Surviving Biafra : a Nigerwife's story / S. Elizabeth Bird, Rosina Umelo.
Surviving Biafra : a Nigerwife's story / S. Elizabeth Bird, Rosina Umelo.
Surviving Biafra : a Nigerwife's story / S. Elizabeth Bird, Rosina Umelo.
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Publisher
London : Hurst & Company, 2018.
Call Numbers
G 2019/3869
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Language
English
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Physical Description
Physical content
xiv, 238 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 22 cm
Content type
text
still image
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
Prologue: living from hope to hope -- From colonialism to war -- Britain and Biafra: a postcolonial tragedy -- Becoming a Nigerwife -- Before the storm -- Nigerians all? -- We are at war -- Running for home -- In the village -- Learning to make do -- The hunger -- The war closes in -- The patch-patc...
Publication information
Publisher
London : Hurst & Company, 2018.
Place of Publication
England
Date Published
2018.
Subjects
Subject Keywords
- Biafra
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Scope and Contents
Summary
"In 1961, Rosina 'Rose' Martin married John Umelo, a young Nigerian she met on a London Tube station platform, eventually moving to Nigeria with him and their children. As Rose taught Classics in Enugu, they found themselves caught up in Nigeria's Civil War, which followed the 1967 secession of Eastern Nigeria--now named Biafra. The family fled to...
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Full title
Surviving Biafra : a Nigerwife's story / S. Elizabeth Bird, Rosina Umelo.
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Notes
General note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-231) and index.
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Date Copyright
©2018
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Call Numbers
G 2019/3869
Record Identifier
74VKVexAAbPd
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKVexAAbPd
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ISBN
9781849049580
1849049580
DDC
966.9052092
MMS ID
991024257916202626
