2 QUOTES WITH «BIAFRAN»
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Biafran.
From 1967 to '70, Nigeria fought a war - the Nigeria-Biafra war. And in the middle of that war, I was 14 years old. We spent much of our time with my mother cooking. For the army - my father joined the army as a brigadier - the Biafran army. We were on the Biafran side.
My parents lost everything, all their savings, because we had to run from the Nigerian side to the Biafran side. We were Igbos.
10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BIAFRAN»
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Biafran in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
Biafran and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Nigerian revolution and the
Biafran war
He presents eye-witness accounts, and from an insider-perspective tells the story of how and why the Biafrans fought the war for almost three years under blockade and in isolation from the outside world, aiming to rectify much perceived ...
Alexander A. Madiebo, 1980
He was clad in complete Biafran army uniform, with the Biafran Sun glittering on
his shoulders, topped with green barrette and armed with a Thomson automatic
rifle, which Biafran soldiers fondly called 'Madson'. There were three or so other ...
3
A
Biafran Soldier’s Survival from the Jaws of Death
This book went further to show that the nonchalant attitude of many African countries toward the Nigeria-Biafra conflict later metamorphosed in various conflicts in many parts of Africa.
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Far Away in the Sky: A Memoir of the
Biafran Airlift
Far Away in the Sky gives the personal account of one of them, a young American volunteer who joined the largest international humanitarian relief airlift ever attempted.
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There Was a Country: A Personal History of Biafra
Reviews: 'No writer is better placed than Chinua Achebe to tell the story of the Nigerian Biafran war ... [The book] makes you pine for the likes of Achebe to govern .
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Memoirs of the Nigerian-
Biafran bureaucrat: an account of ...
These and other questions and issues are dealt with in this book, by someone who was General Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu's top civilian aide and confidant, and also Biafra's Chief Ambassador, Godwin Onyegbula.
Godwin Alaoma Onyegbula, 2005
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The
Biafran Nightmare: The Controversial Role of ...
The Biafran churches, whose autonomous status was not recognised, were not
official delegates. Yet when Francis Akanu Ibiam, a Biafran Statesman and Vice-
President of the WCC, arrived at Uppsala with his Biafran delegation, he made ...
8
The Struggle for Modern Nigeria: The
Biafran War 1967-1970
This book provides a vital new perspective to all students of African history and politics, and post-colonial studies.
Half of a Yellow Sun is a tremendously evocative novel of the promise, hope, and disappointment of the Biafran war. BONUS: This edition includes an excerpt from Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's Americanah.
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, 2008
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The Republic of Biafra: Once Upon A Time in Nigeria: My ...
perhaps, was the imposition of forceful conscription into the army -whether or not
one wanted to join the Biafran army. Apart from the immediate death syndrome
associated with being conscripted into the army, the most horrifying aspect of the
...
Dr. Onyema Nkwocha, Onyema Nkwocha, 2010
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BIAFRAN»
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Biafran is used in the context of the following news items.
Poll: Jane Basham says Suffolk artist Sybil Andrews should be on …
Chinwe Chukwuogo-Roy (1952-2012) lived in Hacheston, having moved to Britain in 1975 as a refugee from the Biafran war. She produced ... «East Anglian Daily Times, Jul 15»
Book review: Jeremy Hutchinson's cases of history in the making
... Sunday Telegraph about covert government support for the Nigerian government during the Biafran civil war) and film and theatre censorship ... «Irish Times, Jul 15»
Rebirth of 'Radio Biafra' sparks mixed reactions
However, an elder Igbo man who claimed that he fought in the Biafran war and would not like the issue of Biafra to be trivialised or turned into ... «Daily Trust, Jul 15»
Buhari to name ministers 'soon', says APC
After all they put him in prison and marked him for execution before God intervened and saved his life, the same way he was saved from Biafran ... «Premium Times, Jul 15»
5 Travel Destinations In Rivers State
... a human rights activist who fought for his people and died in the Nigerian-Biafran war. The park faces the flyover above the main motor-park ... «Nigerian Bulletin, Jul 15»
Addressing Radio Biafra's Divisive Commentaries
Many listeners who do not know otherwise or who have a distorted understanding of what led to the Nigerian-Biafran civil war in 1967 and its ... «AllAfrica.com, Jun 15»
Radio Biafra: A Stitch In Time...By Ahmad Salkida and Johnson …
With a warped history of the causes and effects of the 1967 Biafran Civil War, many unsuspecting listeners were spellbound as the voice of ... «SaharaReporters.com, Jun 15»
Traders Protest Boko Haram Prisoners' Transfer to Anambra
... Enugu – Onitsha Expressway chanting songs suggesting they would be forced to revive the clamour for Biafran Republic if pushed to the wall ... «Daily Times Nigeria, Jun 15»
Governor Okorocha Says Biafran Separatism Is “Like A Mirage, The …
Governor Rochas Okorocha spoke exclusively with SaharaTV Executive Producer, Omoyele Sowore, on the condition of the Biafran struggle ... «SaharaReporters.com, Jun 15»
We are dying of hunger, neglect - Disabled Biafra war veterans
Ojukwu declares Biafra The Disabled ex-Biafran soldiers have called on the governors of the seven Igbo-speaking states to urgently come to ... «DailyPost Nigeria, Jun 15»
