The Biafran War and Postcolonial Humanitarianism - Lasse (Freie Universitat Berlin) Heerten - Bog

The first transnational history of the Nigerian Civil War, exploring how the conflict, initially of marginal interest to much of the world, became 'Biafra', a global protest and media event, and a defining moment in the postcolonial history of humanitarianism, human rights, Holocaust memory and representation of the Third World.