Igbo across the principal towns and cities of northern Nigeria. It shows how the slaughter was sanctioned and organised by the State, with its leading institutions - the military, police, religious, media and academia - implicated therein.</p>

Biafra Revisited

History

Ekwe-Ekwe, Herbert

Africa

African Renaissance

<p>the last WORD before the call (2nd Edition): is JJ Bola's most comprehensive work of poetry and writing to date. A collection that explores many narratives and themes ranging from the political to the personal, transcending history and experience, culture and tradition, separation and longing, and not the least, love.Consisting of almost 30 poems, and well over 10'000 words, this is a dissertation of life, an analysis, an introspective exploration of the world within and without. 2nd edition copies exclusively available at: www.jjbola.com</p>

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Literature & Fiction

Bola, JJ

Poetry

An in-depth historical analysis of the identity and role of the African woman: in relation to her husband, her family and society; and of the central importance of women to an inclusive and successful African renaissance. The author draws on the writings and wider work of Flora Nwapa, showing how she made an unprecedented contribution to African literature and thought; opened up a woman- centred front in African anti-colonial discourse; and laid foundations for African intellectual movements, such as the African Renaissance. She illustrates how Nwapa was pioneering in fighting Western intellectual imperialism in areas such as history, literature, anthropology and publishing; and in exposing how literary/academic postcolonial discourses have misrepresented gender with respect to Africa. She discusses Nwapa's literary fiction in some detail, including her Biafran war fiction, emphasising how Nwapa depicts the dual-gender complementarity amongst the Igbo of the pre- colonial period; and the role of the mother as a cornerstone of Africa's family, communal and political life. She uses this analysis to propses that historical bridging from pre- to post-colonial times through the medium of women and the institution of motherhood might help to discard the ever-present shackles of colonialism, and pave the way for a more coherent and consistent African-centred philosophy and an African-led development process. The author is a gender-activist, and expert in cognitive applications of African gender systems to child development and public health.

Love, Motherhood and the African Heritage. The Legacy of Flora Nwapa

Nzegwu, Femi

A new essay focusing on the contribution of Chinua Achebe's writing to Africa's literary and political life, from the standpoint of the early twenty-first century, and the present state of Africa. The essay is interdisciplinary drawing on history, politics and economics, conflict theory and literary criticism. It is wide in scope, discussing a breadth of topics such as imbalances in trade relations between Africa and the rest; the inefficacy and hypocrisy of Western aid in light of debt and the arms supply from the West; genocide and HIV; and the implications of current US uni-polar dominance for Africa. In the context of his study Ekwe-Ekwe celebrates what he argues are the seminal dimensions of Achebe's writings: which affirm an African historicity; point to the futility of an unreconstructed post-colonial state in leading Africa's reconstruction; and advocate an African renaissance based on Africa's critical engagement with its rich cultural heritage. The author is a Professor of hi

African Literature in Defence of History: An Essay on Chinua Achebe Herbert Ekwe-Ekwe

History & Criticism

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Biafra Revisited

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Love, Motherhood and the African Heritage. The Legacy of Flora Nwapa

African Literature in Defence of History: An Essay on Chinua Achebe Herbert Ekwe-Ekwe