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100 1 $aAchebe, Chinua.
245 10 $aThere was a country :$ba personal history of Biafra /$cChinua Achebe.
260 $aNew York :$bPenguin Press,$c2012.
300 $a333 p. :$bmaps ;$c25 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520 $aAchebe's long-awaited account of coming of age during the defining experience of his life: the Nigerian Civil War, also known as the Biafran War of 1967-1970.
505 0 $aPioneers of a new frontier -- The magical years -- A primary exposure -- Leaving home -- The formative years at Umuahia and Ibadan -- Meeting Christie and her family -- Discovering Things fall apart -- A lucky generation -- The march to independence -- The cradle of Nigerian nationalism -- Post-independence Nigeria -- The decline -- The role of the writer in Africa -- 1966 (poem) -- January 15, 1966, coup -- The dark days -- Benin road (poem) -- A history of the ethnic tension and resentment -- The army -- Countercoup and assassination -- The pogroms -- Penalty of Godhead (peom) -- The Aburi Accord Generaltion gap (poem) -- The nightmare begins -- The Nigeria-Biafra war -- The triangle game : the UK, France, and the United States -- The writers and intellectuals -- The war and the Nigerian intellectual -- The life and work of Christopher Okigbo -- The major Nigerian actors in the conflict : Ojukwu and Gowon -- The first shot (poem) -- The Biafran invasion of the Mid-West --
505 0 $aGowon Regroups -- The Asaba massacre -- Biafran repercussions -- Blood, blood, everywhere -- The Calabar massacre -- Biafra, 1969 (poem) -- The Republic of Biafra -- Traveling on behalf of Biafra -- Refugee mother and child (A mother in a refugee camp) (poem) -- Life in Biafra -- The Abagana amabush -- Air raid (poem) -- The Citadel Press -- The Ifeajuna manuscript -- Staying alive -- Death of the poet : "Daddy, don't let him die!" -- Mango seedling (poem) -- Refugees -- We laughed at him (poem) -- The media war -- Narrow escapes -- Vultures (poem) -- The fight to the finish -- The economic blockade and starvation -- The silence of the United Nations -- Azikiwe withdraws support for Biafra -- The recapture of Owerri -- Biafra takes an old rig : "The Kwale incident" -- 1970 and the fall -- The question of genocide -- The arguments -- The case against the Nigerian government -- Gowon responds -- Nigeria's painful transitions : a reappraisal -- Corruption and indiscipline --
505 0 $aState failure and the rise of terrorism -- State resuscitation and recovery -- After a war (poem) -- Postscript : the example of Nelson Mandela -- Appendix : Brigadier Banjo's broadcast to Mid-West.
600 10 $aAchebe, Chinua.
650 0 $aAuthors, Nigerian$y20th century$vBiography.
651 0 $aNigeria$xHistory$yCivil War, 1967-1970$vPersonal narratives.
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