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yeske’s account

My dad joined the Biafran army immediately war was declared and fought till the end, his family( his mum and siblings) left for Abagana from Awka but weren't fast enough…

odumchi’s account

This is my own story... Before the war, my maternal grandfather and his family lived happily in Calabar. They were teachers and they lived in one of the many of…

gree-die’s account

My grandfather in anticipation of d war, stocked his house wit important food items.just b4 d war started, he relocated his family back to d villa, but stayed back to…

one-naira’s account

My grandfather and his family used to live in Lagos; they ran back to Asaba before the onset of the war. Left everything they owned in Lagos and sort refugee…

Ben Okafor remembers the Biafran war

It is 45 years since Biafra in south-eastern Nigeria declared independence, sparking a bloody civil war that lasted two and a half years and left more than a million people…

My Biafran Eyes – A Special Feature By Okey Ndibe

My first glimpse into the horror and beauty that lurk uneasily in the human heart came in the late 1960s courtesy of the Biafran War. Biafra was the name assumed…

Nwokoyeac’s Biafra war account

Before I start my “My Biafran War Story”, I have to give credit to Professor Okey Ndibe whose article “My Biafran Eyes” published in the Nigeria Village Square, inspired own my story.…

Aburi: The “Sovereign National Conference That Got Away”. By Max Siollun

Aburi: The “Sovereign National Conference That Got Away”. Aburi: The “Sovereign National Conference” That Got Away By Max Siollun Published 05/21/2007 Nigeria Matters Unrated Page 1 of 4 After Nigeria was…

Aburi: The “Sovereign National Conference That Got Away”. By Max Siollun

Aburi: The “Sovereign National Conference That Got Away”. Aburi: The “Sovereign National Conference” That Got Away By Max Siollun Published 05/21/2007 Nigeria Matters Unrated Page 1 of 4 After Nigeria was…

Julius- Nyerere, why we Recognized Biafra (pdf)