The Biafran humanitarian crisis, 1967-1970 : international human rights and joint church aid / Arua Oko Omaka.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Omaka, Arua Oko, author.

Series:

Fairleigh Dickinson University Press series in law, culture, and the humanities

The Fairleigh Dickinson University Press series in law, culture, and the humanities

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

History.

Humanitarian assistance.

Food relief.

Nigeria--History--Civil War, 1967-1970.

Nigeria.

Nigeria--History--Civil War, 1967-1970--Civilian relief.

Civilian relief.

Food relief--Nigeria, Eastern--History.

Humanitarian assistance--Nigeria, Eastern--History.

Nigeria, Eastern--History--20th century.

Nigeria, Eastern.

Civilian war relief.

Eastern Nigeria.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

xiv, 189 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Madison : Fairleigh Dickinson University Press ; Lanham, Maryland : The Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group, Inc., [2016]

Summary:

This book focuses on the Biafran humanitarian crisis of 1967-1970, which generated a surge of human rights anxieties and attracted the attention of world humanitarian organizations. For the first time in recent history, different church groups and humanitarian activists around the world came together for the sole purpose of alleviating human suffering and saving lives regardless of theological differences, race, ethnic affiliation, nationality, or geographical distance. Despite their role in shaping the course and outcome of the conflict, most scholars of the Nigeria-Biafra War treat the humanitarian aspect of the war as a footnote, making it appear less important among other issues of interest in the conflict. The Biafran Humanitarian Crisis, 1967-1970 underlines that the international humanitarian aid largely contributed to the internationalization of the war. The efforts of the churches from thirty-three countries which remain virtually unexplored was not just the first of its kind in the developing world but also the largest civilian airlift in history. While the paucity of scholarship on the humanitarian aspect of the Biafra war could be attributed to the newness of this field of enquiry, the increase in conflicts in different parts of the world has just opened humanitarian aid studies as a new frontier in academic study. This book is a masterful example of scholarship in this newly emergent field. Book jacket.

Contents:

Introduction

The colonial design and military incursion

The Gowon regime and the secession of Eastern Nigeria

Humanitarian impulse

Joint church aid: formation and relief organization

The relief war: obstacles and debates

Conclusion.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Omaka, Arua Oko, author. Biafran humanitarian crisis, 1967-1970

ISBN:

9781611479737

1611479738

OCLC:

953630919