Book contents
- The Biafran War and Postcolonial Humanitarianism
- Human Rights in History
- The Biafran War and Postcolonial Humanitarianism
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Part I The Emergences of Biafra
- Part II Biafra on a Global Stage
- 4 Creating “Biafra”
- 5 “Biafran Babies”
- 6 Auschwitz in Africa? Biafra, Holocaust Memory, and the Language of Rights
- 7 Distant Suffering and Close Concerns
- Part III The Ends and Afterlives of Biafra
- 9 The End of Biafra, the End of the Lobby
- 10 The Afterlives of Biafra
- Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Index
4 - Creating “Biafra”
The Discovery of Civil War as a Humanitarian Crisis
from Part II - Biafra on a Global Stage
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 15 September 2017
Book contents
- The Biafran War and Postcolonial Humanitarianism
- Human Rights in History
- The Biafran War and Postcolonial Humanitarianism
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Part I The Emergences of Biafra
- Part II Biafra on a Global Stage
- 4 Creating “Biafra”
- 5 “Biafran Babies”
- 6 Auschwitz in Africa? Biafra, Holocaust Memory, and the Language of Rights
- 7 Distant Suffering and Close Concerns
- Part III The Ends and Afterlives of Biafra
- 9 The End of Biafra, the End of the Lobby
- 10 The Afterlives of Biafra
- Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Index
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- The Biafran War and Postcolonial HumanitarianismSpectacles of Suffering, pp. 107 - 139Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2017