Hunger as a weapon of war: Biafra, social media and the politics of famine remembrance

Obinna Chukwunenye Nweke

Third World Quarterly, 2024, vol. 45, issue 2, 314-331

Abstract: This article explores the role of social media in the memorialisation of the Biafra famine. It argues that given the absence of Biafra famine narratives in the official post-Civil War memory spaces in Nigeria, social media has emerged as a site where silence and hegemonic discourses around the Biafra famine are disrupted, contested and unmoored. Thus, the study contributes to the contemporary debates on digital media and memorialisation of mass atrocities.

Date: 2024
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DOI: 10.1080/01436597.2023.2182283

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