Biafra Since 1999

Common Cause Versus a Divided Interest in the Struggle for the Creation of Nationhood

Bibliographic Data

ID11047162
AuthorsGabriel Aza Nyor (0000-0003-2944-9701, Near East University, corresponding author), Assel Tutumlu (0000-0001-8408-0754, Near East University)
Year2025
Pages1-19
Publication date2025-10-16
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueNationalities Papers (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0090-5992 • E-ISSN: 1465-3923
PublisherCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/nps.2025.10068
OpenAlexW4415240217
LanguageEN
References cited61

This article examines institutional fragmentation among key organisations in charge of Biafra’s struggle for independence since the year 2000. The article argues that contrary to the mainstream explanations, which attribute the split to the differences in tactics between organisations (Duruji 2012) or their relations with the state (Kalyvas 2008; Cunningham 2014), organisational cohesion is largely absent due to the struggle for power and resources among the leaders in charge of the organisations. Supported by the in-depth interviews with key informants, we treat Biafran secessionist organisations as business models through which leading politicians act as political entrepreneurs and engage in predatory rent-seeking practices to maximise profits and power through the institutions that represent the collective struggle

Cohesion (chemistry · Independence (probability theory · Mainstream · Politics · Power (physics · State (computer science · Global Peace and Security Dynamics · Historical and Contemporary Political Dynamics · International Law and Human Rights

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