The Nigerian Civil War was fought from 1967 to 1970 between Nigeria’s federal government and the Republic of Biafra, a secessionist state. Ethnic conflict, economic inequality, and educational disparities were among the factors contributing to the outbr
The Nigerian Civil War, unlike the Congo crisis, represented a set-piece confrontation between two sides both of which, though with varying degrees of reluctance, hired mercenaries. The war lasted for 30 months from the declaration of an independent Biafra at the end of May 1967 until its ...
History of Nigeria’s Economy: From Colonialism to the Present The history of Nigeria’s economy is complex, largely because of the country’s colonial era and the gradual transition out of… Nigerian Civil War Operation Unicord: The Battle and Capture of Nsukka in July 1967 ...
Once the Second World War was finished, the pilgrim organization chose to build up Nigerian Port Authority and this assignment was expelled from the Navy. Nigerians, who were in the naval force around then kept on pushing for the foundation of Nigerian Navy. The primary officer to head the N...
History of the War. Selected Bibliography and Documents, Frank-furt am Main: Bernard & Graefe Verlag für Wehrwesen, 1971; M. Draper,Shadows: Airlift and Air-war in Biafra and Nigeria 1967–1970, Ottringham: Hikoki Publications, 2002; F. Forsyth,The BiafraStory. The Making of an African ...
The style of writing ranges from plain prose as in The Edi Kai Ikong War, magical realism as in World of the Fat/Thin House, the social satire of The Bone Eater, the densely poetic and symbolic Broken Plate and the biblical imbued style ofBitter Leafing Womanwho, finding herself drowning...
The newly constituted Nigerian Air Force received its first fighter jets from the Soviet Union at the time, and a large portion of them was employed during the Nigerian Civil War. The Nigerian Air Force’s first aircraft were six MiG-17s for air defense and strike and two MiG-15s for pilo...
After the civil war in the 1960s, Igbo musicians were forced out of Lagos and returned to their homeland. The result was that highlife ceased to be a major part of mainstream Nigerian music, and was thought of as being something purely associated with the Igbos of the east. Highlife's ...
Her father, an immigrant to the United States, was a survivor of the Nigerian Civil War, during which he suffered gunshot wounds that resulted in him contracting hepatitis B. Movies she has starred in include A Good Day to Die Hard, Electric Slide, The Meddler, Chips. Step Sisters, An ...
He briefly taught at the University of Lagos before joining federal forces in the civil war of the late 1960s. Afterward he worked as a government administrator until 1973, when he left to concentrate on his literary career. His first novels were Songs in a Time of War and Sozaboy (both...