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- 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
- 1 The End of Empire and the Coming of Postcolonial Conflict
- 2 The Biafran Campaign for Self-Determination in a Postcolonial World of States
- 3 The Transnational Internationalization of the Biafran Campaign
- Part II Biafra on a Global Stage
- 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
1 - The End of Empire and the Coming of Postcolonial Conflict
from Part I - The Emergences of Biafra
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 15 September 2017
- 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
- 1 The End of Empire and the Coming of Postcolonial Conflict
- 2 The Biafran Campaign for Self-Determination in a Postcolonial World of States
- 3 The Transnational Internationalization of the Biafran Campaign
- Part II Biafra on a Global Stage
- 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. 25 - 50Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2017