(wrong original caption)
Major-General J.T.U. Aguiyi-Ironsi head of Nigeria's new
Federal Military Government and Supreme Commander of the Armed
Forces, in Lagos, Nigeria, Jan. 25, 1966.
1000_demonstrators_protest at
48th Street and Park Avenue in New York, Aug. 18, 1968. The
marchers came from an interfaith service at St. Thomas
Episcopal Church at 53rd St. and F street
A Biafran doctor hands out cups containing the daily ration of powdered milk to a line of children at a refugee camp in Anwa, Biafra, Aug. 5, 1968
A Biafran doctor hands out cups containing the daily ration of powdered milk to a line of children at a refugee camp in Anwa, Biafra, Aug. 5, 1968
A federal Nigerian soldier
holding an anti-tank bazooka is seen covering the end of the
Aba-Umuahia road where Biafran troops hold positions, Sept.
21, 1968.
Original Caption: An Ibo soldier
captured by Nigerian troops near Owerri in Biafra throws up
his hands in anguish as his captors tell him he will die as a
traitor, Sept. 1968.
Biafra Declaration 30th may
1967
Biafran women and children
outside White House in an effort to see first lady Lady Bird
Johnson Oct 5 1968 about starving countrymen back home in
war-torn Biafra
Col. Odumegwu Ojukwu at
Nigerian-Biafran peace talks in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia where
the Emperor Haile Selassie is chairman of the committte Aug 5
1968
Company of Biafran soldiers leave
their positions to advance on a Nigerian position 100 yards
away during the Aba offensive, Aug. 1968.
Federal Nigerian police push back
crowds of demonstrators outside the French Embassy in Lagos,
Nigeria, Sept. 16, 1968 - They were demonstrating against
French assistance to Biafra
John Lennon & Yoko Ono
displaying letter from Lennon to British PM Harold Wilson,
Nov. 25, 1969. The letter explains John Lennon's reasons for
returning his Order of the British Empire, OBE medal - British
support of America in Vietnam & involvement/support of
Nigeria against Biafra
Jubilant Nigerians in the capital
city of Lagos cheer as they read of the surrender of the rebel
Biafran forces, Jan. 12, 1970.
Major General Yakubu Gowon at
Dodan barracks, stands before a map of Nigeria as he tells
reporters at a press conference that the war will be over in
4-8 weeks - Sept 13 1968
New head of state Lt. Col.
Odumegwu Ojukwu in Enugu shortly after the declaration of
independence and formation of the new state of Biafra, June 10
1967 takes the oath of office.
Wounded soldier attended by Igbo
medic Biafra Nigeria 1968
9 yr old Igbo albino clutching an
empty corned beef tin Biafra, Nigeria. April 1968
Why has there been an outcry against brutalities committed in Rwanda, Darfur, Liberia, South Africa, etc....and yet no one has been held accountable for the atrocities deliberately committed against these innocent children?
Why has there been an outcry against brutalities committed in Rwanda, Darfur, Liberia, South Africa, etc....and yet no one has been held accountable for the atrocities deliberately committed against these innocent children?
A young mother breast feeds her
five-month-old baby boy while holding her starving
four-year-old daughter, near Anwa, Biafra, Aug. 5, 1968.The
daughter died a few hours later
Belgian Mercenary Marc Goosens
Killed during a Nigerian attack on Onitsa, Biafra Nigeria Nov
1968
Catholic Mission Food
Distribution Biafra Nigeria April 1968
It breaks my heart to recall the huge sacrifices that these young men made for a cause that they believed in. The lame leading the blind.
It breaks my heart to recall the huge sacrifices that these young men made for a cause that they believed in. The lame leading the blind.
