05067cam a2200541 a 4500 ocn778827681 OCoLC 20241114090158.0 120228s2012 nyub b 001 0beng 2012005603 016317806 Uk 9781594204821 (hardcover) 1594204829 (hardcover) 9780143124030 (paperback) 014312403X (paperback) 0241959209 9780241959206 40021492804 99950831698 AU@ 000048711798 CHBIS 007093917 CHVBK 180522221 NZ1 14517250 AU@ 000051991514 DKDLA 870970-basis:45876993 (OCoLC)778827681 (OCoLC)837178986 (OCoLC)841584915 (OCoLC)966557746 (OCoLC)967802098 (OCoLC)973995777 (OCoLC)980543338 (OCoLC)985241705 (OCoLC)988982077 (OCoLC)993398215 (OCoLC)995466366 (OCoLC)1002643483 (OCoLC)1005455343 (OCoLC)1009096550 (OCoLC)1013483240 (OCoLC)1017934321 (OCoLC)1022615644 (OCoLC)1027976107 (OCoLC)1029810829 (OCoLC)1034883376 (OCoLC)1039118745 (OCoLC)1045676055 (OCoLC)1050308194 (OCoLC)1054982945 (OCoLC)1083406597 (OCoLC)1088632000 (OCoLC)1105974297 (OCoLC)1109993656 (OCoLC)1113925872 (OCoLC)1154531135 Penguin Group USA, Attn: Order Processing 405 Murray Hill Pkwy, East Rutherford, NJ, USA, 07073-2136 SAN 282-5074 eng GAFCSC LIBRARY f-nr--- PR9387.9.A3 A4 Achebe, Chinua. There was a country : a personal history of Biafra / Chinua Achebe. New York : Viking Penguin, Penguin Groups (USA), �2012. 333 pages : maps ; 25 cm Includes bibliographical references and index. Pioneers of a new frontier -- The magical years -- A primary exposure -- Leaving home -- The formative years at Umuahia and Ibadan. The Umuahia experience ; The Ibadan experience -- 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 ethnic tension and resentment -- The army -- Countercoup and assassination -- The pogroms -- Penalty of Godhead (poem) -- The Aburi Accord -- Generation gap (poem) -- The nightmare begins -- The Nigeria-Biafra war. The Biafran position ; The Nigerian argument ; The role of the Organization of African Unity -- 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 aristocrat ; The gentleman general -- The first shot (poem) -- The Biafran invasion of the Mid-West -- Gowon regroups -- The Asaba massacre -- Biafran repercussions -- Blood, blood, everywhere -- The Calabar massacre -- Biafra, 1969 (poem) -- The Republic of Biafra. The intellectual foundation of a new nation -- The Biafran state. The Biafran flag ; The Biafran national anthem ; The military ; Ogbunigwe ; Biafran tanks ; A tiger joins the army ; Freedom fighters -- Traveling on behalf of Biafra -- Refugee mother and child (A mother in a refugee camp) (poem) -- Life in Biafra -- The Abagana ambush -- 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 -- State 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. Achebe'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. Achebe, Chinua. fast (OCoLC)fst01352311 https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39Qhp4vB9WRTbqDTpFxFvdvmm 1900-1999 fast Authors, Nigerian 20th century Biography. Nigeria History Civil War, 1967-1970 Personal narratives. Biography Personal Narrative Autobiography. lcc BK PR9387.9.A3 A4 0 NO HOLDINGS IN GHUCC - 1230 OTHER HOLDINGS 2151 2151 0 0 lcc 0 0 REF GAFC GAFC GEN 2024-11-14 0 PR9387.9. A4 2024-3506 2024-11-14 09:02:37 C.1 2024-11-14 BK