Sandra Nonye Ohadike -- Africana Library, Cornell University

Author: Sandra Nonye Ohadike

Title: Conflict and Reconciliation: The Nigerian Biafran War 1967-1970

Degree Date: August 2001

Committee Chairperson: Locksley Edmondson

Call Number: Thesis DT 3 .5 2001 O349

Description: ix, 151 leaves: ill. maps; 29 cm.

Abstract: On January 15, 1966, a group of middle-ranking officers of the Nigerian Army toppled the government of the federal Republic of Nigeria in a coup d'état. A few months later, a wave of riots was unleashed on easterners living in the north. These riots went on through July. By mid-October 1966, nearly 2 million Igbos returned to their eastern homeland. These incidents led to a secession attempt in the form of the declaration of an independent state of Biafra in the east and a subsequent three-year civil war. This thesis examines the causes of the Nigerian-Biafran war, the role of Britain and the international community in mediating the conflict and the reintegration of the Igbos in post Nigerian-Biafran war. The main objective of this thesis is to determine whether there was a reconciliation at the end of the war.


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Print This Page Thesis Abstract Author: Sandra Nonye Ohadike Title: Conflict and Reconciliation: The Nigerian Biafran War 1967-1970 Degree Date: August 2001 Committee Chairperson: Locksley Edmondson Call Number: Thesis DT 3 .5 2001 O349 Description: ix, 151 leaves: ill. maps; 29 cm. Abstract: On January 15, 1966, a group of middle-ranking officers of the Nigerian Army toppled the government of the federal Republic of Nigeria in a coup d'état. A few months later, a wave of riots was unleashed on easterners living in the north. These riots went on through July. By mid-October 1966, nearly 2 million Igbos returned to their eastern homeland. These incidents led to a secession attempt in the form of the declaration of an independent state of Biafra in the east and a subsequent three-year civil war. This thesis examines the causes of the Nigerian-Biafran war, the role of Britain and the international community in mediating the conflict and the reintegration of the Igbos in post Nigerian-Biafran war. The main objective of this thesis is to determine whether there was a reconciliation at the end of the war.

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