Archives Tag: Civil War

History throwback thursday

April 19, 2022

  Did you read the Part One and I hope you enjoyed the Part Two? This episode is a continuation in this series of the Biafran Invasion of the Midwest during the Nigeria-Biafran War (1967-70). Col. Ademoyega summarily relieved Ifeajuna (one of 5 Majors in the January, 15 1966 coup) of his command and replaced … Continue reading ThrowBack Thursday: The Biafran Midwest Invasion (3)

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History Politics throwback thursday

April 19, 2022

If you’re reading this, that means you must have read Part One and find this series really interesting. Let us continue our journey. Some of the other early key actors in the Midwest invasion by Biafran forces were Lt. Col Emmanuel Ifeajuna (one of the 5 Majors that plotted January 15, 1966, coup) as the … Continue reading ThrowBack Thursday: The Biafran Midwest Invasion(2)

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People

April 19, 2022

The date? 4th November, 1933. The place? Zungeru, Niger state, Nigeria. The man? Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu: Military Officer, Nigerian Politician, Biafran icon, Ikemba! While the highlight of many greats is a rise from grass to grace,Ikemba was born in the glory of wealth and affluence, abundance of supply, with his hands in milk and teeth … Continue reading Men You Should Know: Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu

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documentary

April 19, 2022

Award-winning Nigerian writer and filmmaker, Onyeka Nwelue is developing a documentary on Nigerian Nobel Laureate, Wole Soyinka, titled, “Wole Soyinka: A God and the Biafrans”. The Documentary The project which, according to Nwelue, was started in 2004 when he was 16, and is being developed at The Cooper Gallery, Hutchins Center for African & African … Continue reading Onyeka Nwelue Celebrates Soyinka In New Documentary Film, ‘Wole Soyinka: A God And The Biafrans’

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Discover Nigeria

April 19, 2022

Questions have always been powerful tools for teaching, particularly based on the capacity they give to us to read between the lines and truly interact with the subject being taught, in a manner that arms us with knowledge that is experiential. If you will allow me to quibble a bit: ‘History’, someone once said, ‘may … Continue reading Discover Nigeria: Our Union, Biafra and a State of Different Things

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iConnect Society

April 19, 2022

It was early evening and I sat in the backyard trying to get some cool breeze. I was not succeeding in any way. Even though it had rained heavily from 3 until about 5 in the morning, something I thought should have prevented the hot weather during the day, I could still feel the perspiration gathering in … Continue reading Teaching This Generation to Stop the War Before It Starts

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Books News

April 19, 2022

World renowned poet and African respected writer, Chinua Achebe, has taken The minds of Nigerian back to the hard times of the late 60’s during the Biafran War or the Nigerian Civil War, in a book titled There Was A Country. The book, which is a personal history of Biafra as remembered by Achebe, described … Continue reading “There Was a Country” New Book by Chinua Achebe

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