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3 - The Informalization of Belonging: Igbo Informal Enterprise and National Cohesion from Below

The Nigerian Civil War evokes images of ethno-regional strife followed by sim- mering ethnic tension. However, political perspectives on the legacies of Biafra tend to gloss over the more integrative and constructive economic effects of the Civil War and its aftermath. While the Nigerian Civil War devastated Igbo busi- ness activities across Nigeria, and precipitated a mass return of Igbo migrants to their home area, it also laid the foundation for a consolidation and rapid devel- opment of Igbo informal enterprise, which has had integrative rather than divi- sive social and economic consequen…