The Igbo and their Niger Delta Neighbors - Hardcover

Ijeaku, Nnamdi J O

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1441525467 ISBN 13: 9781441525468

Publisher: Xlibris, 2009

Synopsis

This book is about Nigeria s oil and gas rich Niger Delta region how its peoples the Igbo Ijaw Ibibio Efik Ogoni Annang etc evolved over the years with the Igbo as the main ingredient in the evolution process how ethnic and regional rivalry occasioned by petty jealousies and envy threatened their very existence in1966 1969 and led to Biafra how greed and the gross abuse of state power by Northern Nigeria controlled military dictatorship in 1966 1999 turned the once prosperous region into a living nightmare The peoples are emasculated communities villages sacked perceived freedom fighters persecuted and killed including the writer environmentalist Ken Saro Wiwa who was hanged in 1995 This book reminds Nigeria and the world of Biafra and calls for fundamental changes in respect of the Niger Delta to avoid the mistakes that led to Biafran secession in 1967 It is also a Unity call to the East

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About the Author:

Nnamdi Jerome Ijeaku was born in Emekuku, Owerri, and raised in PortHarcourt, all in the former Eastern Nigeria. He has degrees in Microbiology, and an MBA in Management and Finance. He studied in the USA. Back in Nigeria in the late 1970s, he took up top management positions in industry and government, and finally retired from active service in 2005. A social scientist, Mr Ijeaku contributes regularly to national discourse in various Nigerian newspapers and magazines.

About this edition

• Publisher: Xlibris
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 1441525467
• ISBN 13: 9781441525468
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 178