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Title: | Yakubu Gowon and the Outbreak of the Nigerian Civil War |
Author: | Adejumobi, Said |
Year: | 1996 |
Periodical: | Afrika Zamani: revue annuelle d'histoire africaine = Annual Journal of African History |
Issue: | 4 |
Pages: | 19-37 |
Language: | English |
Notes: | biblio. refs. |
Geographic terms: | Nigeria West Africa |
Subjects: | civil wars Nigerian-Biafran War biographies (form) Military, Defense and Arms History and Exploration Politics and Government Ethnic and Race Relations Peoples of Africa (Ethnic Groups) History, Archaeology political science history |
About person: | Yakubu Gowon |
Abstract: | Yakubu Gowon, Nigeria's second military Head of State, and the prosecutor of the Nigerian civil war (1967-1970), on the federal side, like Odumegwu Ojukwu, the rebel leader, was undoubtedly a central character in the war. The present article is a critical examination of the role played by Yakubu Gowon in the processes and political events that led to the Nigerian civil war. It discusses his role in the January and July 1966 coups d'état, the nature of the conflict between himself and Ojukwu, and his dexterity at managing it, his ability to maintain cohesion within the Nigerian army, and his conception of the issue of secession and national unity in Nigeria. Bibliogr., notes, ref. |