The presence of the past
Youth, memory making and the politics of self-determination in southeastern Nigeria
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2146356 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Godwin Onuoha (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2013 |
| Volume | 36 |
| Issue | 12 |
| Pages | 2182-2199 |
| Publication date | 2013-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Ethnic and Racial Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0141-9870 • E-ISSN: 1466-4356 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/01419870.2012.699087 |
| OpenAlex | W2006065621 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 12 |
| References cited | 32 |
This article focuses on recent reconstructions of Igbo 'memory' by the Movement for the Actualization of the Sovereign state of Biafra (MASSOB). MASSOB is a second-generation Igbo separatist movement that draws on a collection of 'memory repertoires' to agitate for the self-determination and exit of the Igbo ethnic group from the Nigerian state into an alternative political and administrative arrangement known as the Republic of Biafra. The core issues relate to dual narratives generated by the Nigerian-Biafran War. While the state shapes the official history, memories and narratives of the war to suit its own vision, interests and politics, MASSOB contests these official views as the sole legitimate framework for remembering and interpreting the war, but still connects to the war as a war of Igbo national liberation. These contestations provide the context for the enactment of memory claims and counterclaims, and their association with political violence in contemporary Nigeria
Context (archaeology · Ethnic group · Igbo · Literature · Narrative · Political economy · Political science · Political violence · Politics · Politics of memory · Sociology · Sovereign state · Sovereignty · State (computer science · African studies and sociopolitical issues · Gender Studies · Historical and Contemporary Political Dynamics · History · Law · North African History and Literature
‘Our military’ or ‘their military’? Legitimacy, identity and military enlistment avoidance in post-civil war Nigeria
The Middle Belt Factor in the Nigeria-Biafra War, 1967–1975
Landscape memories of land struggles in plateaus of two Nsukka villages in Nigeria
When Separatists Secure the Homeland
Cultural interfaces of self-determination and the rise of the neo-Biafran movement in Nigeria
Reimagining Biafra
In pursuit of statehood
Dread in the Homeland
What drives support for separatism? Exposure to conflict and relative ethnic size in Biafra, Nigeria
Territorial origins of center-seeking and self-determination claims in Africa
Against memory-as-remedy to the traumatic aftermaths of Nigeria-Biafra war past
Conflict resolution in Nigeria after the 1967-1970 civil war
Politics, culture, and class in the French Revolution
Remaking America
How Societies Remember
Habits of the heart
The ethnic origins of nations
The Invention Of Tradition
Social theory and the politics of identity
Violence and Subjectivity
On Collective Memory
Who Killed Biafra
The Search for Stability in Post Civil War Nigeria
Twilight Memories
Religious Regimes and State Formation
Essays on the sociology of culture
After virtue
The politics of plunder
Generations and Collective Memories
Introduction
Identity and violence
The carpenter's revolt
Social memories
Christianity in Independent Africa
Youth and the Social Imagination in Africa
Imagined Communities. Reflections on the Origin and Spread of Nationalism
Legacies of Biafra
The Labyrinth of Memory
Overcoming a Colonial Legacy
Urban Youth and Senegalese Politics
Political Ritual and Social Integration
Social Memory Studies
| Unique citing works | 12 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,92 |
| Citation span | 2013 - 2026 (14) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 12 |