Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Team Lecturers:
Dr. Martha C. Egenti
(Dept. of Linguistics)
&
Miss Idara Hanson
(Dept of History & International Studies)
Course Description
The objective of this aspect of the course is
basically to acquaint the students with the history of
the Nigerian Biafra war and especially to emphasize
the role of the missionaries in breaching the
blockade on food and relief supplies placed by the
Nigerian government in order to force the Biafrans
to surrender.
The missionaries were able to breach the blockade
to provide relief supplies to thousand of children
who were suffering and dying of starvation and
kwashiorkor.
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Introduction
The Nigerian Biafra war in retrospect:
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