Lasse Heerten: 1 book
The Biafran War and Postcolonial Humanitarianism
Spectacles of Suffering
Language: English
Release Date: September 28, 2017
In the summer of 1968, audiences around the globe were shocked when newspapers and television stations confronted them with photographs of starving children in the secessionist Republic of Biafra. This global concern fundamentally changed how the Nigerian Civil War was perceived: an African civil...
