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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…

BRITISH COMPLICITY IN THE NIGERIAN GOVERNMENT AGGRESSION

Nigeria’s war over Biafra, 1967-70 13feb07 Nigeria’s war over Biafra, 1967-70 By Mark Curtis An edited extract from Unpeople: Britain’s Secret Human Right Abuses The formerly secret files on the Nigerian civil…

SOLDIERS OF FORTUNE MERCENARY WARS

Biafra 1966 Biafra is coloured yellow Photo source The Republic of Biafra came about when a secessionist state situated in south-eastern corner of the country broke away from Nigeria, and tried…

Nigerian Civil War, Causes, Strategies, And Lessons Learnt

The Nigerian Civil War, Causes, Strategies, And Lessons Learnt By Major Abubakar A. Atofarati: CSC 1992     Student: US Marine Command & Staff College(Academic Year 1991/92)                1.    Outline. 2.    Introduction. 3.    Executive…

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.…

Eziachi’s account

Although many of you knew mine but again I will tell those that doesn't that I was a student of Bishop Shanahan College Orlu when the war broke out. I…