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Destination Biafra
AuthorBuchi Emecheta
LanguageEnglish
SeriesHeinemann African Writers Series
GenreLiterary fiction
Set inBiafra/Nigeria
PublisherHeinemann
Publication date
1982
Publication placeUK
Pages246 (first edition)
ISBN9780435909925
OCLC8309889
Preceded byThe Moonlight Bride 
Followed byNaira 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

  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.
  3. ^ Adams, Ann Marie (2001). "It's a Woman's War: Engendering Conflict in Buchi Emecheta's Destination Biafra". Callaloo. 24 (1): 287–300.
  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: 274–285.