My Biafran War Story

Uli Airport and survival

Uli Airport is a symbolic shrine, which remains the height of Blackman's greatest technological achievement to date. The wonder of Uli Airport is yet to be matched by Blackman anywhere…

THE AIRLIFT TO BIAFRA- axel v duch

This is a translated Danish Newspaper (Fyens Stiftstidende) review, Gyldendals Forlag This is a letter to the editor of  "Aeroplane" magazine in England. Danish newspaper (Horsens Folkeblad).

The Child-Soldier: “Another Life is Possible” – Ewa Unoke, Ph.D.

The Child-Soldier: “Another Life is Possible” “From child soldier to professor…a personal journey” By Ewa Unoke, Ph.D. Abstract On May 30, 1967, the former Eastern Nigeria seceded and declared its…

Olusegun Adeniyi: Memories of a Biafran nightmare

Olusegun Adeniyi: Memories of a Biafran nightmare Posted By TheScoop on January 24, 2013  by Olusegun Adeniyi   Agu Imo has been a friend and elder brother for almost two decades now,…

SURVIVING IN BIAFRA – Alfred Obiora Uzokwe’s account

SURVIVING IN BIAFRA BOOK EXCERPTS   In Lagos Nigeria, 1966 It irks me to the bone every time I hear people suggest that the Biafran experience should not be discussed…

My Memories of The Nigerian-Biafran Civil War “Osondu agwu ike” – Dele Chinwe Ukwu

During one of my trips to Chicago earlier this year, I watched a HBO documentary about children at war. I switched to a different channel after listening to a little…

Genbuhari’s Account

I was 3 years old when war broke out and my earliest memory was hiding in animal stables with my mother and sisters. My memory is very sketchy so I…

Only-truth’s account

My family almost never made it out of Kano in 1966 if not for my fathers small arms cache of double barrel guns. Nuff said about that!  My family moved…

Face’s account

My parents lived in Enugu at the outbreak of the war. The war started a few months after my dad returned from Germany at the end of his studies. He…

Abouziad’s Account

My dad does not like narrating his war time stories but from what i overheard him discussing with other adults, i guess it was a very ugly experience 4 him.…