Preludes to the Nigerian Genocide
30 November 2018 Preludes to the Nigerian Genocide
Chukwuma Onyia, associate director of theGenocide Prevention in Africa Initiative, joined the HWS Human Rights and Genocide Symposium lecture series with his talk Nigeria: Re-Conceptualizing and Defining History.
Based at the Genocide Prevention Program at George Mason Universitys School for Conflict Analysis and Resolution, Onyia works in conflict mapping and resolution. His work has initiated the Genocide Prevention Network, which fosters engagement among interfaith and state leaders across West Africa. Within the Network, his work is focused on genocide prevention and capacity building.
Onyias presentation, based on his paper Re-Conceptualizingthe Preludes to the Events of 1967-70 inNigeria: Civil War or Genocide,was heldin the Geneva Room of the Warren Hunting Smith Library on Tuesday, Nov. 13.
We look forward to confrontingnew and valuablesubjects andbroadening our worldview through thisuniquelyimportant presentation, says Sarah Walters 19, who helped organize the symposium.
The Human Rights and Genocide Symposium was initiated and has been sustained by generous grants from Dr. Edward Franks 72.
The symposium seeks to improve understanding of all life-annihilation processes inherent in our modern world and to help participants learn more about the circumstances under which life-destruction processes tend to focus on specific groups in events known as genocide.