Destination Biafra
Appearance
Author | Buchi Emecheta |
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Language | English |
Series | Heinemann African Writers Series |
Genre | Literary fiction |
Set in | Biafra/Nigeria |
Publisher | Heinemann |
Publication date | 1982 |
Publication place | UK |
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]
References
- ^ 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.
- ^ Adams, Ann Marie (2001). "It's a Woman's War: Engendering Conflict in Buchi Emecheta's Destination Biafra". Callaloo. 24 (1): 287–300.
- ^ 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: 274–285.