Destination Biafra

Destination Biafra
Author	Buchi Emecheta
Country	UK
Language	English
Series	Heinemann African Writers Series
Genre	Literary fiction
Set in	Biafra / Nigeria
Publisher	Heinemann
Publication date	1982
Pages	246 (first edition)
ISBN	9780435909925
OCLC	8309889
Preceded by	The Moonlight Bride
Followed by	Naira Power

Destination Biafra is a 1982 novel by Nigerian writer Buchi Emecheta , first published in London by Allison & Busby . It is considered to be Emecheta's personal account of the Biafra War . Destination Biafra was republished in paperback on 1 March 1994 by Heinemann Educational Books as part of the African Writers Series . ^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]

Plot [ edit ]

Debbie Ogedemgbe, the corrupt Nigerian government minister's daughter, defies her parents by joining the army. Her contradictory sentiments about her role as a traditional Nigerian woman and her desire to participate actively in Biafra's war reflect the struggle going on around her.

Legacy [ edit ]

Reassessing the novel in 2023, Ijedike Jeboma concluded: "Since the publication of Destination Biafra, many Nigerian writers have made contributions to Biafran war literature. In recent years, a large proportion of these writers have done so with limited personal experience of the Biafran war, from their residences outside Nigeria. From Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie to Uwem Akpan , the mining of collective inherited memories has become central to the re-telling of the Biafra story.... Still, Emecheta’s Destination Biafra stands front and centre as a guiding light; an incredibly ambitious project from which many ideas should be explored and adapted." ^[5]

References [ edit ]

^ Ryan, Alan (5 September 1982). "Destination Biafra by Buchi Emecheta" . Washington Post .
^ Jilani, Sarah (2021). "Gender and the politics of war historiography in Buchi Emecheta's Destination Biafra " . The Journal of Commonwealth Literature . doi : 10.1177/00219894211031803 . S2CID 238821948 .
^ Adams, Ann Marie (2001). "It's a Woman's War: Engendering Conflict in Buchi Emecheta's Destination Biafra " . Callaloo . 24 (1): 287?300. doi : 10.1353/cal.2001.0001 . JSTOR 3300501 . S2CID 157893416 .
^ Unnithan, A. Karthika; Jayaraman, Harini (2018). " 'The New African Woman': A Study on Buchi Emecheta's Destination Biafra as a Personal War for Womanhood" . Journal of African American Studies . 22 (2?3): 274?285. doi : 10.1007/s12111-018-9407-7 . S2CID 150234036 .
^ "Writing from the collective memories of others" . The Republic . 20 July 2023 . Retrieved 24 March 2024 .

External links [ edit ]

Margaret Busby , "Where to start with: Buchi Emecheta" , The Guardian , 20 March 2024.

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[1] Ryan, Alan (5 September 1982). "Destination Biafra by Buchi Emecheta" . Washington Post .

[2] Jilani, Sarah (2021). "Gender and the politics of war historiography in Buchi Emecheta's Destination Biafra " . The Journal of Commonwealth Literature . doi : 10.1177/00219894211031803 . S2CID 238821948 .

[3] Adams, Ann Marie (2001). "It's a Woman's War: Engendering Conflict in Buchi Emecheta's Destination Biafra " . Callaloo . 24 (1): 287?300. doi : 10.1353/cal.2001.0001 . JSTOR 3300501 . S2CID 157893416 .

[4] Unnithan, A. Karthika; Jayaraman, Harini (2018). " 'The New African Woman': A Study on Buchi Emecheta's Destination Biafra as a Personal War for Womanhood" . Journal of African American Studies . 22 (2?3): 274?285. doi : 10.1007/s12111-018-9407-7 . S2CID 150234036 .

[5] "Writing from the collective memories of others" . The Republic . 20 July 2023 . Retrieved 24 March 2024 .

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