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We Are All Biafrans

In this provocative book, Chido Onumah argues that many, if not all, of the problems of Nigeria are rooted in the structure of the country. He makes a case, as he did in his previous books, for the socio-political restructuring of Nigeria. He argues that the country needs to engage episodic political convulsions that threaten its very foundation, including Biafra, June 12, Boko Haram, the National Question , citizenship rights, and militocracy . In We are all Biafrans, Onumah takes on Nigeria s indolent and reactionary ruling elite civilian and military and their allies, as well as bandits in uniform, scoundrels posing as statesmen, and conservative ideologues, religious bigots and ethnic chauvinists posing as patriots. He raises fundamental questions: What is Nigeria and who is a Nigerian? If Nigeria is a federal republic, what constitutes or should constitute the federating units? He posits that the different manifestation of Biafra may well be a metaphor and, to that extent, we are all Biafrans as long as we seek to confront the clear and present danger.

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51Tajnt7xjL._SX344_BO1,204,203,200_Making Your Voice Heard: A Media Toolkit for Chidlren & Youth (Kindle Edition)

Youth media initiatives offer ways to change negative youth stereotypes in the media and provide forums for young people’s passion, creativity, and engagement in the broader society. This toolkit will help children, youth and youth-based organisations, community groups, and educators to both understand the media, and to gain access to various media. If children and youth contribute to the coverage of news and events in the media, they can help promote a more balanced image of young people – and the positive roles they play in society.
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51uNx5sHFyL._SX352_BO1,204,203,200_Sentenced in God’s Name: The Untold Story of Nigeria’s ‘Witch Children’ (Kindle Edition)

As part of its oral testimony project, the Youth Media & Communication Initiative (YMCI), has put together in this booklet some chilling stories and interviews of vulnerable Nigerian “witch children” who for no fault of theirs are being made to suffer untold hardship and inhuman treatment. This booklet seeks to generate the necessary interest and attention to put an end to this savagery carried out in the name of religion.
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51bdDFY0QQL._SX349_BO1,204,203,200_Youth Media: A Guide to Literacy & Social Change (Kindle Edition)

Media literacy is increasingly being integrated into the school system in many countries, including South Africa, Canada, the UK, Australia and the United States. Children and youth in these countries are learning both in and out of school to become critical thinkers and creative producers of media messages and, therefore, active participants in their societies. They are doing this through media clubs and other youth media initiatives.
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513AQdCa4gL._SX323_BO1,204,203,200_Time to Reclaim Nigeria: (Essays 2001-2011) (Kindle Edition)

Every Nigerian can tell you their own tale of woe about the state of the country, from stories about the frequency of the petty roadside bribe to the brazen looting of public resources; tales about the deadly infrastructure of roads and the inefficiencies of public utilities. But what most of us do not know is that we can reclaim the country from the corrupt and inept leaders who have turned it into a vast moral desert, a place where nothing works and where there is no conception of the public good. This is precisely what this book admonishes us to do: to reclaim the country from those who have brought us to our knees. As you go through this book, you cannot but agree with the author that it is truly time to do so.
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51ksZSNuLlL._SX312_BO1,204,203,200_Nigeria is Negotiable: Essays on Nigeria’s Tortuous Road to Democracy and Nationhood (Kindle Edition)

Nation building is not a project for the faint-hearted or for those with a short memory. It needs statesmen and women, thinkers and active citizens. And it takes very little for granted. In this book, essayist, activist, and organizer, Chido Onumah, explains all this using as his raw material Nigeria’s contemporary political economy and history. In law as in politics, countries are defined by a population within bounded territories under a common sovereign. Boundaries, howsoever defined, are, however, not facts of nature; they are artificial. They can be formed, re-formed, un-formed, negotiated and re-negotiated.
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