Cinematographer Raymond Depardon
Biafra, Nigeria August 1968 by Gilles Caron
Igbo officer addressing one of
his dead soldiers Biafra Nigeria April 1968
When you look at these photos you will realize that the Biafra story is yet to be fully told
When you look at these photos you will realize that the Biafra story is yet to be fully told
Igbo Soldier Biafra Nigeria Nov
1968 by Gilles Caron
He is probably a teenager or in his early 20s. How greed and raw wickedness deprived so many of their youthful innocence.
He is probably a teenager or in his early 20s. How greed and raw wickedness deprived so many of their youthful innocence.
Igbo 'soldier' carrying a wounded
comrade Biafra Nigeria April 1968
These are boys...and yet when we talk about African child soldiers no one ever seems to refer to the first...Biafran boys!
These are boys...and yet when we talk about African child soldiers no one ever seems to refer to the first...Biafran boys!
Igbo Soldiers, Biafra Nigeria
April 1968
Igbo Soldiers, Biafra Nigeria
April 1968
Igbo Soldiers retreating, Biafra,
Nigeria April 1968
Igbo Soldiers, Biafra Nigeria
April 1968
Igbo Victim of the civil war,
Biafra, Nigeria, July 1968
Makeshift Ambulance on the
frontline Biafra Nigeria April 1968
Sixteen-year-old Ibo boy, Biafra,
Nigeria, 1968
Starving Igbos, Biafra, Nigeria
July 1968
Wife of a Nigerian Officer burned
alive Biafra Nigeria April 1968
The Biafran Cabinet at a Church
service, on the extreme right is the late Sir Louis Mbanefo-
former Supreme Court Judge and Judge of the World Court
1968 - A Biafran soldier in the
bush on alert before the invasion of Abagana
1969, at parade to celebrate the Second Independence Anniversary of Biafra; General Effiong is fourth from left; General Ojukwu, Head of State, is fifth from left
1969, at parade to celebrate the Second Independence Anniversary of Biafra; General Effiong is fourth from left; General Ojukwu, Head of State, is fifth from left
1969, Major General Philip Efiong
returning from a visit to a refugee camp in Nto Edino in
present-day Akwa Ibom State
August 29, 1968 - Folk singer
Joan Baez and rock singer Jimi Hendrix chat between acts at a
Biafran Relief Benefit show at a place in Manhattan called
Steve Paul's Scene.
Biafran child soldier said to be
about 13, and one of the Onumonus, and former French
Legionnaire Rolf Steiner awaiting orders
End of the Nigerian civil war.
Major-General Gowon (left) shakes hands with Lt-Colonel
Phillip Effiong (right).
End of the War; In the true
spirit of African reconciliation, kola nut is shared; General
Efiong, extreme right, takes a piece
Owerri, Biafra -Lt. Col. Odumegwu
Ojukwu, leader of secessionist Biafra, announces introduction
of new currency and postage stamps, officially issued on
January 29th 1968
Nigerian Troops firing artillery
gun in Port Harcourt, Nigeria, during the Nigerian Civil War.
Col Benjamin Adekunle is seen here with left hand on the
artillery gun.
Biafran soldiers at the frontline during the Nigerian Civil War
Biafra The will for
Independence
Biafran soldiers at the frontline during the Nigerian Civil War
From FFSA
Federation of the Free States of Africa
Contact
Secretary General
Mangovo Ngoyo
Email: africa.federation@gmail.com
www.africafederation.net
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From the legendary author of Things Fall Apart—a long-awaited memoir of coming of age in a fragile new nation, and its destruction in a tragic civil war
For more than forty years, Chinua Achebe has maintained a considered silence on the events of the Nigerian civil war, also known as the Biafran War, of 1967–1970, addressing them only obliquely through his poetry. Now, decades in the making, comes a towering account of one of modern Africa’s most disastrous events, from a writer whose words and courage have left an enduring stamp on world literature. A marriage of history and memoir, vivid firsthand observation and decades of research and reflection, There Was a Country is a work whose wisdom and compassion remind us of Chinua Achebe’s place as one of the great literary and moral voices of our age.
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