This book examines the role that Igbo women in the diaspora play in community development in Southeastern Nigeria. It provides recommendations to policy makers in engaging and integrating diaspora resources to community development processes in Africa.
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Introduction: Writing about Women and the Nigeria-Biafra War / Gloria Chuku -- Undressing to Redress: The Sexual Politics of Protests in Colonial and Post-Colonial Southeastern Nigeria / Bright Alozie -- Women and New Responsibilities in Wartimes: A Perspective Analysis of the Nigeria-Biafra War, 1967 - 1970 / Ajishola Omojeje -- Becoming Biafran: The Civil War Writing of Rosina Umelo / S. Elizabeth Bird -- Nwanyi B'uno: Reflections on Angelina Ihejirika's Memoir on the Nigeria-Biafra War / Christine N. Ohale -- Invisible Loss: Rose Njoku's Narration of Familial Loss in the Nigeria-Biafra War / Comfort Olajumoke Verissimo -- Women, War Memories and Counter Memories: Stories of Survival, Resilience and Empowerment / Sussie U. Aham Okoro -- Rape as a Moral Attack against Women in the Nigeria-Biafra War / Mary Rose-Claret Ogbuehi -- Igbo Maidens and the Nigeria-Biafra War, 1967-1970: Interethnic Marriage or Forced Migration? / Nathaniel B. Gimba Luka -- Igbo Women's Fashion and the Nigeria-Biafra War / Chukwuemeka Nwigwe -- Igbo Women and Postwar Reconstruction, Reconciliation and Reintegration Efforts in Nigeria, 1968-1975 / Gloria Chuku -- Impact of the Nigeria-Biafra War on the Education of Girls in Eastern Nigeria: 1967-1970 / Zara E. Kwaghe -- Igbo Women's Experience in Northern Nigeria during the Nigeria-Biafra War, 1967-1970: A Study in Lessons of Trauma and Backlash / Aisha Balarabe Bawa -- Women and War Crimes: Highlighting Progress on Gender-Based legislation in International Criminal Justice since the Nigeria-Biafra War / Chinyere Eze-Nliam -- Narratives of Trauma and Struggle in Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's Half of a Yellow Sun / Blessing Diala-Ogamba -- The Wrath of War and the Ruin of the Woman: A Socio-critical Analysis of Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie / Ngozi Kris-Ogbodo & Marinus Samoh Yong.