Women and the nigeria-biafra war: reframing gender and conflict in africa
Éditeur :
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN :
9781793617842
Date de publication :
7 oct. 2020
Dimensions :
23,0 x 16,0 x 2,9 cm
Poids :
767 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
This comprehensive study of the Nigeria-Biafra War through the lens of gender captures women’s complex experiences and the valiant ways they carried out old and new responsibilities in wartime and postwar Nigeria. It fills a gap in war scholarship fifty years after the conflict by presenting women as embodiments of vulnerability and agency.