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Recollections of Childhood Experiences During the Nigerian Civil War

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 March 2011

Egodi Uchendu
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Abstract

During the three decades following the end of the Nigerian civil war little attention has been given to the children who lived through the hostilities. This article on the recollections of present-day adults who experienced the crisis in their childhood, gathered by means of a qualitative research methodology, tells the story of the Nigerian civil war as the narrators perceived it in their childhoods. It probes their feelings and responses to the conflict, their lives under hostilities and some of the effects of the war on child survivors.

Résumé

Au cours des trois décennies qui ont suivi la fin de la guerre civile nigériane, peu d'attention a été accordée aux enfants qui ont grandi pendant les hostilités. Cet article, qui s'intéresse aux souvenirs d'adultes d'aujourd'hui qui ont connu la crise pendant leur enfance, recueillis au moyen d'une méthodologie de recherche qualitative, raconte l'histoire de la guerre civile nigériane telle que les narrateurs l'ont perçue dans leur enfance. Il explore leurs sentiments et réactions face au conflit, leur existence sous les hostilités et certains des effets de la guerre sur des enfants survivants.

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Research Article
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Africa , Volume 77 , Issue 3 , August 2007 , pp. 393 - 418
Copyright
Copyright © International African Institute 2007

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