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245 0 0 _aWarfare, ethnicity and national identity in Nigeria /
_cedited by Toyin Falola, Roy Doron and Okpeh O. Okpeh.
260 _aTrenton, N.J. :
_bAfrica World Press,
_cc2013.
300 _ax, 356 p. :
_bmaps ;
_c22 cm.
500 _a"This book is one of the four volumes to emerge from the 2008 Africa conference organized by the Department of History, University of Texas at Austin. The theme of this conference was 'War and Conflicts in Africa'"--Preface.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 _aIntroduction / Okpeh O. Okpeh, Roy Doron and Toyin Falola. War and conflict in indigenous nationalities. Makers and builders of weaponry in pre-colonial Tivland of Central Nigeria / Philip Akpen -- Reconstructing contested histories using popular culture : Ife-Modakeke conflicts, 1830-2000 / Bukola Adeyemi Oyeniyi -- "Women don't go to war except Idia, mother of Oba Esigie" : women and war in the culture and history of Benin Kingdom / Uyilawa Usuanlele -- Akoko Yoruba in the nineteenth century : warfare in a frontier region / Folasade Ifamose -- "The new moon" : the politics of the Ilorin War and the Yoruba-Borgu alliance / Julius Adekunle -- The Nigerian-Biafran War, armed conflicts and the rules of engagement / Ihediwa Nkemjika Chimee. The Nigerian Civil War. Re-engaging the causes of the Nigerian Civil War : a postmortem on the role of information / Terverr-Terrance Tyav -- "We are doing everything we can, which is very little" : the Johnson Administration and the Nigerian Civil War, 1967-1969 / Roy Doron -- The impact of the Nigerian Civil War on the Nigerian Railway / Tokunbo A. Ayoola. Oil and conflict in the Niger Delta. The political economy of conflict and the erosion of state stability in Nigeria / Obinna Ihunna -- Crude oil, state failure and the reproduction of conflict in the Niger Delta : implications for security in the Gulf of Guinea / Oluwafemi Mimiko -- "Liberation movements" and rising violence in the Niger Delta : the new contentious site of oil and environmental politics / Shola Omotola. Emerging tensions. Land and labor migrations within central and southern Plateau State : observing latent potentials for conflict due to ideologies of identity / Henry Gyang Mang -- An assessment of approaches to conflict management among Nigerian transport associations in Oyo State, Nigeria / J.R. Aworemi.
650 0 _aWar and society
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650 0 _aSocial conflict
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650 0 _aSocial conflict
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_zNiger River Delta
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650 0 _aEthnic conflict
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_xHistory
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651 0 _aNigeria
_xHistory
_yCivil War, 1967-1970
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700 1 _aFalola, Toyin.
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700 1 _aDoron, Roy.
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700 1 _aOkpeh, Okpeh Ochayi.
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