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Where Are The Women? Restoring Womens Voices To Historical Memory and National Consciousness: Assessing the Biafran War of 1967-1970

Azuka Nzegwu

Abstract


The article addresses Igbo womens experiences and agency during the Biafran War of 1967-1970. It interrogates the omission of these womens experiences in historical and cultural documentations, as well as national memory.

Keywords


Biafra, Igbo, women, oral history, agency, war

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West Africa Review. ISSN: 1525-4488 (online).
Editors: Adeleke Adeeko, Nkiru Nzegwu, and Olufemi Taiwo.

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