Currency and Sovereignty Subversion: Exploring the Currency Battlefield of the Nigerian Civil War 1967-1970

• In Event: Civil War, Insurgency and Post-Conflict State Building in Africa

Brief Overview

The strategy motivating both the Nigerian and Biafran governments in their implementation of currency warfare was grounded in their understanding of how currencies and sovereignty are interdependent.

Author

• Ricardo A. Crespo, Grossmont College