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Commemoration rituals are superficial tools to deal with the injustices of the Nigerian-Biafran war. Daily Express/Hulton Archive/Getty Images

March 8, 2021

Memory practices are not enough to remedy Nigeria‑Biafra war injustices

Benjamin Maiangwa, Lakehead University and Chigbo Arthur Anyaduba, University of Winnipeg

The crisis of statehood and citizenship confronting Nigeria can only be tackled by committed work around political justice.

Intérieur de l'église Sainte-Famille, qui a été le théâtre d'assassinats collectifs lors du génocide de 1994 au Rwanda. EPA/Ahmed Jallanzo

April 8, 2019

Le génocide rwandais, comme une vision de l'enfer

Chigbo Arthur Anyaduba, University of Winnipeg

Se représenter le génocide comme l'enfer suggère que les horreurs ne sont pas concevables. On ne peut les imaginer que symboliquement. Or, il s'agit de violences provoquées par des événements politiques.

Inside the Sainte-Famille Church which was the scene of killings during the 1994 genocide in Rwanda. EPA/Ahmed Jallanzo

April 4, 2019

Rwanda’s genocide: an encounter with hell

Chigbo Arthur Anyaduba, University of Winnipeg

Stories about the 1994 genocide in Rwanda have been evolving as descent narratives telling about journeys through hell.

Biafran refugees flee federal Nigerian troops on a road near Ogbaku, Nigeria in this 1968 photo. Between one and three million people are estimated to have died. (AP Photo/Kurt Strumpf)

February 12, 2019

Nigerian writers compare genocide of Igbos to the Holocaust

Chigbo Arthur Anyaduba, University of Winnipeg

Nigerian poets and novelists have compared the Igbo massacres in the 60s to the Holocaust as a way to drive international attention to the atrocities.

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