What is the cultural context of the story "Civil Peace" by Chinua Achebe?

“Civil Peace” is set in Nigeria just after the Nigerian Civil War, also known as the Biafran War. The story follows Jonathan Iwegbu, an Igbo civilian rebuilding his life after the conflict, so it is told from the point of view of an Igbo Nigerian civilian. The narrator is not a British colonial official, a soldier, or a widow.

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