This paper will examine the inscriptions of the harsh realities of the Nigerian civil war on both the bodies and psyches of Nigerian married women in two texts written by Nigerians and set during the Nigerian civil war. The Nigerian civil war experience has already been delineated by theorists of Nigerian Literature as constituting a trope in the Nigerian literary milieu due to the horrendous attention it has received from writers of different genres of Nigerian Literature. (See Adesanmi and Dunton 2005, Dalley 2013, Bryce 2008, Otiono 2004, among others). The war remains a sensitive issue, an unforgettable experience among many, especially Nigerians who lived in the area termed Biafra. While literature has identified women and children as the most vulnerable victims during war, and the adoption of rape as one of the ‘fringe benefits’, much critical lens has not been shone on how rape and estrangement redefine the concept of marriage, and the new realities and experiences that spring up. The paper will also explore the issues of ‘infidelity’, possession, sacredness, taboo, etc. and how these play out in regards to the relationship between married couples during the Nigerian civil war. One major cultural belief is that the husband ‘owns’ the body of his wife and her very existence, if this is possible. How does a married woman find a space of independence and freedom with regards to her body in a war situation? A recent theory of embodiment has emerged in the intersection between Literature, Geography and feminism. Believing that women embody the Geography of the places they occupy in time, theorists like Robyn Longhurst and Liz Bondi have written extensively on the relationship of bodies to Geographies. The paper will examine how the female body of the married woman has been explored and exploited in the textual climate of the Nigerian civil war.