Resurgent ethno-nationalism and the renewed demand for Biafra in south-east Nigeria
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Routledge Taylor and Francis Group
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The renewed demand for Biafra by lgbo people is a rejection of their post-war
socio-political and economic condition in Nigeria. Through the processing of
primary data, the paper examines this reinvention of lgbo nationalism. It looks at
its linkage with the 1999 democratic transition in Nigeria, its implications and
management by the government. The paper concludes that the renewed demand
for Biafra is caused by perception of inequities and injustice in the distribution of
power and resources among the lgbo. Hence a deliberate effort to correct these
social problems car, assuage ethnic tensions and presumption of political violence
in Nigeria
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H Social Sciences (General)