Biafra - war, effects, and aftermath, 1966-1973
File
Shelfmark: MSS. Perham 421
Held at the Weston Library
Comprises:
- folder 1 (fols. 1-21) two papers by the Nigeria Society, Lagos, 'The National Crisis: an appeal by the Nigeria Society to the People of Nigeria on the Unwisdom of Breaking up the Federation' and 'The Maladies that killed the First Republic of Nigeria', 1966
- folder 2 (fols. 1-4) reproductions of letters sent by Nigerians to compatriots in England reporting on the personal effects of the war, 1967-1968
- folder 3 (fols. 1-44) miscellaneous material on the Nigerian crisis, including The Constitution (Suspension and Modification) Decree 1967 (fols. 1-20); a demand from the Yoruba Central State Movement (Great Britain and Ireland) for a Yoruba Central State (fols. 21-25); a report on the war by a missionary, Presbyterian Record, Canada, Dec 1967 (fols. 26-29); the address by the Military Governor H.E. Alhaji Audu Bako at the Kano State Launching Ceremony (fols. 30-33); an article on the British High Commissioner in Nigeria by John Wells, Spectator, 19 Aug 1968 (fols. 34-35); 'Two Years of War', West Africa, 12 Jul 1969 (fol. 36); a report by Voice of America, 10 Aug 1969 (fols. 37-39); and an anonymous report on the crisis (fols. 40-44)
- folder 4 (fols. 1-112 and items 1-5) miscellaneous papers on attempts to settle the war and reconcile the two sides, relieve famine, and rehabilitate the people, 1967-1970, including the communiqué of the first meetings of the National Conciliation Committee (fols. 1-8); an analysis of the war and an appeal for peace by Professor P.N. Abadom of the Max Planck Institute, Göttingen (fols. 13-22); Ukpabi Asika's calls to the people of the East Central State to call off the war (fols. 23-32); a report of the Organisation of African Unity Consultative Mission to Nigeria (fols. 33-39); reports of Colonel Esuene's actions (fols. 40-44); a Church Missionary Society report and a statement by the delegation sent to the United Kingdom by the Christian Church of Nigeria in Jun 1968 (fols. 45-53); sermons by the Provost of Lagos (fols. 63-80); transcript of an interview with James Johnson, MP, on relief measures (fols. 81-83); press releases on rehabilitation measures (fols. 84-87); statement by Dr Okoi Arikpo for the Nigerian Delegation to the United Nations General Assembly, 11 Nov 1968 (item 1); 'Peace Proposals for Ending the Nigerian Civil War' by Nnamdi Azikiwe, with Colin Legum's comments (item 2 and fols. 95-98); reports of the International Observer Team (items 3-5); appeals from British bodies created to help restore normality in Biafra (fols. 99-105); announcements of the end of hostilities by General Gowon and the O.A.G. Biafra (fols. 106-109); and an assessment of the 'Political Factors in Biafran Relief' by Kennedy Lindsay, Venture, Feb 1970, (fols. 110-111)
- folder 5 (fols. 1-24) Africa Educational Trust reports on the Project for Assistance of Students affected by the Nigerian War, numbers 4, 8, 9, 11, 13, and 17, 1968-1970
- folder 6 (fols. 1-25) Oxfam reports on Biafra, 1968-1972
- folder 7 (item 1) 'The Biafran Tragedy', History of the 20th Century: Our World Today, number 100, 1970
- folder 8 (item 1) programme for a banquet in the Guildhall, London, in honour of the Head of the Federal Military Government of Nigeria, 1973.
Dates
- Creation: 1966-1973
Extent
8 folders
Language of Materials
- English
Shelfmark
MSS. Perham 421
Repository Details
Part of the Bodleian Libraries Repository
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Weston Library
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specialcollections.enquiries@bodleian.ox.ac.uk