Women and the Nigeria-Biafra War: Reframing Gender and Conflict in Africa, by Gloria Chuku and Sussie U. Aham-Okoro (Eds.)

Gloria Chuku and Sussie U. Aham-Okoro (Eds.), Women and the Nigeria-Biafra War: Reframing Gender and Conflict in Africa. Lexington Books, 2020. Pp. 372. $ 120.00 ISBN: 978-1-7936-1784-2 /eBook $ 45.00. ISBN: 978-1-7936-1785-9In the historiography of war in Africa, seldom have women had authoritative power over how their experiences of conflict and militarization are broadcast beyond their communities and historical circumstances. In Women and the Nigeria-Biafra War, editors Gloria Chuku and Sussie U. Aham-Okoro champion African scholarship informed by sources and analysis that center the experiences of Biafran women. The dominant narratives of the conflict have marginalized