Contesting the space: the "new Biafra" and ethno-territorial separatism in South-Eastern Nigeria

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dc.date.accessioned 2012-02-23 en
dc.date.accessioned 2022-08-17T18:32:49Z
dc.date.available 2022-08-17T18:32:49Z
dc.date.issued 2015-08-25 en
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11910/3526
dc.description.abstract This article examines the emergence of a neo-Biafran movement, known as, the Movement for the Actualization of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB) in Nigeria. Drawing on a prior idea of statehood, the advent of MASSOB marks a shift in the tenor of ethnic nationalism by virtue of the fact that the movement entirely rejects a state-led process and demands the creation of an independent state of Biafra. The analysis dissects the change in the tempo of contemporary Igbo nationalism and identifies the need for a major restructuring of the Nigerian state in order to forestall the possibilities of other ethno-nationalist claims becoming uncompromisingly separatist. en
dc.format.medium Print en
dc.subject NIGERIA en
dc.subject ETHNIC GROUPS en
dc.subject MASSOB en
dc.subject POLITICS en
dc.title Contesting the space: the "new Biafra" and ethno-territorial separatism in South-Eastern Nigeria en
dc.type Journal Article en
dc.description.version Y en
dc.ProjectNumber N/A en
dc.Volume 17(4) en
dc.BudgetYear 2011/12 en
dc.ResearchGroup Service Delivery, Democracy and Governance en
dc.SourceTitle Nationalism and Ethnic Politics en
dc.ArchiveNumber 7104 en
dc.PageNumber 402-422 en
dc.outputnumber 5750 en
dc.bibliographictitle Onuoha, G. (2011) Contesting the space: the "new Biafra" and ethno-territorial separatism in South-Eastern Nigeria. Nationalism and Ethnic Politics. 17(4):402-422. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11910/3526 en
dc.publicationyear 2011 en
dc.contributor.author1 Onuoha, G. en


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