Author : Chido Onumah
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ISBN 13 : 9789785407983
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (79 download)
Book Synopsis We Are All Biafrans by : Chido Onumah
Download or read book We Are All Biafrans written by Chido Onumah and published by . This book was released on 2016-04-29 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this provocative book, Chido Onumah argues that many, if not all, of the problems of Nigeria are rooted in the structure of the country. He makes a case, as he did in his previous books, for the socio-political restructuring of Nigeria. He argues that the country needs to engage episodic political convulsions that threaten its very foundation, including Biafra, June 12, Boko Haram, the "National Question," citizenship rights, and "militocracy." In We are all Biafrans, Onumah takes on Nigeria's indolent and reactionary ruling elite - civilian and military - and their allies, as well as bandits in uniform, scoundrels posing as statesmen, and conservative ideologues, religious bigots and ethnic chauvinists posing as patriots. He raises fundamental questions: What is Nigeria and who is a Nigerian? If Nigeria is a federal republic, what constitutes or should constitute the federating units? He posits that the different manifestation of Biafra may well be a metaphor and, to that extent, we are all Biafrans as long as we seek to confront the clear and present danger.
