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Nneka Ifejika
If history teaches us
anything, we must not forget.
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Biafra
will live...again
What is Biafra?
Bravewomen Biafran Women
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Igbo women stories
-Olikeze Egbunike
-Regina Madiebo
-Odua Uwechia
-Omekenyi Muotune
-Josephine Obika
-Matilda Osakwe
-Chinwe Uwatse
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Igbo women take on war
-Regina Madiebo
-Omekenyi Muotune
-Chinwe Uwatse
Biafran footages
-Photographs of refugees
Somewhere in Lagos
-Driving down the street
Poems
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-Poetic
reflections of their stories and my experience in Nigeria.
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Picture
Essay
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My
Journey
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West
Africa Review (May 2001)
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Women Are Brave - Igbo Women's Stories
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Olikeze Amalunweze
Maria Egbunike, 65
Olikeze Egbunike,
now 65 years old, was a school teacher in Enugu when the war began
in 1967. Below, she recounts of the panic that was created when
the first bomb was dropped in Enugu. On that day, she escorted
her friend to town.
"I was
in Enugu when the shelling started. I told my friend to come to
town with me….and on the road, we heard loud sounds: boom,
boom, and people were running. We ran too. We couldn't run back
to our home. That was in 1967. I knew war had begun. From that
fateful day in Enugu, nothing remained the same." More story,
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The Nigerian
Civil War also known as the Biafran War raged from 1967 to January
1970. It etched a memory that represented violence and chaos in
Nigerian history. The war destroyed lives, it ripped apart the
safety nets that held families together. It created a deep bitter
rift between different groups in Nigeria. It killed a lot of civilians
and for those who survived, the horrific experience had so violently
shaken them that they never quite remained the same afterwards.
Here is the stories of the Igbo women of Biafra.
The
Men of War
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Colonel Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu, Leader of Biafran Army |
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General
Yakubu Gowon, Leader of the Nigerian Army |
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These
Women are Brave, Women of Biafra
Biafran War / Nigerian
Civil War,
May 1967 - January 1970
Copyright © Azuka Nzegwu, 2001.
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Biafran
Song | War
Song
Biafran and War Song
Sung by Theresa Omekenyi Muotune, a survivor of Biafran War /
Nigerian Civil War.
These refugees
are going home after 30 months of terror. Their lives were
never quite the same after the war. Most of them have to
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The man
behind Biafra, Colonel Chukwuemeka Ojukwu. |
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